Community Science Workshops: An Evaluation Portfolio

February 26th, 2014 | EVALUATION

This portfolio contains the following reports: "Community Science Workshops: A Powerful and Feasible Model for Serving Underserved Youth. An Evaluation Brief"; "Community Science Workshops: Building a Bridge to Science for Urban Youth. A Descriptive Look at CSWs."; "What Do Community Science Workshops Do For Kids? The Benefits to Urban Youth."; and "CSWs by the Numbers: A Statistical Portrait of Community Science Workshops." Community Science Workshops are community-based non-profit programs that offer underserved youth living in low-income, high-minority neighborhoods a fun and safe way to explore their world through science. Community Science Workshops are what the name implies: They are workshops full of equipment and tools, located in mostly urban community spaces, where local youth can explore, investigate, and build—all with the support of caring, knowledgeable adults and in a culture of scientific inquiry and constructive social interaction.

Document

2014-02-26_Community_Science_Workshops_An_Evaluation_Portfolio.pdf

Team Members

Green Mountain College, Contributor
Mark St. John, Evaluator, Inverness Research Associates

Funders

Funding Source: NSF
Funding Amount: 3100000

Related URLs

Community Science Workshop: Building a National Movement

Tags

Access and Inclusion: Ethnic | Racial | Low Socioeconomic Status | Urban
Audience: Educators | Teachers | Elementary School Children (6-10) | Middle School Children (11-13) | Museum | ISE Professionals | Youth | Teen (up to 17)
Discipline: Education and learning science | General STEM | Nature of science
Resource Type: Evaluation Reports
Environment Type: Making and Tinkering Programs | Public Programs