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Up Your Game in STEM in California!
Hello Project Exploration blog readers! I’m excited to extend a special invitation to participate (for free) in a pre-conference symposium at the California After School Network annual conference this upcoming Monday, October 31st focused on fostering partnerships for science in after school. (Yes, on Halloween. I’ll give you a candy bar if you come in costume.)
I’ll be traveling to sunny San Diego, CA this October 31st for the Step Up Your Game conference focusing on engaging older youth in afterschool. I’ll be hosting and moderating… Continue reading
On the First Day of School… Response to Jay Matthews
The other day a friend brought the following piece by Washington Post journalist Jay Matthews to my attention.
In it Jay asks readers to “Give us your ideal schools.” To get the ball rolling Jay proffered two models for consideration: A) New York Performance Standards Consortium and B) KIPP schools.
As I read through the models I was lured in. Each model offered a tasty bite: The NY Performance schools bring in external reviewers during their performance assessment; KIPP has a longer school day, and, based… Continue reading
The ACT, Science, and the Slim Six
This is Cameron. He is a Project Exploration intern at the Fossil Lab at the University of Chicago. He will be an 11th grader at North Lawndale College Prep. He is cleaning rock off the bones of a 110 million year old crocodile.
This is Rachel. She will be a 7th grader at Kenwood Academy. She is dusting for prints as part of our Forensic Investigators program. The students investigated a mock crime scene in Washington Park with scientists from the Illinois State Police.
If all goes well, Cameron and… Continue reading
Shout out to Summer Excellence and STEM!
We just got word that Project Exploration has been chosen as one of the best summer learning programs in the country by the National Summer Learning Association. The Excellence in Summer Learning Award seeks to draw national attention to exemplary programs which provide and expand access to high-quality summer learning experiences for all young people. We are thrilled to have been honored for our Junior Paleontologists and All Girls Expedition programs. Offering first-hand STEM experiences for middle and high school students through field research, travel,… Continue reading
Sun Times Shout Out!
What a better way to put icing on the cake on Project Exploration’s 2011 Senior Celebration than seeing a full-page write-up of our programs featuring Devethia Durand in the Saturday Sun Times?
In the Sun Times story by technology columnist Sandra Guy, Devethia explains that time with Project Exploration not only inspired a love of science, “I learned that it is OK to be different and to ask questions,” she said. And now she’s bringing it all back home – while also continuing to pursue her… Continue reading
Looking to the Future of STEM in Afterschool: The Time is Right
Golden Apple Teaching Award goes to Project Exploration Fellow
HOORAY Marc Hans, a 2011 Golden Apple Award winner and teacher at Hanson Elementary School!!!!!
Marc is a 2008 Project Exploration Science Teacher Field Institute Neil Campbell Fellow andan incredible teacher! Good choice Golden Apple!
Check out Marc’s photos from his 2008 Science Teacher Field Institute Fellowship field expedition online and follow along his adventures with SCIENCE FIST – his after school initiative – to get a sense of how Marc harnesses the power of science for kids. You can read more about the Golden Apple Award on… Continue reading
Shout out to Science Everywhere…
Check out the quote highlighted on the newset blog post from Marc Hans:
-wow! sciencefist… has changed me a lot… when i found out about the program i wasn’t very interested because i really didn’t like science.. but, then i saw all the kids getting exited so i decided to apply for a spot, and luckily i got in. We have now done science Olympiad and we are still learning lots week after week, now we have a science fair… and its funny because i am actually having fun,… Continue reading
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