khinkle@innovationcharter.org
Katharine Hinkle is the Manager of Youth Education at Harvard Forest, Harvard University’s ecological research station in Petersham, MA. There she runs a K12 climate education program that supports classrooms up and down the east coast in participatory science projects. She previously taught Science at Innovation at both the Middle School and High School. She has also worked as a consultant, leading professional development programs on project based-learning at schools around the country, along with being a curriculum coach to teachers and districts seeking to update their teaching practices with 21st century skills. Additionally, she was an Educator Collaborator at NPR’s Science Friday, developing content and mentoring other teachers in STEM resource creation. Before becoming a teacher, Katharine studied geology and geophysics at Mount Holyoke College (BA) and Brown University (MS), where she had the opportunity to study thixotropic fluids on fault surfaces and to explore the paleoenvironments of the desert Southwest. When she isn’t teaching, Katharine enjoys exploring the great outdoors with her family and geeking out about and climbing on beautiful rock formations all over the country.