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Teacher Workshops - Broaden your horizons!

National Grid Education Center

Make the National Grid Education Center your home base for professional development. In a comfortable, high-tech environment specially created for educators, you’ll find great professional development workshops and seminars led by educators, scientists and engineers. The National Grid Education Center will equip you with the resources you need to increase your effectiveness in teaching instruction for science, technology, engineering and mathematics in the classroom.

Explore a wealth of free materials from NASA in the east end of the Education Center, where NASA’s Educator Resource Center for New Hampshire resides. The NASA materials include:

  • Educator Briefs and Guides
  • Lithographs
  • Astronomy Software on CD-ROM
  • Posters
  • Videos
  • Slide Sets
  • Bookmarks & More

All materials are free but please bring a blank VHS tape for video duplicating. The slide sets are available on a first-come, first-served loan basis.

Open Hours: Thu 3-5 PM, Sat 10 AM-1 PM or other times by appointment. Please call 603.271.STAR or contact Tiffany Nardino, tnardino@starhop.com, for more information.

The National Grid Education Center and Professional Development Workshops are made possible by National Grid.

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Contact Us
2 Institute Drive
Concord, NH 03301
603.271.STAR (7827)
(Mon-Fri 8 AM-5 PM)

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