NebraskaSTEM Noyce Master Teacher Julie Rankin of Riverside Public Schools has received a $5,000 grant from Great Plains Communications in Blair, Nebraska.
Rankin submitted details of her STEM Education Project, along with some pictures of her students using Sphero SPRK+ robots on loan from ESU 10. With the grant money, the school plans to purchase a 3D printer with filament, Dash and Dot robots, and Sphero SPRK+ robots with matching funds from the district.
Rankin was also presented with the Great Plains Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award and another $5,000 check.
The Great Plains grant program is intended to encourage exceptional and unique ideas that will improve the educational process. The program provides resources to help add challenging new units or projects to the curriculum.
Congratulations, Julie!