Exploring and Transforming Individuals and Systems through Virtual Educational Programming

September 1st, 2021 - August 31st, 2023 | PROJECT

The Detroit Zoo will partner with community-based organizations serving youth in metropolitan Detroit to implement a program to develop and present remote STEM programming for students in this area, targeting low- to moderate-income students of color. Staff from the zoo and three afterschool programs (American Institutional Management Services, Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services, and Boys and Girls Clubs of Southeast Michigan) will participate in professional development workshops on virtual, inquiry-based, humane STEM education. They will then utilize skills developed in the workshops to develop and lead virtual education programming for a total of 24 groups of 20 middle school youth.

Project Website(s)

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Team Members

Diane Miller, Principal Investigator, Detroit Zoo

Funders

Funding Source: IMLS
Funding Program: Museums for America
Award Number: MA-249634-OMS-21
Funding Amount: $179,000

Tags

Access and Inclusion: Ethnic | Racial | Low Socioeconomic Status
Audience: Middle School Children (11-13) | Museum | ISE Professionals
Discipline: General STEM
Resource Type: Project Descriptions
Environment Type: Afterschool Programs | Aquarium and Zoo Programs | Media and Technology | Professional Development | Conferences | Networks | Professional Development and Workshops | Public Programs | Websites | Mobile Apps | Online Media