# Event Details

- **Event Name**: VAI Public Lecture Series: Using Inquiry-Based Learning to Build Future Innovators
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 17 Sep, 2025 at 12:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Van Andel Institute’s Public Lecture Series feature presentations and a Q&A with Institute scientists and educators. The events are free and open to the public, and virtual viewing is available.

Traditional education often prioritizes grades and memorization, neglecting skills vital for real-world problem-solving. Join Van Andel Institute for Education’s Director and Education Officer Terra Tarango to explore the power of inquiry-based instruction in fostering curiosity, creativity and critical thinking — essential traits for the next generation of innovators. Discover how VAI Education is helping teachers bridge this critical gap and take a VIP guided tour of VAI’s K-12 classrooms. You’ll get to meet Toby, our African Spurred Tortoise, and participate in hands-on STEM activities!

Presented by Lake Michigan Credit Union. Register at VAI.org by Tuesday, Sept. 16 at 5 p.m.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/grand-rapids/vai-public-lecture-series-using-inquiry-based-learning-to-build-future-innovators/200028790730903
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 51

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://forms.vai.org/pls-3-build-future-innovators/?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=grand+rapids-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Grand Rapids
- **state**: MI
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Van Andel Institute
- **lat**: 42.96956
- **long**: -85.66725
- **full address**: Van Andel Institute, 333 Bostwick Ave NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49503-2518, United States

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Van Andel Institute for Education (https://allevents.in/org/van-andel-institute-for-education/24503182)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wed, 17 Sep, 2025 at 12:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Van Andel Institute, 333 Bostwick Ave NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49503-2518, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Van Andel Institute for Education
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about VAI Public Lecture Series: Using Inquiry-Based Learning to Build Future Innovators ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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