Collaborations
The Museum collaborates with many organizations
to educate the public about developments in science, technology, mathematics, and engineering.
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Grades:
9 - 12
9 - 12
- BioTeach (Collaboration)
- BioTeach is a state-wide initiative of MassBioEd that enables high schools to include biotechnology in their curriculum through equipment grants and teacher professional development. As one of four regional BioTeach centers, the Museum of Science helped to develop the BioTeach curriculum, the associated ... (details).
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Grades:
6 - 8
6 - 8
- BuildingMath (Collaboration)
- This joint project between Tufts University and the Museum of Science has the goal of introducing engineering into the middle school classroom through integrated activities and professional development for math teachers. (details).
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Grades:
6 - 9
6 - 9
- Dynamic Life Institute (Collaboration)
- Since 2002, through the generous support of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, this summer program has provided middle school teachers with rich experiences that support teaching the life science standards in genetics, evolution, classification, photosynthesis, and biodiversity. Using the resources ... (details).
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- Exploring Life's Origins (Collaboration)
- This project uses molecular illustration and animation to help describe research and theories on the origins of life on Earth. It includes live presentations on the Gordon Current Science & Technology Center stage, an interactive Exhibit Halls kiosk, and the Exploring Life's Origins website. (details).
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Grades:
K - 8
K - 8
- Genzyme Teacher Sabbaticals (Collaboration)
- Since 1997, with continued generous support from the Cambridge-based biotechnology firm Genzyme Corporation, over 250 elementary and middle school teachers from Boston, Cambridge, Framingham, Westborough, and Waltham have had the opportunity to spend a week during the school year immersed as learners ... (details).
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Grades:
9 - 12
9 - 12
- Innovations in Biotechnology (Collaboration)
- The Museum of Science, with the generous support from Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, currently has four Massachusetts high school teachers and five gymnasium teachers from the Basel region of Switzerland involved in a teacher exchange focused on biotechnology education. In order to ... (details).
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Grades:
6 - Adult
6 - Adult
- Measuring Vegetation Health (Collaboration)
- Healthy plants are prime indicators of a healthy environment overall. By measuring the health of plants, we find the environmental conditions that impact the health of all organisms, including humans. Plants are like "green canaries"; if they die, other organisms will soon suffer also. Through ... (details).
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- Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network (NISE Net) (Collaboration)
- The Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network ((NISE Net) brings researchers and informal science educators together to inform the public about nanoscience and technology. As nanotechnology develops, there is an increasingly urgent need for a science-literate public, a technologically adept workforce, ... (details).
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- Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center (Collaboration)
- The Center for the Science of Nanoscale Systems and their Device Applications is a National Science Foundation Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center. It is headquartered at Harvard University, and includes as major partners M.I.T., the University of California at Santa Barbara, and the Museum of Science, Boston ... (details).
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K - Adult
K - Adult
- New England Space Science Initiative in Education (Collaboration)
- New England Space Science Initiative in Education (NESSIE) is a NASA initiative dedicated to fostering collaborations between space scientists and educators throughout the six-state New England region. NESSIE's role as a regional clearinghouse for space science research and education is enabled ... (details).
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Grades:
9 - Adult
9 - Adult
- Power Up! (Collaboration)
- Power Up! is a National Science Foundation funded project focused on the development of a systemic model for high school, community college, and industry collaboration that will support new technology and engineering programs and pathways for students. The project will foster the creation of articulated ... (details).
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Grades:
2 - 10
2 - 10
- Project ASTRO (Collaboration)
- Project ASTRO is an Astronomer-Teacher Partnership program that combines the expertise of educators and scientists to collaboratively teach space science in the classroom. Astronomer and educator partners train together in workshops at the Museum of Science with hands-on, inquiry-based astronomy activities ... (details).
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- The Gateway Project (Collaboration)
- Although Massachusetts has strong state standards for technology and education, it is a long way from standards to effective programs for every student. The Gateway Project aims to help Massachusetts school districts align their curriculum, teacher education, and assessment systems with the state technology/engineering curriculum standards ... (details).
