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A Science Education Center for the Third Age: Lessons Learned, Next Steps

A Science Education Center for the Third Age: Lessons Learned, Next Steps. National Conference Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes April 13-15, 2011 Itasca, Illinois. 2009 NSF Planning Grant. National OLLI Survey National Science Center Survey

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A Science Education Center for the Third Age: Lessons Learned, Next Steps

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  1. A Science Education Center for the Third Age: Lessons Learned, Next Steps National Conference Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes April 13-15, 2011 Itasca, Illinois

  2. 2009 NSF Planning Grant • National OLLI Survey • National Science Center Survey • OLLI/ Science Center Collaborative Partnerships • Full Scale Development Proposal

  3. National OLLI Survey • 66 responded • 12 OLLIs with most STEM courses have collaborated with Science Centers • 39 have not collaborated at all • A slight majority intend to collaborate in future

  4. Challenges to Offering STEM Courses

  5. National Science Center Survey • 19 Responded from 11 states • 13 offered no 50+ programming, 7 of those are interested in future collaboration • Obstacles to collaboration most often: staffing, priorities, lack of funding • Those with 50+ programming experience felt positive about it.

  6. OLLI/Science Center Collaborative Partnerships - OSCPs • Competitive Request for Proposals: • OLLI + Science Center/Museum Partners • 13 Proposals • 6 selected to receive $1000 each • Geographic, topical, participant diversity • All projects completed by June 2010

  7. CSU East Bay + The Exploratorium (Sonoma, SFSU and Dominican) “Green Architecture and Engineering” • Courses at each OLLI • Culminating day at Exploratorium

  8. U Montana + spectrUM Discovery Area “Classic Mediterranean Cuisine: Chemistry in the Culinary Laboratory” “Wonder Wheels: Physics of Cycling” • 2 Team-taught one-day Workshops

  9. U Pittsburgh & Carnegie Mellon + Carnegie Science Center Introduce OLLI members to robotics and applications of robotics to society Familiarize OLLI members with Carnegie Science Center – increase their comfort zone

  10. U Richmond + Science Museum of Virginia & VCU Rice Center Target 50+ who had not attended “Lunch Break Science” at SMV and UR OLLI because of transportation challenges. Also a daylong program at Rice Center

  11. U Southern Maine + Gulf of Maine Research Institute “Invasive Species Monitoring Project • educational materials for the Vital Signs website, or • an extra pair of hands in support of middle school teachers and their students.

  12. S. Oregon U + ScienceWorks Hands-On Museum Continue a 1-yr collaboration through: • Lecture series • LEGO robotics workshop for adults • Nanotechnology steering committee • A plan to build a da Vinci invention

  13. Lessons Learned: • Majority found the O/SC collaboration rewarding, productive and will do it again.

  14. 2. None reported difficulties between the project planners, half had problems with scheduling and institutional procedures that had to be resolved. The more the merrier is definitely not true with institutions.

  15. SECTA is about building aCADRE of SCIENCE Learnersand Teachers. • a virtual resource center for collaborations• 15 demonstration projects with science centers and LLIs• a national survey of older adults about their experience with and interest in STEM learning• regional conferences and support for science centers and Third Age Learning organization educators

  16. A Science Education Centerfor the Third Age (SECTA) The Team: Principal Investigator: • Kali Lightfoot, National Resource Center Co- Principal Investigators • Bette Felton, CSU East Bay • Kurt Feichtmeir, The Exploratorium Evaluator • Babette Moeller, Educational Development Center

  17. Science Education Center for the Third Age (OLLI + ScienceWorks, OR) (OLLI at U Alaska) (OLLI at U Montana) www.osher.net kalil@usm.maine.edu (OLLI at George Mason U)

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