Developing YOUth

Developing YOUth!

Developing YOUth! is a project studying the impact of the Museum’s Science Minors and Science Achievers youth development programs on participants after they graduate from high school and move on into the world. More specifically, it will look at their career choices and relationships with science.

The Science Minors and Achievers programs are made up of a diverse group of adolescents, many of whom belong to groups historically underrepresented in STEM careers but who together have the power to change the future of our country, the world and science as a whole. This project will help identify ways MSI, and other organizations like it, can support youth as they build their own paths.

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I feel very capable in my science courses…the Museum gave me a lot of confidence. Karani former participant

[C]oming to the museum definitely opened up my love of science and math more than I thought it would. And the museum kind of just helped me become comfortable with the fact that I’m a science and math person, and I enjoy it. Lena former participant

Science Achievers made me from a guy who was just good at science to a guy who was—to a guy who had a much greater passion for it. Andy former participant

What I’ve learned here is going to help me in college […] I am definitely going to look back on it as a very meaningful experience. One of the most meaningful experiences I have ever had. Ana former participant

That program started my love of science. Tammy former participant

This project is a partnership between the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago and University of Virginia’s Curry School of Education, with support from the Elizabeth Morse Genius Charitable Trust and the National Science Foundation (award No. 1514593).

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Developing YOUth! Project

Developing YOUth!