ORGANIZATIONAL: Miami Museum of Science & Planetarium PAESMEM

迈阿密科学博物馆提供了一个杰出的范例，说明一个传统的社区机构如何通过努力取得有意义的成功，将其外联活动推广到有风险的青年和非传统人口。该博物馆已经开发，持续和提供了一个独特的组合辅导方案，以青年从具有挑战性的经济和社会环境，主要代表非洲裔美国人和墨西哥裔/拉丁裔家庭超过十年。许多科学项目的目标是K-12学习者，并补充传统的学校科学课程，使用动手项目，实地考察和实习。提交的提名包是为了支持总统奖卓越科学，数学和工程指导（PAESMEM），以表彰杰出的指导工作或计划，提高了历史上代表性不足的群体在科学，数学，与工程学

HRD-0429831The Miami Museum of Science provides an outstanding exemplar of how a traditional community-based agency can cast its outreach activities to reach at-risk youth and non-traditional populations with the effort resulting in meaningful success. The Museum has developed, sustained and delivered a distinctive portfolio of mentoring programs to youth from challenging economic and social circumstances that represent mostly African-American and Chicano/Latino families for more than ten years. Many of the science programs target K-12 learners and supplement traditional school science curriculum using hands-on projects, field trips, and internships.The submitted nomination package is in support of a Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM) to recognize outstanding mentoring efforts or programs that enhance the participation of historically underrepresented groups in science, mathematics, and engineering.