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Afternoon Tea
Project Exploration hosted an "Afternoon Tea" at the Garfield Park Conservatory on Sunday, October 13, 2013 to introduce--or reintroduce--its guests to PE and its ongoing service to the community that provides meaningful, hands-on, personalized experiences that...
Accelerating STEM in Chicago
Project Exploration is partnering with U.S. Army, LAB-AIDS, Illinois Institute of Technology, and Ten80 to implement the STEM NASCAR Student Racing Challenge in 10 Chicago Public High Schools and Middle Schools. Ten80 is a project-based learning program that challenges students in and out of schools to optimize the performance of 1:10 scale radio controlled cars.
Afternoon Tea with Project Exploration
Join us at the Garfield Park Conservatory on Sunday, October 13th from 2-4pm! It will be a time to meet PE students, enjoy the Conservatory and have a bite to eat! CLICK below to reserve your space!
Welcoming Future Energy Chicago
Natasha and Syda, the ladies behind the scenes at Project Exploration, went to the Museum of Science and Industry on Friday with BP America to celebrate the opening of MSI’s newest permanent exhibit: Future Energy Chicago. Future Energy Chicago features interactive...
“PE News” Video ~ Summer 2013
Watch this great video the STEM Discoveries Summer 2013 students made with Free Spirit Media about the Forensics portion of the Summer 2013 program. You can also watch short videos about the Environmental Engineering and Paleontology sections, and read what program leader Dr. Elena Schroeter has to say about the great summer.
STEM Discoveries Summer 2013
For six weeks this summer, more than a dozen youth participated in a Project Exploration program that explored three different scientific fields, as well as methods for communicating both science and their experiences to the public. Led by Elena Schroeter Ph.D....
Building a love for science both in (and out) of the classroom
A Chicago program called Project Exploration is helping low-income kids discover practical applications for science, math and engineering by introducing them to careers they might not ordinarily have considered. NBC’s Rehema Ellis reports....
State of STEM in Out-of-School Time in Chicago
Spearheaded by Project Exploration, a community-based alliance of youth development and STEM education professionals released the first comprehensive city-wide survey and analysis of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) opportunities in out-of-school time....
Project Exploration In the New Year
As of this week Sisters4Science is back and going strong in 2013! Middle-school girls in three Chicago public schools can look forward an exciting semester filled with scientific experiments, guest scientists, and lots and lots of discovery.