Heidi Turcotte Email and Phone Number

Heidi is a passionate advocate for increasing conservation awareness and believing that hands-on, experiential learning is the key to understanding our environment! At the Georgia Aquarium, she serves as the Manager of Teaching and Learning.In this capacity, Heidi oversees all content development and education programming for school groups, professional development, Camp H2O, and outreach. Additionally, she has collaborated with several external stakeholders including NOAA, Smithsonian Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology, and Georgia Department of Education, to provide opportunities for the GAI Education Department, Georgia teaching professionals, and students. These partnerships have resulted in Smithsonian Field Trip Day, Science on Tap, Exploring Water Professional Development, Georgia STEM Day, Rivers to Reefs, Pace Academy outreach, and our recently awarded grant from Motorola to offer an ROV camp for girls to encourage an interest in STEM subjects and careers.

Researched, developed and taught science curricula for homeschool courses, workshops and STEM camps.Created and presented hands-on science training professional development seminars to Fulton County School’s K-5th teachers during their transition to Georgia Standards of Excellence.