Abstract
The Bridge Builders Foundation’s Ernest Everett Just (E.E. Just) Youth Science Program is designed to expose minority (Black/African American and Latinx) students to careers and academic pursuits in STEM in a hands-on and inquiry-based way. COVID-19, or the novel coronavirus, tried to put a rift in the Summer Marine Science Camp, but the Bridge Builders Foundation did a strategic pivot and engaged a group of partner marine educators to be creative and build a lesson plan and provide instruction to give participating students a hands-on and engaging experience in the digital realm. Using a variety of digital tools and hands-on activities, the educators provided students with a Summer Marine Science Camp experience right in their own homes. One of the hands-on activities even included shipping materials directly to students so they could be the model designers. Pre-Post survey results showed program success in students’ interest and enthusiasm for the program, as well as their conceptual knowledge gain. As part of the data collection and analysis process, we calculated the ‘learning gains’ from the course. A learning gain shows the improvement between the pre-and post-learning assessment scores. Students showed a 41% normalized learning gain, above the 30% minimum significant gain.
Highlights
Introduction to the program and Week1 instructors
Participate in the program activities. Know who their instructors are and what the behavior expectations of the program are. Share what they have learned and demonstrate their learning through a variety of formats
Share what they have learned, and demonstrate their learning through a variety of formats
Summary
Knowledge Assessment – Pre-Program Survey & Virtual Chart of what students Know, What they want to know, and what they have Learned (KWL). Intro to Intertidal Organisms – Critter Card Presentation 7. Tide Pool Introduction – Video, Presentation and Student Connection of their Critter Cards from Monday 3. Introduction to Friday’s Activity – student Tide Pool Video Presentation 5. Students will be able to explain: What a tide pool is and where they are found in the rocky intertidal How tidepools allow some intertidal organisms to thrive outside of the usual zone in which they are found. Students will be able to explain: That marine science study takes many forms That marine science is open to anyone who is passionate about it Their tide pool creations, explaining them using vocabulary and learning from the entire week
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