October 1st, 2016 - August 1st, 2018 | PROJECT
The Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago (MSI) will develop museum-based education resources to engage high school age youth in the exploration of climate literacy and Earth systems science through its Teen ACES (Teen Advocates for Community and Environmental Sustainability) project. As the future leaders who will make decisions about the issues they face in their communities, youth participants will be positioned to act as advocates for establishing resilient communities in the Midwest. The project will utilize a variety of resources, including NOAA Science On a SphereĀ® (SOS) technology and datasets, Great Lakes and local climate assets from the Midwest Regional Climate Center and Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant, and existing local planning guides to develop museum-based youth programming. Teens will explore environmental hazards including severe weather events and temperature extremes, and consider the impact of the Great Lakes on regional climate. The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning, Resilient Chicago, the Institute of Environmental Sustainability at Loyola University Chicago, and the South Metropolitan Higher Education Consortium will advise on the project to support the integration of municipal resiliency plans and their related adaptation and mitigation measures into the program. Teen participants will share their learning with the Chicago community through interactions with public visitors in the Museum, programs at Chicago Public Library branches, and MSIās teen science program broadcast on Chicagoās public access TV station. Teen facilitated experiences will be tailored for SOSĀ® experiences at MSI. The project will revise content for use in 100 after-school science clubs for students from diverse communities across the Chicago area. Further dissemination to three regional science center partners equipped with SOSĀ® technology (Boonshoft Museum of Discovery in Dayton, Ohio; Science Central in Fort Wayne, Indiana; and Hawthorn Hollow in Kenosha, Wisconsin) will build a foundation of knowledge and resources to adapt materials to meet the needs of their communities and consider how their vulnerabilities and resiliency plans may differ from Chicago.
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Project Products
Facilitator Affect in a Drop-In, Teen-Led Community Science Learning Program
Team Members
Bryan Wunar, Principal Investigator, Museum of Science and IndustryFunders
Funding Source: NOAA
Funding Program: 2016: ELG for Community Resilience to Extreme Weather Events and Environmental Hazards
Award Number: NA16SEC0080001
Funding Amount: $498,470
Tags
Audience: General Public | Museum | ISE Professionals | Youth | Teen (up to 17)
Discipline: Climate | Geoscience and geography
Resource Type: Project Descriptions
Environment Type: Afterschool Programs | Broadcast Media | Community Outreach Programs | Library Programs | Media and Technology | Museum and Science Center Programs | Planetarium and Science on a Sphere | Public Programs