Science Saturdays: A Ground Up Approach to Partnering with Content-Rich Corporate Volunteers
This article discusses the pilot year of a 4-H Science project in which Mercer County 4-H partnered with content-rich corporate volunteers of a global STEM corporation to plan and implement six Science Saturdays for 4th-7th grade youth from Trenton and surrounding urban neighborhoods. The program w...
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Clemson University Press
2015-06-01
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| description | This article discusses the pilot year of a 4-H Science project in which Mercer County 4-H partnered with content-rich corporate volunteers of a global STEM corporation to plan and implement six Science Saturdays for 4th-7th grade youth from Trenton and surrounding urban neighborhoods. The program was a ground up initiative designed and implemented by a core group (mostly women), which expanded to include 31 corporate volunteers by the end of the pilot year (2013-2014). The Science Saturdays were held once a month with each session focused on a different theme and included demonstrations or experiments along with other supporting activities. While all four program goals were met during the pilot year, results from the 4-H Science Common Measures survey did not reveal significant increases or improvements in youth outcome objectives. Findings and implications are discussed, as well as current and future programming. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-368fab2597ff449ab0a9183a5d674ca72024-02-02T04:27:55ZengClemson University PressJournal of Youth Development2325-40172015-06-01102889510.5195/jyd.2015.410388Science Saturdays: A Ground Up Approach to Partnering with Content-Rich Corporate VolunteersChad Ripberger0Lydia B. Blalock1Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Mercer CountyRutgers Cooperative Extension of Mercer CountyThis article discusses the pilot year of a 4-H Science project in which Mercer County 4-H partnered with content-rich corporate volunteers of a global STEM corporation to plan and implement six Science Saturdays for 4th-7th grade youth from Trenton and surrounding urban neighborhoods. The program was a ground up initiative designed and implemented by a core group (mostly women), which expanded to include 31 corporate volunteers by the end of the pilot year (2013-2014). The Science Saturdays were held once a month with each session focused on a different theme and included demonstrations or experiments along with other supporting activities. While all four program goals were met during the pilot year, results from the 4-H Science Common Measures survey did not reveal significant increases or improvements in youth outcome objectives. Findings and implications are discussed, as well as current and future programming.http://jyd.pitt.edu/ojs/jyd/article/view/410 |
| spellingShingle | Chad Ripberger Lydia B. Blalock Science Saturdays: A Ground Up Approach to Partnering with Content-Rich Corporate Volunteers Journal of Youth Development |
| title | Science Saturdays: A Ground Up Approach to Partnering with Content-Rich Corporate Volunteers |
| title_full | Science Saturdays: A Ground Up Approach to Partnering with Content-Rich Corporate Volunteers |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Science Saturdays: A Ground Up Approach to Partnering with Content-Rich Corporate Volunteers |
| title_short | Science Saturdays: A Ground Up Approach to Partnering with Content-Rich Corporate Volunteers |
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