The detroit ZOO will partner with community-based organizations serving youth in metropolitan detroit to implement a program to develop and present remote stem programming for students in this area,…

The Detroit Zoological Society will partner with three community-based youth organizations to implement a $390,078 virtual STEM education program for low-to-moderate income and students of color in the Detroit metropolitan area. Funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museums for America federal grant program, the project will train staff from the Detroit Zoo and partner organizations in inquiry-based, humane virtual STEM instruction. Trainees will then develop and deliver virtual STEM programming to 24 groups of 20 middle school students each between September 2021 and August 2023. The Museums for America program supports activities advancing strategic goals at individual museums, like strengthening the Detroit Zoo's ability to serve the public through this remote learning collaboration.

The detroit ZOO will partner with community-based organizations serving youth in metropolitan detroit to implement a program to develop and present remote stem programming for students in this area, targeting low- to moderate-income students of color. Staff from the ZOO and three afterschool programs (american institutional management services, arab community center for economic and social services, and boys and girls clubs of southeast michigan) will participate in professional development workshops on virtual, inquiry-based, humane stem education. They will then utilize skills developed in the workshops to develop and lead virtual education programming for a total of 24 groups of 20 middle school youth.