The lists below display resources that have been identified as containing features that include specific design elements that will appeal to the respective audiences and may help nurture participants' interest in science during school, after school or perhaps even as a career.
Click on a title to view a description of the resource and two peer reviews by an afterschool and a science content area expert.
Bilingual |
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After-School Science PLUS —Activity Guide and Planning Guide
With features like bilingual materials and biographies of diverse scientists, this program builds the science skills of girls and ... |
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Afterschool Explorations in Science (AXIS)
This workbook-supported set of materials designed for use after school covers six themes, is available in English and Spanish, ... |
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Celebrate Urban Birds/Project Pigeon Watch
At the Celebrate Urban Birds website at the Cornell University Lab of Ornithology, you will find a flexible set of materials, ... |
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Family Math
Designed to foster a home-school connection, Family Math involves students in activities that are cross-disciplinary and creative ... |
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Garden Mosaics
Designed for use with kids in middle school and above, Garden Mosaics is well designed for afterschool programs located near ... |
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Sunflower/Girasol
Sunflower/Girasol is a set of activity-based bilingual (Spanish/English) materials that focus on students in grades two to five. ... |
Girls |
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After-School Science PLUS —Activity Guide and Planning Guide
With features like bilingual materials and biographies of diverse scientists, this program builds the science skills of girls and ... |
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Build IT
Build IT engages girls in the fields of science and information technology (IT) in order to develop their IT fluency and interest ... |
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Design and Discovery
Intel and the Girl Scouts of America have teamed up to develop Design and Discovery, a program that endeavors to appeal to middle ... |
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DragonflyTV
DragonflyTV is a science education program produced by Twin Cities Public Television for children aged 9-12. It is both a ... |
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Family Science
Family Science facilitates cooperative, hands-on activities and discussions that give students a chance to interact with science ... |
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Operation SMART
Girls Inc.'s Operation SMART is a set of activities and staff training guides developed to help afterschool programs empower ... |
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Techbridge
Techbridge offers science, engineering, and technology, as well as mentorship, involving girls in hands-on scientific exploration ... |
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Wonderwise: Women in Science Learning Series
Wonderwise provides a great motivational boost for kids (especially girls) who might harbor doubts that they could, someday, ... |
Ethnically diverse audiences |
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After-School Science PLUS —Activity Guide and Planning Guide
With features like bilingual materials and biographies of diverse scientists, this program builds the science skills of girls and ... |
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Afterschool Explorations in Science (AXIS)
This workbook-supported set of materials designed for use after school covers six themes, is available in English and Spanish, ... |
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DragonflyTV
DragonflyTV is a science education program produced by Twin Cities Public Television for children aged 9-12. It is both a ... |
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Family Math
Designed to foster a home-school connection, Family Math involves students in activities that are cross-disciplinary and creative ... |
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Math and Science Across Cultures, from the Exploratorium
By teaching through the lenses of different cultures, this book makes math and science relevant to students of all backgrounds. ... |
Families |
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DragonflyTV
DragonflyTV is a science education program produced by Twin Cities Public Television for children aged 9-12. It is both a ... |
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Family ASTRO
Students become scientists with these kits' innovative, conceptual activities that teach astronomy without the factoids or ... |
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Family Math
Designed to foster a home-school connection, Family Math involves students in activities that are cross-disciplinary and creative ... |
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Family Science
Family Science facilitates cooperative, hands-on activities and discussions that give students a chance to interact with science ... |
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GEMS Paper Towel Testing
This unit is part of the Great Explorations in Math and Science (GEMS) set of informal science instructional guides. Like the ... |
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The Science Explorer —Family Science Experiments from the World's Favorite Hands-On Museum
Designed for use by parents and young children, this book has been extensively tested to make it easy to use and highly ... |
