Overview
IUPUI Discovering
the Science of the Environment (DSE) is an inquiry-based and
interactive science education program for central Indiana fourth
through ninth grade students and education professionals.
Based in water resource and
ecological restoration research, this
program provides specially designed curriculum and state of the
art technology resources to help educators utilize school ground
natural areas and nature centers to instruct students in an
interactive, inquiry-based environment. Year-round
educational program delivery with a mobile science trailer,
summer educator professional development, and summer water
resources field trip to Lake Michigan provide unique
opportunities to raise the level of environmental awareness and
science aptitude for Indiana youth.
Discovering the Science of the Environment is offered by the Center
for Earth and Environmental Science (CEES) at
IUPUI, and the
Visualization and Interactive Spaces
Lab, a division of the Pervasive Technology Labs at Indiana
University and seeks to:
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fundamentally change
the way students and the public view the environment and their role in
improving environmental quality;
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develop scientifically and
technologically skilled students and teachers that are
engaged in scientific inquiry and;
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interest
students in career pathways in
science, math, engineering, and technology.
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Brooke Furge
Education Specialist
IUPUI Center for Earth and Environmental Science
723 West Michigan Street, SL 118
Indianapolis, Indiana 46202
bfurge@iupui.edu
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Discovering
the Science
of the Environment
has benefitted from wide ranging support from private and public
partners. Veolia Water Indianapolis made the lead philanthropic
gift to this program in 2007. We have also received significant
funding support from the Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust, Eli
Lilly and Company Foundation, Citizens Water, NASA,
Indianapolis Power & Light,
Dr. Laura Hare Charitable Trust, Dow AgroSciences,
Duke Energy Foundation, Hoover Family Foundation, UPS, and DJ Angus-Scientech
Education Foundation, Inc. Proposals are currently in review by
additional foundations and corporations.
For more information about the program and opportunities for program
sponsorship, please contact us.
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