PLTW schedules elementary STEM webinar

Project Lead The Way has scheduled a virtual webinar for April 21 on weaving science, technology, engineering, and math into elementary literacy and math lessons. (pltw.org) The session is titled “Breaking Down Instructional Silos: Building Literacy, Math, and Future-Ready Skills in Elementary School,” and Project Lead The Way lists it as a virtual event with registration open. (pltw.org) edWeb says the webinar runs Tuesday, April 21, 2026, from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time and is sponsored by Project Lead The Way. (home.edweb.net) The presenter list includes Suzanne Martin of Darnaby Elementary School in Oklahoma, Jesus Silva of Monroe Elementary School in California, Zachary Morolda of Monroe Township School District in New Jersey, and Sylvia Huff, senior vice president of research at Project Lead The Way. (home.edweb.net) Project Lead The Way says the session is aimed at elementary classrooms where teachers face “limited time” and is framed around using interdisciplinary instruction instead of adding a separate new subject block. (pltw.org) The event page says attendees will review ways to connect English language arts, math, and science so students can practice problem solving, collaboration, communication, and early career awareness in the same lessons. (pltw.org) That approach matches Project Lead The Way’s elementary program, PLTW Launch, which the organization says includes 43 interdisciplinary modules for prekindergarten through fifth grade. (pltw.org) Project Lead The Way says those modules are offered in English and Spanish and align with Next Generation Science Standards, the widely used science benchmarks for kindergarten through twelfth grade. (pltw.org) The nonprofit also pitches the webinar as practical teacher support: its professional development page says core training is built around activity-, project-, and problem-based learning and is meant to help teachers use PLTW materials in class. (pltw.org) For schools already using PLTW Launch, the April 21 webinar is a one-hour look at how the group wants elementary STEM to show up inside reading and math time, not beside it. (home.edweb.net)