Laurel Bingman

Laurel Bingman (she/her) is the Invention Education Fellow at Society for Science where she supports teachers in facilitating invention & research projects with their students. Before joining the Society, Laurel was the Community Programs Coordinator at the Jackson Hole Children’s Museum where she coordinated community-focused programming and led various clubs & camps dedicated to hands-on learning. Previously, she was a Teacher & Field Instructor at Teton Science Schools where she engaged students in place-based outdoor environmental education as well as taught Spanish and music. Before moving to Jackson, Wyoming, she was a Science Teacher and Science Fair Coordinator at YES Prep Public Schools in Houston, TX where she taught high school biology & research classes using project-based learning methods and grew her district’s science fair program. Laurel received her Bachelor of Arts in Biological Sciences & Latin American Studies at Rice University in Houston, TX and her Master of Education in Curriculum & Pedagogy at the University of Toronto in Toronto, Canada.