Jennifer Swanson -- Science ROCKS

11 years as a middle school science teacher. 10+ years as an award-winning STEM author for kids.

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Parent's Choice Gold Award NSTA Best STEM book awards California Reading Assn Eureka Gold Award Florida Book Silver Award

B.S. in Chemistry from the U.S. Naval Academy M.S. Ed in K-8 Science Education from Walden University

Jennifer Swanson is a middle school science teacher for Johns Hopkins University's Center for Talented Youth and is also the award winning author of over 40+ nonfiction books for children, mostly about science and technology. Jennifer’s love of STEM began when she started a science club in her garage at the age of 7. While no longer working from the garage, Jennifer’s passion for science and technology resonates in all her books but especially, BRAIN GAMES (NGKids) and SUPER GEAR: Nanotechnology and Sports Team Up (Charlesbridge), Astronaut-Aquanaut, and Parents’ Choice Gold Award Winner, Save the Crash-test Dummies. Her books have received many accolades including the starred reviews, Booklist Best Tech books list, Green Earth Book Honor Award, a Florida Book Award, and multiple California Reading Association awards, and National Science Teaching BEST STEM awards. her BRAIN GAMES book was even #13 on the The Planets.org 50 Best Science books Ever Written. An accomplished and exciting speaker, Jennifer has presented at National NSTA conferences, the Highlights Foundation, the Atlanta Science Festival, the World Science Festival in NYC and the Library of Congress’ National Book Festival. Jennifer encourages kids (of all ages) to engage their curiosity and DISCOVER the Science all around them!