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Exploring and Transforming Individuals and Systems through Virtual Educational Programming

September 1, 2021 - August 31, 2023 | Media and Technology, Public Programs, Professional Development, Conferences, and Networks

The Detroit Zoo will partner with community-based organizations serving youth in metropolitan Detroit to implement a program to develop and present remote STEM programming for students in this area, targeting low- to moderate-income students of color. Staff from the zoo and three afterschool programs (American Institutional Management Services, Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services, and Boys and Girls Clubs of Southeast Michigan) will participate in professional development workshops on virtual, inquiry-based, humane STEM education. They will then utilize skills developed in the workshops to develop and lead virtual education programming for a total of 24 groups of 20 middle school youth.

Funders

IMLS
Funding Program: Museums for America
Award Number: MA-249634-OMS-21
Funding Amount: $179,000

TEAM MEMBERS

  • Diane Miller 749x800
    Diane Miller
    Principal Investigator
    Detroit Zoo
    • Discipline: General STEM
    Audience: Middle School Children (11-13) | Museum/ISE Professionals
    Environment Type: Media and Technology | Websites, Mobile Apps, and Online Media | Public Programs | Afterschool Programs | Aquarium and Zoo Programs | Professional Development, Conferences, and Networks | Professional Development and Workshops
    Access and Inclusion: Ethnic/Racial | Low Socioeconomic Status

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