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Video: SCIENCES: Supporting a Community’s Informal Education Needs—Confidence and Empowerment in STEM

August 31, 2019 | Public Programs, Professional Development, Conferences, and Networks, Informal/Formal Connections

This video presents reflections on SCIENCES: Supporting a Community’s Informal Education Needs—Confidence and Empowerment in STEM. SCIENCES brought together Eden Place Nature Center and the Chicago Zoological Society to collaboratively support environmental conservation and lifelong scientific learning in the Fuller Park neighborhood of Chicago. 

The SCIENCES project began in 2013 and focused on adapting existing educational programs into a suite of environmentally focused science learning opportunities for professional, student, and public audiences in the Fuller Park neighborhood. SCIENCES programs included educator professional development, family programs, camp, youth programs, workshops, festivals, conservation action events, school group classes, field trips, and the King Conservation Science Scholars teen volunteer program. Attendance at approximately 90 programs between 2014 and 2017 totaled over 3,800.

TEAM MEMBERS

  • REVISE logo
    Principal Investigator
    Chicago Zoological Society
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    Co-Principal Investigator
    Chicago Zoological Society
  • 2014 08 20 Dean Grosshandler headshot 200 by 200
    Co-Principal Investigator
    University of Illinois at Chicago
  • Citation

    Funders

    NSF
    Funding Program: AISL
    Award Number: 1323280
    Discipline: Climate | Ecology, forestry, and agriculture | Education and learning science | Geoscience and geography | Life science | Nature of science
    Audience: Youth/Teen (up to 17) | Adults | Families | General Public | Educators/Teachers | Museum/ISE Professionals | Evaluators
    Environment Type: Public Programs | Aquarium and Zoo Programs | Professional Development, Conferences, and Networks | Professional Development and Workshops | Informal/Formal Connections | K-12 Programs
    Access and Inclusion: Low Socioeconomic Status | Urban

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