Dana Starvaggi believes in the uniqueness of all scholars and exemplifies the qualities of an ideal science educator.

No one brings enthusiasm and relevance to learning Shakespeare like Jamie Sullivan! She combines classes and collaborates to give students a unique experience.

Students benefit from daily number sense routines while playing games with highly-engaging, tactile manipulatives at Norwayne Elementary School in Creston.

Bill Metcalf, an exemplary educator at Akron’s STEM High School, blurs the lines between science and sports with his "Sports Physics" lab. Using a punching bag to teach physics, he sparks curiosity and deep understanding in his students.

Teachers in central Ohio are integrating the arts in their chemistry classrooms to improve students’ attitudes about science and deepen learning.

Youth Yoga Project trains teachers on how to use mindfulness strategies themselves and with their students to help deal with day-to-day stress, which has been heightened by the pandemic.

Due to COVID-19, Jill Weaver, STEM teacher at Valley View Jr. High School, collects data on plants growing at her home that her students had expected to grow in the classroom. The project was designed to have students compare seeds produced by these plants to different seeds they had planned to launch into the upper atmosphere via a weather balloon.

John Vas repurposed technology he received because of his Excellent Teacher Award to benefit students during the pandemic school closures.

Student work at McKinley STEM Academy in Steubenville revolves around the engineering and design process, every day from start to finish.

Susan Tenon, a ELA teacher in Fairport Harbor, redesigns a six-week, hands-on “toolbox writing project” after COVID-19 keeps students home.

inspiration from the Jennings institute led Jessica Bedra to make time for creative play to ease both her and her kindergartners into the school day.

Master Teacher Charlene Tabata is developing scientists and leaders through Project StRIPE (Student Run interactive Problems and Experiences) at King Community Learning Center in Akron.

Programs at Dublin’s Biomed Research Academy are enhanced due to Jennings Science award.

A passion for conservation led Laura Balliett to southeast Asia where she would learn how residents of Bali and Borneo practice environmentalism and educate future generations around the concept of sustainability.

The task to write a student-led curriculum on the Protestant Reformation led two middle school teachers to Germany to learn about the movement where it began.

“People don’t become more creative because you tell them it’s important. They become more creative because you set the conditions for curiosity to thrive…”