STEM Summer Institute 2026

Great STEM learning begins with strong questions, not just an "answer machine". This session explores how we can move past the AI hype to use these tools as grounded design partners for inquiry-based learning. Instead of letting AI offload the thinking, we’ll look at how it can help teachers curate richer investigations, refine driving questions, and anticipate student misconceptions before they hit the lab bench. We'll include frameworks to help get you started, and also explore ways to use existing resources (like college-level open source textbooks) to help drive design and help ground your work with AI in academic literature.