Webinars & Workshops
Calendar of webinars, workshops and conferences to attend and learn about Youth Engineering Solutions. Interested in setting up your own YES Professional Learning workshop? Complete our interest form and we will contact you to discuss workshop details.
Free Webinars
September 11, 2024 – Getting to Know YES: An Introduction to the YES Engineering Approach
In this webinar, we introduce the Youth Engineering Solutions (YES) framework for PK-8 engineering. Using classroom video and student work, we will share how teachers are using the curriculum to meet the needs of all students and prepare a generation of problem solvers and develop an engineering identity. This webinar is for any educator who wants to know more about how they can use the YES curriculum in any PK-8 school or enrichment settings with students of all abilities!
September 19, 2024 – Engineering Plastic Filters: An MA STEM Week Design Challenge
This professional learning webinar will show you how to teach an exciting design challenge from Museum of Science & YES that’s part of MA STEM Week!
October 17, 2024 – Engineering and the Environment: Designing for a Sustainable Future
In this Engineering and the Environment webinar, we introduce ways the Youth Engineering Solutions framework and curricular resources ask students to consider problems in context. Engineers must consider the world around them when designing solutions to problems and students should too! We will look at ways students can engineer for a sustainable future at any grade level; from declining bee populations to plastic pollution to climate change. This session is for any educator interested in supporting students’ environmental literacy through engineering in PK-8 school and enrichment spaces.
Workshops & Conferences
October 8-10, 2024 – 3-Day Teacher Educator Institute (TEI): High-Quality Elementary Engineering
During this three-day workshop, participants will engage with our professional learning team in hands-on explorations of the PreK-5 curricular resources and pedagogical frameworks that define high-quality engineering education. Participants will feel prepared to facilitate immersive workshops and support educators implementing our YES and EiE curriculum.
October 22-24, 2024 – 3-Day Teacher Educator Institute (TEI): High-Quality Middle School Engineering and Computer Science
During this three-day workshop, participants will engage with our professional learning team in hands-on explorations of the middle school curricular resources and pedagogical frameworks that define high-quality engineering education. Participants will feel prepared to facilitate immersive workshops and support educators implementing our YES and EiE curriculum.
November 19, 2024 – Youth Engineering Solutions (YES) Elementary Teacher Workshop
During this workshop, participants will engage with our professional learning team in a hands-on workshop focused on our Youth Engineering Solutions (YES) elementary school curriculum. This full-day, learner-driven workshop introduces participants to the concepts of engineering and prepares them to facilitate high-quality engineering with students.
November 20, 2024 – Youth Engineering Solutions (YES) Middle School Teacher Workshop
During this workshop, participants will engage with our professional learning team in a hands-on workshop focused on our Youth Engineering Solutions (YES) middle school curriculum. This full-day, learner-driven workshop introduces participants to the concepts of engineering and computer science and prepares them to facilitate high-quality STEM with students.