Join Award-Winning Teachers
Many modeling teachers have been recognized nationally. Users of Modeling Instruction have received the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) Shell Science Teaching Award, the Presidential Award for Excellence in Math and Science Teaching (PAEMST), and become Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellows. The former K-12 Program Officer for the American Association of Physics Teachers (Rebecca Vieyra) is a Modeling alum, as are 5 of 17 members of the AAPT Master Teacher Leader Taskforce.
Modelers who have been Presidential Awardees:
Presidential Awardees
Modelers who have been Einstein Fellows:
Nick Cabot
Mark Davids
Buffy Cushman-Patz [Watch her TEDX talk at www.seeqs.org]
Kathy Malone
Barbie Buckner
Rebecca Vieyra
Michael Vargas
Modelers who have been awarded the NSTA Shell Science Teaching Award:
Carmela R. Minaya Jones
Wayne Williams
David Thompson
Modelers winning the National Aerospace Teacher of the Year
Mike Vargas – 1st place 2019
Melissa Girmscheid – 2nd place 2020
A few stories of individual award winners who practice Modeling Instruction are listed below.