EVOLUTIONS offers a rich, informal learning environment for 100 of the most passionate, high-potential teens in New Haven. Through weekly after-school classes, weekend job opportunities, and summer internships, students work collaboratively with peers, museum educators, and scientists. EVO engages New Haven and West Haven high school students in informal and formal learning opportunities including:
- Weekly classroom science activities
- Special events and workshops
- Student-produced museum exhibitions, which are displayed in the Peabody Museum
- Paid work experience as science educators
- Paid internships in Yale science laboratories
- Field trips to Peabody Museum collections, Yale labs/departments and other science museums
Sci.CORPS provides EVOLUTIONS students with paid work experiences as science educators in the museum’s presence. Through peer mentoring and training, high school students learn how to communicate science topics online to audiences of all ages. As employees complete projects, they are awarded badges and take quizzes to show their mastery of a topic, which allow them to move up the career ladder. Students are also evaluated on a daily basis on their projects, understanding of the 5 E’s, and workplace habits.
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Peabody Afterschool Programs
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