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Watch participants in the National Science Foundation's Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers program, (ITEST), as they learn science by doing it. The six sites profiled here show hands-on science, community partnerships, and career exploration and will give you ideas for your classrooms. The collection was created in partnership with the Educational Development Center's ITEST Learning Resource Center.
| RESOURCE | GRADE LEVEL | MEDIA TYPE |
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Becoming Green Energy ExpertsSee how Lansing, Michigan inner-city youth become community science experts in energy sustainability and environmental health topics in this student-centric after-school program. 
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7-12 |
Video |
Bridging Culture, Community and ScienceSee how a place-based high school curriculum project promotes STEM learning through local ethnography and conservation projects. This video segment showcases one of 11 CREST projects taking place in rural, coastal Maine communities.
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7-12 |
Video |
Gaining Catfish Aquaculture SkillsSee how Mississippi high school students confront the uncertainty and untidiness of science and develop problem-solving strategies in the context of local catfish farming.
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7-12 |
Video |
Girls Explore IT Careers See how BuildIT, an afterschool program in Alameda County, CA, addresses the gender gap in advanced technology careers - promoting middle school girls' fluency in information technologies (IT), interest in math, and IT career awareness. |
7-12 |
Video |
Publishing Genome ResearchWatch how NJ high school students apply basic principles of molecular biology to solve real research problems, and publish their own genome research at GenBank — the international genomic sequence database.
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7-12 |
Video |
Students Study Urban EcologySee how Boston middle and high school students shape urban planning in their own neighborhoods, through place-based Bioacoustics and Urban Trees curriculum projects.
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7-12 |
Video |
