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UCI initiates NSF-funded joint project utilizing the arts to improve grade school science education

UCI-NSF-grant-for-science-education_155Irvine, Calif., Nov. 19, 2014 — Through an innovative new program developed at UC Irvine, the arts and the sciences are being integrated to help young students better grasp the basics of Earth, life and physical sciences. With $6.4 million in National Science Foundation funding, UCI has established the Equitable Science Curriculum for Integrating Arts in Public Education project, which will address the challenges of learning and understanding science as faced by a growing population of elementary school students, many of whom are non-native English speakers.

“In our highly technological world, it’s more important than ever that school-age children learn scientific concepts, and integrating disciplines may be an important key to improving science learning,” said Brad Hughes, Ph.D., director of science education and media for UCI’s School of Biological Sciences, ESCAPE executive director and principal investigator and ecology & evolutionary biology teaching professor.

Read the UCI release.

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