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Project Descriptions

Parents and Children as Co-Travelers (PACCT)

April 1, 2000 - February 28, 2002 | Media and Technology, Public Programs
The project includes a simulation based Family Learning Program to be administered through the International Challenger Learning Center (CLC) network. The goal is to develop families' skills in learning as a team through science, math and technology (SMT) in an environment where parents and children are co-travelers in a world of ideas. PACCT is disseminated through ten of the Challenger Learning Centers reaching 22,000 families nationwide. Many of these activities are completed in the home at no cost to the anticipated 12,500 participating families. Through this network of centers, all types of communities are served in many states. The activities include Sim-U-Voyages, where family teams work at home; Sim-U-Challenges, where families create a physical model responding to a challenge; Sim-U-Visits, where families hear from scientists and work as scientists in a team solving a problem; and Sim-U-Ventures, which result in flying a mission. Cost sharing is 8%.

Funders

NSF
Funding Program: ISE/AISL
Award Number: 0096318
Funding Amount: 241119

TEAM MEMBERS

  • Linda Morris
    Principal Investigator
    Challenger Center for Space Science Education
  • Jan Anstatt
    Co-Principal Investigator
    Challenger Center for Space Science Education
  • Discipline: General STEM | Mathematics | Space science | Technology
    Audience: Families | Parents/Caregivers | Elementary School Children (6-10) | Middle School Children (11-13) | Youth/Teen (up to 17) | Museum/ISE Professionals
    Environment Type: Media and Technology | Games, Simulations, and Interactives | Public Programs | Community Outreach Programs

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