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Design It! Building Design Challenges in After School Programs: Final Evaluation Report

June 1, 2002 | Public Programs
Design It! Building Design Challenges in After School Programs, funded by the National Science Foundation, is a collaboration between the Education Development Center (EDC), the National Institute for Out-of-School Time (NIOST) and science centers/museums and after school programs located in community-based organizations (CBOs) in six cities. The project's primary goal was to improve the quality of programming in after school programs by establishing long term relationships between science centers/museums and after school programs and developing, incorporating and institutionalizing hands-on, inquiry-based design activities in the programs. Central to this goal was the development of a series of units of hands-on design related activities covering everything from Cranes and Trebuchets to Pinballs and Balloon-powered Cars. These units were implemented in varying degrees by over forty after school programs in the six geographic areas.

TEAM MEMBERS

  • Patricia Campbell
    Evaluator
    Campbell-Kibler Associates, Inc.
  • Education Development Center
    Contributor
  • Lesley Perlman
    Evaluator
    Campbell-Kibler Associates, Inc.
  • Earl Hadley
    Evaluator
    Campbell-Kibler Associates, Inc.
  • Citation

    Funders

    NSF
    Funding Program: ISE/AISL
    Award Number: 9814765
    Funding Amount: 1669078
    Resource Type: Evaluation Reports
    Discipline: Education and learning science | Engineering | Physics | Technology
    Audience: Elementary School Children (6-10) | Museum/ISE Professionals | Evaluators
    Environment Type: Public Programs | Afterschool Programs

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