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Gender and Family Learning programs are committed to promoting opportunities for girls and women in science and encouraging parents to take an active role in science learning with children and teachers. 
Written by Gender and Family Learning staff, Girls at the Center: Girls and Adults Learning Science Together is a timely guidebook of tested programs and ready-to-use materials that invite girls and adult partners to become enthusiastic science learners. The materials in the book are based on the Girls at the Center Project, in collaboration with Girl Scouts USA.
Parent Partners in School Science 2001—2005 Parent Partners in School Science (PPSS) is designed to foster home-school connections in support of K-4 students' science learning. Program goals are to promote science teaching at the elementary level; cultivate home-school collaboration in support of the instructional program in science; and demonstrate how a science center can enable connections between home and school in a major urban school district. The Impact of Informal Science on Girls 2005—2009 The Center for Innovation, in collaboration with the Institute for Learning Innovation (ILI) is conducting research that explores the role that informal science learning plays in girls' long-term interest, engagement, and participation in science communities, hobbies, and careers. Five longstanding programs for girls, begun 5-20+ years ago, will be the focus of the study, including the National Science Partnership and Girls At the Center.
 Girls at the Center 1996—2001 Girls At the Center is a national collaboration with Girl Scouts of the USA to encourage family involvement in girls' science learning. The program provides opportunities for girls and adult partners from diverse communities to investigate the world around them through inquiry-based, hands-on science activities. Girls at the Center creates partnerships between science museums and Girl Scout Councils, and reaches local communities in 45 states nationwide. |
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