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National
Launch Training
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June
13, 2002
Austin, TX
On June 13, community technology staff from around the country are participating in a training to launch the national ScienceQuest after-school program. This program encourages young people (aged 10-14) to discover and investigate their questions about science and technology. The program's goal is to foster the next generation of scientists and educators in under-served populations such as minorities, girls, and children with disabilities. Community volunteers and center staff provide youth participants with support, guidance, and mentoring.
Participants from the following community technology centers were represented at the training:
- ACENet, Athens OH
- Black Hills Special Services Cooperative, Rapid City, SD
- Bridge Project, Denver, CO
- The Family Investment Center, Chicago, IL
- First Baptist CDC, Somerset, NJ
- Harlem Partnership Center, Inc. Harlem, NY
- Houston Community College, Houston, TX
- MIGIZI, Minneapolis, MN
- Ministry in Action, Lufkin, TX
- Odem-Edroy ISD, Odem, TX
- Parents Lets Unite for Kids (PLUK), Billings, MT
- Perry School Community Service Center, Washington, DC
- Project TECH, Los Angelos, CA
- VOA Education Center, Columbus, OH
- Workforce
Systems/Springfield Learning Center, Springfield, IL
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Training
participants brainstorm ideas for science resources. |
CTC
staff get hands-on experience with the I-Search process.
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Brenda
(MT), Julie (IL), and Anne (IL) conduct an "assets inventory"
for their organizations.
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"Hi!"
says Kim (IL)
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Training
participants debrief their group's immersion activity.
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One
group investigates local water life in their immersion activity.
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Participants
consider how to implement ScienceQuest when they return home.
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Jennifer
Dorsen of EDC leads a discussion about how "science is all
around us."
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Judy
Zorfass of EDC says that ScienceQuest investigators "Read,
Watch, Ask, and Do!"
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Bob
(TX) hones his Web site building skills.
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Group
reports the results of their investigation.
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Judy
Zorfass of EDC talks about project-based learning with training
participants.
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