Community Ambassadors in Science Exploration (CASE)

Information

• NSF Award
• 0337266

Owner

• The Franklin Institute

• Award Id

  0337266

• Award Effective Date

  3/1/2004 - 20 years ago

• Award Expiration Date

  8/31/2011 - 12 years ago

• Award Amount

  $ 958,225.00

• Award Instrument

  Continuing grant

Community Ambassadors in Science Exploration (CASE) is a new model for encouraging the appreciation and understanding of science among underserved families through: a corps of teen and adult peer presenters; a curriculum of hands-on learning experiences for families of diverse ages and backgrounds; a regional network of museum-community collaboration; integration of community and museum resources through joint programming; and a longitudinal research study of program impacts. CASE will serve over 20,000 people over three years with peer-presented family learning opportunities and museum experiences. In addition, CASE will train a total of 108 science ambassadors who will offer science workshops at community-based organizations in the languages spoken by their constituencies. Through CASE, the ambassadors will gain training and experience in informal science education that can open the door to possible future career opportunities in community and museum settings. Building on a ten-year history of museum-community collaboration, CASE will be conducted by PISEC, the Philadelphia/Camden Informal Science Education Collaborative. PISEC includes four major Philadelphia informal science institutions: The Franklin Institute, the Philadelphia Zoo, The Academy of Natural Sciences and The New Jersey State Aquarium. This organization conducts research and outreach projects in support of family science learning.

• Program Officer

  Robert Gibbs

• Min Amd Letter Date

  4/6/2004 - 20 years ago

• Max Amd Letter Date

  2/28/2011 - 13 years ago

• ARRA Amount

• Name

  Franklin Institute Science Museum

• City

  Philadelphia

• State

  PA

• Country

  United States

• Address

  222 North 20th Street

• Postal Code

  191031115

• Phone Number

  2154481121

• First Name

  Minda

• Last Name

  Borun

• Email Address

  mindaborun@gmail.com

• Start Date

  4/6/2004 12:00:00 AM

• First Name

  Kathleen

• Last Name

  Wagner

• Email Address

  wagner.kathleen@phillyzoo.org

• Start Date

  4/6/2004 12:00:00 AM

• First Name

  Angela

• Last Name

  Wenger

• Email Address

  awenger@aquaticsciences.org

• Start Date

  4/6/2004 12:00:00 AM

• First Name

  Naomi

• Last Name

  Echental

• Email Address

  echental@acnatsci.org

• Start Date

  4/6/2004 12:00:00 AM

• Name

  Other Applications NEC

• Code

  99

• Text

  AISL

• Code

  7259

• Text

  ELEMENTARY/SECONDARY EDUCATION

• Code

  9177

• Text

  SCIENCE, MATH, ENG & TECH EDUCATION