A Science Center Bringing Science & Community Together
Projects & Events
Students Sharing Science
KCSC Pilot Project with
Waimea Canyon Middle School
2019-2020 School Year
Professionals and Learners
KCSC Pilot Project with
Science Fair Students at
Waimea Canyon Middle School
Students Sharing Science
KAUAI COMMUNITY SCIENCE CENTER PILOT PROJECT
Collaborators
Waimea Canyon Middle School, Waimea, Kauai
Sciencenter, Ithaca, New York
Funding Sources
County of Kauai, Office of Economic Development
Pilot Project
The Students Sharing Science pilot project provides the Kauai Community Science Center, KCSC, with an opportunity to pilot their student generated display/hands-on-activity concept by collaborating with the Integrated Science Class at Waimea Canyon Middle School, WCMS, and Sciencenter in Ithaca, NY.
Through this collaboration KCSC will connect students and teachers with meaningful professional collaborators that will provide the students with mentors and real-life applications of the scientific principals they are working on bringing to life for the community.
WCMS students will bring their voice, creativity and energy to KCSC and help the organization understand student needs, interests and begin to learn how KCSC can best serve and support students on Kauai.
WCMS Teachers will provide expertise, guidance and support to ensure that the level of involvement and support are aligned with both teacher objectives and student needs.
The Sciencenter in Ithaca, NY will provide expertise and experience as a professional collaborator and as a nationally recognized hands-on science center. Sciencenter also has a "Future Science Leaders" program for middle school aged students that will be very relevant in the collaboration.
Additional professional collaborators from the Kauai Community will also support building these relationships. The experience gained from this pilot program will be foundational to KCSC.
Upcoming Activities
Organizational meeting with KCSC & WCMS - October 1, 2019
KCSC presents at WCMS Career Day - October 2, 2019
Organizational meeting with KCSC, WCMS and Sciencenter
KCSC meets WCMS Integrated Science Classes
Sciencenter meets WCMS Integrated Science Classes
Professionals and Learners Collaborative
Why?
When students can interact with professionals in fields related to their science fair projects or career interests they will have an opportunity for deeper learning and an enhanced experience. They will have the potential to better understand the importance of their area of interest, project or future career from folks who are doing related work everyday.
Professionals
If you are a professional interested in working with students please contact us. You do not have to be on Kauai to participate. We would be happy to set up a zoom call with you, even if you are on Kauai. We want to make this as easy as possible for you. If you have expertise to share, we hope to hear from you.
Students
Are you doing a science fair project?
Would you like to learn more about a career you are interested in ?
Do you want to explore what you might do in the future?
Are you interested in SCIENCE?
If any of these apply or you just want to learn more about Kauai Community Science Center contact us and we can explore how we can work together.
Teachers
We can't do any of this without you! We need your expertise and experience to ensure that we are supporting all of your work in the classroom. Please contact us if you are interested in working with professionals or have a student that might be.
Building Relationships & Supporting Learning
Kauai Community Science Center wants to create opportunities for students to discover science in their interests and explore careers. Connecting students and teachers with professionals on Kauai, in Hawaii and beyond is a way for students to have career- connected and project-based learning opportunities. The student generated content and student led activities that are a product of these experiences are the the foundation of the Kauai Community Science Center. These experiences will support student learning in career academies pathways in school https://www.ncacinc.com/nsop/academies and prepare them for their future working, learning and improving their community.
PALS Pilot Project
We are happy to be working with Mrs. Yamagata and her students in the Science Fair 20% Class at Waimea Canyon Middle School. We just started working with them on October 29, 2019 so we hope to have some examples of real "PALS" to share with you soon.