Project LEAP: Learning Environmental Activities Pays

美国科学促进会（AAAS）将获得5万美元的规划拨款，用于开发一项环境科学教育计划，该计划针对成人学习者的扫盲计划。规划奖助金将支持扫盲机构调查、试点计划和焦点小组评估。美国科学促进会将首先调查美国各地的扫盲计划，以评估与科学相关的计划的需求。利用这些结果，他们将在巴尔的摩的一个社区扫盲中心学习银行修改和试点以前开发的环境科学活动。然后，参与者将参加焦点小组，以确定所使用材料的有效性。总体目标是发展一个可以在全国扫盲中心传播的计划模式。

A $50,000 Planning Grant will be awarded to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) to develop an environmental science education program that targets adult learners in literacy programs. The planning grant will support a survey of literacy agencies, a pilot program and a focus group evaluation. AAAS will first survey literacy programs across the U.S. to assess the need for science related programming. Using the results, they will then modify and pilot previously developed environmental science activities at the Learning Bank in Baltimore, a community literacy center. Participants will then take part in focus groups to determine the effectiveness of the materials used. The overall goal is to develop a program model that can be disseminated at literacy centers throughout the country.