Wyoming science teachers present at national conference
Published November 17, 2025
Chelsea Lund (Rock Springs, WY) presented on the use of messy climate data in high school classrooms with the support of Stefan Rahimi (WyACT).
Jenny Edwards (Casper, WY) presented on how she incorporated fish isotope data from the Fetzer Lab (William Fetzer, WyACT) into a unit on wildlife management in Pathfinder and Alcova reservoirs.
Andrea Hayden (Laramie, WY), Becky Qualm (Buffalo, WY), and Kelli Petrick (Jackson, WY) presented on how they brought data to life for their elementary students in a cross-district collaboration on weather station data. This project was supported by Luke Todd and the WyACT data team.
Martha Inouye (right) and Clare Gunshenan (3rd from right) with Wyoming science teachers.
WyACTors Martha Inouye and Clare Gunshenan, both facilitators for the Teacher-Researcher Knowledge Exchange, together with eleven Wyoming teachers, attended the National Science Teaching Association (NSTA)'s National Conference in Minneapolis in early November 2025. Five of the teachers were part of the current TRKE cohort and presented on incorporating ideas, data, and platforms connected to WyACT.
Inouye and Gunshenan (Science and Math Teaching Center (SMTC), University of Wyoming) shared the digital WyAdapt platforms - supported by the WyACT Data Team - as tools for integrating data-driven evidence into their sensemaking.
