National Lab Day is a US initiative to develop communities of
support that will nurture project-based learning collaborations
among students, teachers, and volunteers. Volunteers, college
students, STEM professionals, and other community members work
together with teachers and students to bring discovery-based
science experiences to grades K-12. When an educator posts a
project to the National Lab Day system, the NLD network can help
them get the resources needed to realize that project. As the
experts on their students and classrooms, teachers are the
center of the National Lab Day initiative. Teachers know what
they need to improve the hands-on learning experiences of their
students. Teachers work with local volunteers to meet those
needs. National Lab Day volunteers (university students or
professionals in science, technology, engineering, or math) are
asked to work with local elementary, middle, and high schools to
help them do more project-based learning with their students.
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