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Our first full day kicked off with a growth mindset exercise - students designed and built brush bots and practiced the power of “I don’t know how to…yet!” The bot creation culminates with a fun speed and sumo competition.

Students also explored Design Thinking by partnering up to create wallets based on a customer’s wants and needs. Using cardboard and tape, they quickly moved from ideas to prototypes — practicing creativity, problem-solving, and iteration.

A perfect reminder that great designs come from trying, testing, and improving along the way!

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Students jumped into Digital Storytelling by heading outside to capture photographs of objects and moments around them. They brought their images into Canva to explore the art of editing and visual communication.

Students learned that storytelling is about more than just choosing a filter — they experimented with shadows, contrast, temperature, and other tools to transform their photos and strengthen the story behind each image.

Every picture has a perspective, and our students are learning how to share theirs.

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We’ve had a great start to our second summer session in Fairbanks. After traveling from their villages, the students were welcomed and settled into their dorm rooms at the Yukon-Koyukuk School District CTE Learning Facility, ready for a week of exploration, creativity, and hands-on learning.

Students explored the Makerspace/STEM Lab before sharing a wonderful dinner with our supportive elders, Irene and Eliza, who helped welcome students into the T3 community.

A great first evening filled with connection, curiosity, and excitement for what’s ahead!

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The drive from Fairbanks to Anchorage included stops in Nenana and Healy, where students learned about in-river hydropower, coal plant technology, and geology. In Anchorage, students delivered a final presentation at the Rasmussen SEED Lab.

Yesterday, students gave the final presentations in Fairbanks for the Energy Storytelling and Cybersecurity Summer program. Irene Sherry and Sarah McConnell presented students with beaded necklaces made by a community of T3 supporters! T3 Alliance Alaska UAF College of Engineering and Mines Alaska Center for Energy and Power Kusilvak Career Academy

The T3 Alaska summer program had a fun weekend, rafting on the Chena River with Outdoor Adventures, visiting the planetarium at the University of Alaska Museum of the North, and making memories. T3 Alliance Alaska

Having fun with the heavy equipment simulators at YKSD, meeting Bug the sled dog, and playing with Raspberry Pi's and networks! Grateful for all the teachers who are making this summer program special!

Mahalo Nui Loa to our friends from the University of Hawaii who shared an evening of dance and food with our students and community members at the Effie Kokrine Charter School. Anaa' baasee to the four other dance groups that came to share the evening with us.

An incredible first day in Fairbanks for our Students in the T3 Alaska summer program. Free ice cream at the Wood Center sponsored by UAF Student Support Services, Time with Tate in the UAF Makerspace, working on microgrids maps, and time with John in ACEP learning about MQTT Security for sendign data packets. Conrad Woodhead from KCA, Anthony White from DEED, and Sam Ulroan, Chevak T3 Coach, spoke with students at lunch. The highlight of the day, was an incredible gathering and shared meal at Effie Kokrine Charter School, with indigenous dance groups from Alaska and Hawaii. More photos to follow. Alaska Center for Energy and PowerUAF College of Engineering and MinesKusilvak Career Academy Alaska Department of Education and Early Development