Everyday MySci helps nurture a child’s natural curiosity
From the playground to the pool to the ballpark, science is all around us. Through its Everyday MySci activities, the Institute for School Partnership at Washington University in St. Louis helps parents nurture their child’s natural sense of curiosity, wonder and discovery.
Thinking like scientists: Innovative MySci curriculum delivers
Pattonville School District elementary students made statistically significant gains in science after completing the innovative MySci curriculum developed by the Institute for School Partnership. The data confirm what ISP Executive Director Victoria May has observed for years in MySci classrooms across the region — hands-on inquiry paired with teacher development and smart assessment tools can boost student success.
Transforming K-12 science education
The Institute for School Partnership has introduced its MySci curriculum to every elementary classroom in the Jennings School District. The result: prepared educators, inspired students.
Monsanto Fund awards $1.9 million grant to Institute for School Partnership
The Institute for School Partnership (ISP) is partnering once again with the Monsanto Fund to bring high quality science education to students in St. Louis through its MySci program. This month, the Monsanto Fund awarded ISP with a $1,935,000 grant to create, over the course of a three-year grant period, a hands-on, inquiry and project-based science curriculum for middle school students that integrates elements of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
MySci Resource Center opens Feb. 18 (VIDEO)
Washington University in St. Louis’ Institute for School Partnership (ISP) and its signature science education program, MySci, take a major step forward Monday, Feb. 18, when they open the MySci Resource Center at 6601 Vernon Ave. Refurbished with the help of a $2.2 million grant from the Monsanto Fund, the MySci Resource Center becomes the nerve center of the ISP, WUSTL’s signature effort to strategically improve teaching and learning within the K-12 education community in the St. Louis region.
Monsanto grants $2.2 million to help expand MySci at WUSTL
Washington University in St. Louis’ Institute for
School Partnership has received a $2.2 million grant from the Monsanto
Fund to take the institute’s cornerstone program, MySci, to the next
level. In its eighth year serving the St. Louis community,
MySci’s mission is to cultivate the region’s next generation of
scientists by engaging elementary students in science, technology,
engineering and math (STEM) through interactive learning experiences and
creative curriculum.