Community Science Workshops for California

August 15, 1995 - July 31, 2000 | Public Programs

San Francisco State University is collaborating with MESA of California to replicate the Mission Science Workshop (MSW) model for informal science education to establish 10 self-supporting interactive Community Science Workshops (CSW's) throughout California. The overriding theme for activities at the CSW's is to let children and parents "be" scientists as they explore through the use of interactive exhibits, hands-on building/tinkering activities and content workshops, while at the same time ensuring they learn correct science concepts. Content to be presented is from the areas of Engineering, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, and Mathematics. The target audience is primarily African-American, Latino, and Native American children in grades K-8 and their families.

Funders

NSF

Funding Program: ISE/AISL

Award Number: 9552572

Funding Amount: 3000000

TEAM MEMBERS

Paul Fonteyn

Principal Investigator

San Francisco State University

Discipline: Engineering | Life science | Mathematics | Physics

Audience: Elementary School Children (6-10) | Middle School Children (11-13) | Families | Parents/Caregivers | Museum/ISE Professionals

Environment Type: Public Programs | Community Outreach Programs | Making and Tinkering Programs

Access and Inclusion: Ethnic/Racial | Black/African American Communities | Hispanic/Latinx Communities | Indigenous and Tribal Communities

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