Developing an Interactive STEM (I-STEM) Learning Center: Phase 2

October 1st, 2014 - September 30th, 2015 | PROJECT

The Arboretum at Flagstaff will design build and evaluate three outdoor kiosks for the "Interactive STEM Learning Center" (I-STEM), which will engage students and general audiences in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics of real-time climate change research, interpretation, and mitigation. The kiosks will help the arboretum raise awareness about climate change, connect people to on-the-ground scientific investigation, teach students and teachers, and de-mythologize a politicized issue. The project will create a local resource for learning about climate change impacts and mitigation practices that are place-based and more readily accepted.

Project Website(s)

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Team Members

Kristin Haskins, Principal Investigator, Transition Zone Horticultural Institute, Inc.

Funders

Funding Source: IMLS
Funding Program: Museums for America
Award Number: MA-11-14-0498-14
Funding Amount: $24,984

Tags

Audience: Elementary School Children (6-10) | General Public | Middle School Children (11-13) | Museum | ISE Professionals | Youth | Teen (up to 17)
Discipline: Climate | General STEM
Resource Type: Project Descriptions
Environment Type: Exhibitions | Parks | Outdoor | Garden Exhibits