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EcoExploratorio: Museo de Ciencias de Puerto Rico

September 1, 2021 - August 31, 2022 | Media and Technology, Exhibitions

EcoExploratorio: Museo de Ciencias de Puerto Rico’s In-STEM: An Inclusive STEM Museum Exhibition project will provide STEM educational material specifically for audiences with visual and hearing disabilities. In addition to an inclusive summer Moon to Mars exhibit, the museum will offer tours with American Sign Languages (ASL) interpreters and adaptations for the visually impaired. Accessible online, the museum will produce ten STEM activity videos. By being inclusive of people with disabilities, specifically focusing on people that are deaf or hard of hearing and blind or visually impaired, the museum seeks to promote lifelong access to STEM education.

Funders

IMLS
Funding Program: Inspire! Grants for Small Museums
Award Number: IGSM-249722-OMS-21
Funding Amount: $49,500

TEAM MEMBERS

  • Jenny Guevara
    Principal Investigator
    EcoExploratorio: Museo de Ciencias de Puerto Rico
  • Discipline: Space science
    Audience: General Public | Museum/ISE Professionals
    Environment Type: Media and Technology | Websites, Mobile Apps, and Online Media | Exhibitions | Museum and Science Center Exhibits
    Access and Inclusion: People with Disabilities

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