Tue, Aug 16, 2011
Money To Fund Youth Presentation For Earth Summit (Rio+20)
Chabot Space & Science Center's innovative youth volunteer
outreach program, Galaxy Explorers, has been chosen by the
Association of Science & Technology Centers ("ASTC") as one of
ten science centers worldwide to participate in SCEnaRioS: Science
Centers Engagement and the Rio Summit. The program is collaboration
between ASTC, UNESCO and the Foundation FIOCRUZ, intended to engage
young people around the world in a discussion around major topics
central to the deliberations at the United Nations Conference on
Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro this June.
Chabot's Galaxy Explorers will work with youth teams from Canada
and Denmark to create a web-based discussion and presentation
concerning Clean Alternative Energies and the Green Economy.
Youth teams from science centers in Brazil, Mozambique, Australia,
Singapore, China, Florida and Colombia will address water and
health topics. Their combined work will serve as the core of a
virtual library of online activities and exhibitions to provide
science center/museum experience to places in the world that do not
yet have such centers.
"The Galaxy Explorers demonstrate the importance of studying
STEM core curricula as a springboard to higher education, and
public involvement, and the importance of science literacy to an
understanding of critical issues facing the world today," said Lisa
Hoover, Youth Development Manager at Chabot Space & Science
Center. "We look forward to showcasing their work on a global
scale."
Since 1997, hundreds of Galaxy Explorers from Chabot have gone
on to study science, technology, engineering, and math at premier
universities around the country. Many are currently employed in
STEM careers and point to their experience as teen volunteers as a
launching pad for their occupations helping people through
scientific discovery.
The Galaxy Explorers' work will also be presented at the
6th Science Center World Congress in Cape Town, South Africa in
September and at the "Planet Under Pressure" conference, which
brings leading scientists from around the globe to London in March
2012 to discuss the science behind the Rio+20 priorities. The final
results from the teams will be featured during the Rio+20
conference in June, to illustrate the unique contributions science
centers can make to the implementation of UN and UN agencies'
global policies.
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