Community Partnerships in STEM

September 1st, 2020 - August 31st, 2023 | PROJECT

Community Partnerships in STEM — a project of the Sciencenter and partners Downtown Ithaca Children’s Center and My Brother’s Keeper Ithaca — will expand opportunities for local youth from low-income households to engage with science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) through hands-on programming. Sciencenter and its partners will co-develop relevant, accessible, and inclusive programs for youth and deliver the programs at the museum and at partner locations. As a result of this project, local youth from low-income households will come to see science as a process for learning about the world through experimentation and exploration that is relevant to their everyday lives.

Project Website(s)

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Team Members

Michelle Kortenaar, Principal Investigator, Sciencenter

Funders

Funding Source: IMLS
Funding Program: Museums for America
Award Number: MA-245647-OMS-20
Funding Amount: $233,353

Tags

Access and Inclusion: Low Socioeconomic Status
Audience: Elementary School Children (6-10) | Middle School Children (11-13) | Museum | ISE Professionals | Youth | Teen (up to 17)
Discipline: General STEM
Resource Type: Project Descriptions
Environment Type: Museum and Science Center Programs | Public Programs