The grant was awarded to the Museum’s project, Celestial Islands: Using NASA Earth Sciences to Reach Hawai‘i’s Educators and Students. The three-year grant will enable Bishop Museum to collaborate with the Hawai‘i State Department of Education, an advisory team, and national and local NASA organizations in the creation of a STEM Network for Hawai‘i to address needs in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics.
“We are thrilled to have this opportunity to work with a team of classroom teachers, local and national NASA organizations, and an evaluation team to develop educational programs that closely match our community’s STEM needs,” said Blair D. Collis, president and CEO. “The NASA grant will allow us to build upon past grant improvements supported by the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration and the State of Hawai‘i and to better fulfill our mission as an education center for Hawai‘i.”
A team of six elementary classroom teachers, called the NASA STEM Teacher Cohort, will be hired from throughout the state to assist Bishop Museum in the creation of NASA-themed programs and exhibits to ensure that those products closely meet the needs of elementary students and teachers. The Cohort will also develop curricula geared towards 3-5th grade earth sciences and serve as points of contact on the neighbor islands for teacher workshops, outreach programs and community events that are among the Celestial Islands’ products. The project proposes to serve a total of 545,000 people, including at least 44,000 students.
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