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Danielle Harlow is an Associate Professor in the Department of Education. Her work focuses on science and engineering education for K-12 teachers and for elementary school students. Harlow is currently part of two grants funded by the National Science Foundation. One grant focuses on developing Computer Science curriculum for upper elementary school students and studying how children learn computational thinking. The other grant focuses on how to develop undergraduate large-enrollment inquiry-based physics curricula that are aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). At UCSB, Harlow teaches courses for Ph.D. students, pre-service teachers, and undergraduates. Her courses include technology and learning, physics and everyday thinking, and methods for teaching elementary school science. In addition to research and teaching, Harlow is a content advisor to the Children’s Museum of Santa Barbara, a new museum that will focus on Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math (STEAM), with a particular emphasis on physical science and engineering. Prior to joining the faculty at UCSB, Harlow received her Ph.D. in Science Education from the University of Colorado at Boulder, her M.S., in Geophysics from Stanford University and a B.S. in physics from Valparaiso University. Danielle Harlow also spent two years teaching Physics in Tanzania, East Africa as a Peace Corps Volunteer.