Grantee Stories
The Science-Engineering Inquiry Collaborative in Rural Colorado program, otherwise known as SCENIC, has been conducting programming in Colorado public schools for more than 10 years. On its program page, SCENIC is described as connecting “ Boulder faculty and students with rural high schools to develop student-driven, inquiry-based science projects.” This year, a multi-year partnership between SCENIC’s program lead and co-founder, Associate Research Professor Daniel Knight, and two organizations in Mongolia allowed SCENIC to spread its wings.
The Olympic rings are now hanging from the Eiffel Tower, the flame is heading to Paris, and soon all eyes will be on the French capital as it hosts the 2024 Olympic Games.
The excitement surrounding the summer Olympics provided an ideal opportunity for the inaugural summer workshop of the South, Southeast, and West Asia Outreach Program (SSEWA) of the Center for Asian Studies (CAS) at Boulder.
The project, titled “Teaching Natural Sciences through East Asian Picture Books,” was conceptualized by TEA program director Lynn Kalinauskas, who thought of using books with excellent cultural content about East Asia, including Freeman Book Award winners, to teach elementary natural science concepts.
“I want you to write a story about Boulder’s Impact Playback Theatre Ensemble (Playback) from the perspective of an audience member,” my supervisor exclaimed to me one day during work.She went on to explain that, in short, it’s an
What is a regular Tuesday for many students at Pueblo East High School is a special day for students in Ms. Turner’s chemistry class. This group of students has been working for the entire semester with Boulder graduate students on projects about
On April 26, the participants of the Middle School Ensemble (MSE) program fine-tuned their pieces one last time. There was a nervous, yet exciting, energy running through the middle school, high school and college students as they prepared for their
InsideU is a digital social and emotional learning app created by Dr. Sam Hubley, a licensed clinical psychologist and assistant research professor with Boulder’s Renée Crown Wellness Institute (Crown Institute).
The Science Community Outreach Program and Education (S.C.O.P.E) started out with a goal of diversifying STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) industries. The program works with underrepresented middle schoolers to build a science identity before kids lose interest or think they cannot be scientists because of a lack of representation. S.C.O.P.E. uses the message “meet a scientist, be a scientist” to encompass its goal.
Seeking to leverage the power of entertainment to fulfill its educational mission, The Renée Crown Wellness Institute at the University of Colorado Boulder today announced the launch of its InsideU Social Emotional Learning App. In partnership with Pixar Animation Studios, Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver and digital designers, Liquid Interactive, the Crown Institute designed the app as an innovative approach for helping kids learn about emotional awareness and relationships, using characters from the Pixar animated film Inside Out.
In 2018, a change in North Dakota’s voter ID requirements posed a potential threat to the voting rights of tribal members. In response, the Natives Vote team, a collaborative effort including the American Indian Law Clinic at Colorado Law, First