GIRLS AT THE CENTER

Information

• NSF Award
• 9552559

Owner

• The Franklin Institute

• Award Id

  9552559

• Award Effective Date

  1/1/1996 - 28 years ago

• Award Expiration Date

  9/30/2001 - 23 years ago

• Award Amount

  $ 2,527,507.00

• Award Instrument

  Continuing grant

9552559 McCreedy The Franklin Institute and the Girl Scouts of the USA will develop, implement, and evaluate "Girls at the Center," a family outreach program that will foster girl-centered, learning within the context of the family. Partnerships will be promoted between local science and technology centers and Girl Scout Councils. It is a multi- component program that will increase girls' and their families' understanding of and interest in basic science principles and processes. Consisting of a series of family-oriented activities that coincide with the school year, science/technology centers will serve as the hosts. These museum-based activities will be supplemented by home-based activities. The activities will follow the constructivist theory of education and will cover a broad menu of scientific disciplines including ecology, energy, and human physiology as well as science careers opportunities. They will be linked to the requirements for the Girl Scout recognition (badges) program. It is building on the success of a previously NSF funded project "National Science Partnerships for Girls Scout Councils and Museum" and is expected to reach 75,050 girls and 112,575 adults in 25 sites across the US during the funding period. It will be institutionalized and will continue to operate in those sites as well as expand to other sites after the NSF-funded period.

• Program Officer

  Sylvia M. James

• Min Amd Letter Date

  9/29/1995 - 29 years ago

• Max Amd Letter Date

  5/9/2001 - 23 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

  Harriet

• Last Name

  Mosatche

• Start Date

  9/29/1995 12:00:00 AM

• First Name

  Dale

• Last Name

  McCreedy

• Email Address

  dmccreedy@explorethedc.org

• Start Date

  9/29/1995 12:00:00 AM

• Name

  Other Applications NEC

• Code

  99

• Name

  Other Sciences

• Code

  90

• Text

  AISL

• Code

  7259

• Text

  ELEMENTARY/SECONDARY EDUCATION

• Code

  9177

• Text

  SCIENCE, MATH, ENG & TECH EDUCATION