September 1st, 2021 - August 31st, 2023 | PROJECT
Woodland Park Zoo will conduct a pilot partnership with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Puget Sound (BBBSPS) to provide science and conservation education, personal connections to peers and mentors, and opportunities to practice environmentalism among diverse King County youth. BBBSPS will promote the program and recruit mentor and youth participants. The zoo will facilitate three Conservation Challenges each year for mentors and youth and will host an annual Big Night Out on zoo grounds to express gratitude to mentors. The project will allow youth ages 9 to 14 to learn about science and conservation outside of school, and to see themselves as contributing to conservation and their local community as future scientists, stewards, and policymakers.
Project Website(s)
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Team Members
Karen Sherwood, Principal Investigator, Woodland Park ZooFunders
Funding Source: IMLS
Funding Program: Museums for America
Award Number: MA-249189-OMS-21
Funding Amount: $247,289
Tags
Audience: Elementary School Children (6-10) | Middle School Children (11-13) | Museum | ISE Professionals | Youth | Teen (up to 17)
Discipline: Ecology | forestry | agriculture
Resource Type: Project Descriptions
Environment Type: Aquarium and Zoo Programs | Public Programs