Educational Technology

By Dian Schaffhauser, THE Journal
An Oakland-based STEM center has been teaming up with a local middle school to provide on-site science education for 102 students. California’s Chabot Space & Science Center works with students from Hillcrest Middle School one day a week in a program called “Chabot Satellite Academy.” Every Tuesday, the entire middle school student body heads to Chabot, where the sixth, seventh and eighth graders work with their own teachers and Chabot staff to learn about science topics using the center’s own exhibits and expertise. The 20 visits they’ll have made by the end of the year integrate Next Generation Science Standards, with an emphasis on the science and engineering practices

https://thejournal.com/articles/2019/05/14/space-and-science-center-delivers-weekly-science-ed-to-middle-schoolers.aspx