Bay Area Discovery Museum

THE BAY AREA DISCOVERY MUSEUM WILL ADDRESS THE NEED FOR STEM EDUCATION BY DELIVERING ENGINEERING OUTREACH PROGRAMMING TO SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES THROUGHOUT THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA. THE MUSEUM'S MOBILE ENGINEERING LAB, TRY IT TRUCK, WILL INTRODUCE THE ENGINEERING DESIGN PROCESS TO STUDENTS AND TEACHERS IN GRADES K-5 WITH HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES (BOTH ON AND OFF THE TRUCK) WHERE THEY CAN COLLABORATE, EXPERIMENT, AND DESIGN SOLUTIONS TO ENGINEERING CHALLENGES. THE TRY IT TRUCK WILL SERVE 21,600 CHILDREN, PARENTS, AND EDUCATORS THROUGHOUT THE BAY AREA, WITH AT LEAST 50 PERCENT OF ALL PARTICIPANTS COMING FROM UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES AND TITLE I SCHOOLS. THE MUSEUM WILL WORK WITH AN EXTERNAL EVALUATOR TO DESIGN SURVEY INSTRUMENTS FOR BOTH FORMATIVE AND SUMMATIVE EVALUATION, ANALYZE SUMMATIVE EVALUATION DATA, AND PRODUCE A REPORT. MUSEUM STAFF WILL SHARE PROJECT RESULTS WITH COLLEAGUES AT NATIONAL AND STATEWIDE CONFERENCES.

MUSEUMS FOR AMERICA

THE BAY AREA DISCOVERY MUSEUM WILL CONTINUE ITS MOBILE ENGINEERING LAB PROGRAM, WHICH SERVES SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES THROUGHOUT THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA. THE MOBILE ENGINEERING LAB PROGRAM DELIVERS RESEARCH-BACKED, HANDS-ON STEM (SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATH) LEARNING EXPERIENCES FOR PRE-K THROUGH 5TH-GRADE STUDENTS THAT ALIGN WITH THE NEXT GENERATION SCIENCE STANDARDS. THIS WORK WILL DIRECTLY RESPOND TO CRITICAL COMMUNITY NEEDS CREATED OR EXACERBATED BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, INCLUDING MOBILE AND SOCIALLY DISTANCED CLASSROOMS AND ACCESS TO STEM ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS. DURING THE 2021/2022 SCHOOL YEAR AND SUMMER, THE MUSEUM WILL DELIVER 74 SCHOOL PROGRAMS OF APPROXIMATELY THREE TO FOUR SESSIONS EACH FOR 5,300 PRE-K THROUGH 5TH-GRADE STUDENTS, ALONG WITH 12 LIBRARY AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS FOR 1,200 CHILDREN. THE PROGRAM WILL PRIORITIZE SERVING TITLE I SCHOOLS AND SCHOOLS WITH THE WIDEST IDENTIFIED ACHIEVEMENT GAPS.

NATIONAL LEADERSHIP GRANTS

TO SUPPORT "CREATIVE ROOTS," PUBLIC ART PROGRAMS AND AN INSTALLATION, AN IMAGINE YOUR PARKS PROJECT.

TO SUPPORT EARLY ADVENTURES IN ART, AN ART IMMERSION PROGRAM FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN.