Lyndsey Wells
About Lyndsey Wells
Lyndsey Wells is currently employed in the Hyde Park Central School District as a K-5 Math Academic Intervention Specialist. After earning her Bachelor of Science in Early Childhood and Childhood Education from SUNY New Paltz, she went on to complete a graduate degree in STEM Education. During her master’s program, she was a graduate assistant supporting the college’s afterschool program, the Numeracy Club. As a result, she learned how to integrate design thinking into the STEM curriculum, which resulted in a co-authored article with Dr. Nataly Chesky published in a National Council of Teachers of Mathematics journal.
Throughout her teaching career, she has observed that children and adults alike are motivated by principles of design when placed in the context of helping others. She aims to develop empathy as a driver of STEM problem-solving and innovation. This interest is continuing with work to use the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals as a vehicle for the design of a multi-disciplinary framework that engages young learners in solution-based thinking to solve problems in their own communities.
Content
These are articles and lessons submitted by Lyndsey Wells.
