Acceso la Ciencia: Haciendo la Ciencia Accesible para los Padres y de los Ninos Latinos en Comunidades Rurales / Access Science: Making Science Accessible for Latino Parents ...

为了解决缺乏非正式科学教育机会的问题，并提高社区支持孩子接受STEM教育的能力，华盛顿州立大学的亚基马山谷/三城MESA项目、太平洋科学中心和KDNA教育电台制定了一套非正式科学计划，为农村拉丁裔家庭提供补充学习机会。这个为期四年的项目的目标是在华盛顿州东南部建立一个可持续的非正式科学基础设施，为家庭服务，提高父母对科学教育的认识、支持和参与，最终增加农村拉丁裔青年攻读stem相关本科研究生课程的人数。该计划在其所有相互关联的可交付成果中以英语和西班牙语呈现。-两个流动展览，首先是由太平洋科学中心（PCS）开发的农业和环境科学。-农业、生命科学和促进学习方面的课程和培训。-为社区成员提供的课程和培训，为家长提供支持，鼓励他们的孩子学习愿望，由PSC和MESA开发-420来自MESA项目的青年和家长接受培训，讲解展品，并在整个社区举办研讨会、社区节日、家庭科学研讨会和周六活动。-四次年度社区节日，每季家庭星期六活动和家庭科学研讨会，在四年的项目中覆盖20,000人。带回家的活动，科学集会，一个网站和cd，里面有社区活动的音乐和科学节目。-大型媒体倡议，包括每月一小时由科学专家、教师、专业人士、学生和家长主持的广播电话节目，60秒宣传科学概念和资源的信息，以及在印刷品、广播和电视上宣传社区节日。这些场馆每个可容纳12500 - 25000人。-包括培训、课程和项目团队使用的协作策略的程序手册。总的来说，accessso la Ciencia通过有趣的社区活动将家长和孩子联系起来，与Pasco学区目前的LASER科学教育改革工作联系起来。该项目通过在非正式科学教育方面提供强有力的社区支持倡议，补充了学区的努力。在社区开展的每项活动都将农村拉丁美洲人感兴趣的主题（例如农业）与学校教授的概念结合起来，同时还为家长提供工具和支持，提高他们对孩子接受STEM教育机会的认识。

To address a lack of informal science education opportunities and to increase community capacity to support STEM education for their children, Washington State University's Yakima Valley/Tri Cities MESA program, the Pacific Science Center, and KDNA Educational Radio have developed a set of informal science initiatives that offer complementary learning opportunities for rural Latino families. The goal of this four-year program is to create a sustainable informal science infrastructure in southeastern Washington State to serve families, increase parental awareness, support and involvement in science education and ultimately increase the numbers of rural Latino youth pursuing STEM-related under graduate studies. This program is presented in English and Spanish languages in all of its interconnected deliverables. -Two mobile exhibits, beginning with one focused on agricultural and environmental science developed by The Pacific Science (PCS) Center. -Curriculum and training in agriculture, life sciences and facilitating learning.-Curriculum and training for community members to provide support to parents in encouraging the academic aspirations of their children developed by PSC and MESA.-420 Youth and parents from the MESA program trained to interpret exhibits and run workshops, community festivals, family science workshops and Saturday programs throughout the community. - Four annual community festivals, quarterly Family Saturday events, and Family Science Workshops reaching 20,000 people over the four-year project.-Take home activities, science assemblies, a website and CDs with music and science programming for community events.-A large media initiative including monthly one hour call-in radio programs featuring science experts, teachers, professionals, students and parents, 60-second messages promoting science concepts and resources and a publicity campaign in print, radio and TV to promote community festivals. These venues reach 12,500-25,000 people each.-A program manual that includes training, curriculum and collaborative strategies used by the project team.Overall Accesso la Ciencia connects parents and children through fun community activities to Pasco School District's current LASER science education reform effort. This project complements the school districts effort by providing a strong community support initiative in informal science education. Each activity done in the community combines topics of interest to rural Latinos (agriculture for instance) to concepts being taught in the schools, while also providing tools and support to parents that increases their awareness of opportunities for their children in STEM education.