Connie Michael and Terry Lawton

Michael’s and Lawton’s innovative teaching idea, “Innovations: Land Overlooked,” focuses on creating a STEAM curriculum that offers students hands-on learning in the field of biodiversity and agricultural science. The Voya grant will provide the school with resources to develop hands-on classes and projects that explore concepts, ideas, and solutions related to real-world problems and challenges. Michael and Lawton believe that by working both inside and outside the classroom to observe, collect, study, and present scientific data, students will develop the tools necessary for taking on the science and engineering challenges shaping our future.