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Celebrate National App Day: PEEP Family Science

December 11, 2018 | Media and Technology, Informal/Formal Connections

PBS has a long history of creating award-winning children’s media and has published a wide range of free educational apps. PBS stations often seek organizational partnerships for help in reaching families with the free digital resources they produce. One such collaboration is between WGBH and ALSC as we together introduce a new series of apps developed with National Science Foundation funding. These PEEP Family Science apps feature characters children love from the Emmy Award-winning preschool STEM series on public television, PEEP and the Big Wide World—combining brief, animated stories with playful, hands-on science for families to do together. Far from being an app solely offering STEM games, PEEP Family Science incorporates videos and tips for parents, modeling how to engage children in science learning. Adults are integrally involved in the navigation, prompts, and activity how-to. It’s a parent guide in digital format.

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  • Gay Mohrbacher
    Author
    WGBH
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    Funders

    NSF
    Funding Program: AISL
    Award Number: 1612643
    Funding Amount: $2,000,002.00
    Resource Type: Reference Materials
    Discipline: Education and learning science | General STEM
    Audience: Pre-K Children (0-5) | Parents/Caregivers | Educators/Teachers | Museum/ISE Professionals | Evaluators | Learning Researchers
    Environment Type: Media and Technology | Broadcast Media | Websites, Mobile Apps, and Online Media | Informal/Formal Connections | Pre-K/Early Childhood Programs
    Access and Inclusion: Low Socioeconomic Status

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