September 1st, 2021 - August 31st, 2022 | PROJECT
EcoExploratorio: Museo de Ciencias de Puerto Rico’s In-STEM: An Inclusive STEM Museum Exhibition project will provide STEM educational material specifically for audiences with visual and hearing disabilities. In addition to an inclusive summer Moon to Mars exhibit, the museum will offer tours with American Sign Languages (ASL) interpreters and adaptations for the visually impaired. Accessible online, the museum will produce ten STEM activity videos. By being inclusive of people with disabilities, specifically focusing on people that are deaf or hard of hearing and blind or visually impaired, the museum seeks to promote lifelong access to STEM education.
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Team Members
Jenny Guevara, Principal Investigator, EcoExploratorio: Museo de Ciencias de Puerto RicoFunders
Funding Source: IMLS
Funding Program: Inspire! Grants for Small Museums
Award Number: IGSM-249722-OMS-21
Funding Amount: $49,500
Tags
Access and Inclusion: People with Disabilities
Audience: General Public | Museum | ISE Professionals
Discipline: Space science
Resource Type: Project Descriptions
Environment Type: Exhibitions | Media and Technology | Museum and Science Center Exhibits | Websites | Mobile Apps | Online Media