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Early Childhood Astronomy Education

Teaching astronomy to underserved populations in Upstate New York

This project team is organizing a pilot project to run monthly educational activities for preschoolers in two Agri-Business Child Development (ABCD) centers. Founded in 1946, the ABCD program has 13 federal- and state-funded centers in New York state that offer comprehensive early childhood education to families that qualify. The goals of this project are to spark interest in astronomy in ABCD students, present them with a diversity of science role models and provide astronomy graduate students with an opportunity to gain hands-on leadership, outreach and educational experiences. In collaboration with ABCD, the team has a three-year plan to expand this project to more centers across New York.

Topics: Access, Equity and Justice; Children, Youth, Seniors and Families; Education

The Team

  • Nicholas Battaglia, Department of Astronomy

    College of Arts and Sciences

  • Patricia Fernandez de Castro Martinez, Department of Astronomy

    College of Arts and Sciences

  • Community partner:  Agri-Business Child Development

Engaged Opportunity Grants

Supporting a wide range of community-engaged learning projects, from student leadership programs and partnership building to events and conference travel. Open to all faculty and staff.

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