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Planning Grant for Parent Science Resource Kit and Training

May 1 - October 31, 1997 | Public Programs, Informal/Formal Connections
The New York Hall of Science and Community School District #24 request $46,744 for a planning grant whose goal is to empower parents by bringing informal science and math education experiences to create a working team of parents, teachers, and museum staff to underserved, ethnically diverse students in their formative years, and their families. A major objective is to develop a framework for a science resource kit for home use by parents and children in grades K-3, and related parent training. The target audience is low income, minority, recently immigrated parents, with little to no involvement in their children's education. Parents from the target audience will serve on the Planning Team. The function of the kits is to provide exciting, intergenerational, exploratory experiences in math and science that are related to the school curriculum. Each kit will be designed to be completely portable and will appear to be a large trunk with wheels. Contents may include: a laptop-size computer; hand lenses and two small microscopes; diffraction gratings and flourescent sources; ramps and balls; mirrors, lenses and other optics.

Funders

NSF
Funding Program: ISE/AISL
Award Number: 9705261
Funding Amount: 46744

TEAM MEMBERS

  • John Hammer
    Principal Investigator
    New York Hall of Science
  • Discipline: General STEM | Mathematics
    Audience: Families | Parents/Caregivers | Elementary School Children (6-10) | Educators/Teachers | Museum/ISE Professionals
    Environment Type: Public Programs | Community Outreach Programs | Museum and Science Center Programs | Informal/Formal Connections | K-12 Programs
    Access and Inclusion: Low Socioeconomic Status

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