KEY INFORMATION

• LOCATION: Marymount School of NY, 115 E 97th St, Manhattan (between Park Ave. and Lexington Ave.)
• DATE & TIME: Tuesday, July 14, 2026, 12pm – 4pm (lunch from 12 – 1pm)
• LED BY: Bridget Ierace (bio below)
• CTLE AVAILABLE: 3hrs
• THIS WORKSHOP IS FOR: teachers and educators of any subject, any age – this is adaptable for just about any classroom!

WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION

Do you want your students to literally carry their science in their pocket? Zines, which are small, DIY booklets made from a single sheet of paper, (and pronounced like that 3rd syllable in “magazines”) offer an easy and low-cost way to turn big ideas into creative, student-centered learning. In this workshop, you’ll learn how to make and use zines as an engaging tool for review, formative assessment, and concept building across a range of science topics.

You’ll explore a variety of classroom-ready examples and see how zines can function as both teaching materials and student products. This workshop will be hands-on – you will fold and design your own zines while experimenting with different formats and sizes, prompts, and levels of structure. We will discuss how to use them in class or zine clubs or other contexts, zines as shareable content for school events, and strategies for differentiation so that all students can access the content while still having space for their creativity and voice.

By the end of the workshop, you will walk away with several zine project ideas to use in your classroom, including a clear example rubric and adaptable instructional materials. More importantly, you’ll leave with practical experience and confidence in using zines as a flexible and powerful tool that helps you see what your students really comprehend!

WORKSHOP LEADER

Bridget Ierace is an astrophysicist and science educator. She teaches high school science in South Brooklyn and CUNY astronomy courses. Bridget is a host of Astronomy on Tap NYC, which brings fun science talks to bars. During grad school, Bridget studied quasars, which are very active and bright supermassive black holes at the center of faraway galaxies.

ABOUT STEMteachersNYC

STEMteachersNYC is celebrating 15 years! Since 2011, we have delivered professional development workshops for teachers, by teachers, about teaching. We are an approved CTLE and NYCPS MTAC vendor. All workshops over 2hrs offer CTLE. Below is some important information, but please see our official Registration FAQ on our website for full details and policies.

Pricing: workshop/event pricing reflects a desire to offer affordable professional learning experiences. Some workshops are subsidized and offered at a discount or for free. Some workshops include extra materials costs. Often, there is both a “Full Price” ticket for people who can pay full price and for schools/organizations paying for their staff to attend, and a “Teacher Price” ticket for teachers/educators paying out of pocket. If price is a barrier to your participation, please keep reading for several options.

CUNY & other partner campus pre-service students: If you are training to be a teacher, we want to welcome you to attend our workshops for free! Please email registration@stemteachersnyc.org for details and to see if you qualify.

Want to pay by invoice or purchase order? We encourage you to ask your school or organization if this is a possibility. Please see the Registration FAQ for the process, which includes a template letter with messaging geared towards administrators.

Are there discounts available? Often, yes!

• Discounted Early Bird and “Teacher Price” tickets are often available.
• Each summer, the Wanninkhof Excellence in Teaching Scholarship provides up to 2 free workshops per teacher in TItle 1 or similar schools.
• Specials and discounts are announced on our social media (@STEMteachersNYC on Instagram, LinkedIn, Bluesky, and Facebook), and in our Weekly Newsletter – sign up here.
• We partner with several organizations and CUNY to offer free tickets to teachers and pre-service teachers involved.
• If at any time price is a barrier to you purchasing a ticket, please contact us at registration@STEMteachersNYC.org

Refunds, cancellations, and other registration/ticketing policies or changes: Please see the full Registration FAQ for details and policies.

Please note: We take screenshots, photographs and record video of our workshops in order to publicize a positive image of science teaching, and of STEMteachersNYC – a recognized 501(c)(3) non-profit organization – and to support future teacher leaders. If you register, you are agreeing to be photographed and to have your voice and image video-recorded. You are also agreeing to relinquish all your rights to the photographs and video recordings.

If you do not wish to be photographed or video-recorded – you must inform us before the workshop starts. For in-person workshops, we may take one photograph of your face so that we can erase your image if we happen to catch it by chance during the workshop, and we will do our best to avoid you.

Have more questions? Please see the full Registration FAQ for further details and policies, or contact us directly:

• Registration or ticketing questions – registration@STEMteachersNYC.org
• Questions about invoice/PO issues – bookkeeper@STEMteachersNYC.org
• Any other questions – info@STEMteachersNYC.org