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News Release 14-160
Learning science: Taking stock of what happens outside of school
Through new NSF initiative--Science Learning+--US and UK researchers join forces to understand and improve informal science learning
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The Wildlife Conservation Society is among the recipients of a Science Learning+ planning grant. WCS's Bridging the Gap program engages teens from underrepresented communities in informal science learning opportunities in order to promote interest in STEM careers. Here, a Bridging the Gap teen participant learns about marine ecology with a WCS instructor at the New York Aquarium.
Credit: Julie Larsen Maher, copyright WCS
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The Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science in Miami is among the Science Learning+ grantees. A responsive multimedia environment provides children the opportunity to search the tall
reeds of the Everglades.
Credit: Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science, Design I/O
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The Great Lakes Science Center in Cleveland serves over 2,000 students each summer through its camp programs that help combat summer learning loss, provide an engaging setting for out-of-school-time learning, and allow kids to explore science, technology, engineering, and math through hands-on experiments that mimic real-world challenges.
Credit: Great Lakes Science Center
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Students in the Great Science Academy, Great Lakes Science Center's award-winning program for teens, create their own robotic hands. Teens work on a year-long, student-led project in collaboration with STEM professionals in their community.
Credit: Great Lakes Science Center
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Students in the Great Science Academy, Great Lakes Science Center's award-winning program for teens, assist the Alliance for the Great Lakes in cleaning up Edgewater Beach in Cleveland. A key component of Great Science Academy is its emphasis on connecting teens to STEM in their community, making it an ideal program for studying learning across ecologies.
Credit: Great Lakes Science Center
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