Children's Museum of the East End

The children's Museum of the East End will launch a new afterschool program, "Science Connections," designed to inspire interest in STEM among children ages 5 to 9, promote cross-cultural connections in Eastern Long Island, and provide opportunities for school-aged children, their parents, and caregivers to learn together as a family. Led by bilingual museum educators, the program will use interactive hands-on exhibits, meetings with science professionals, and field observations and experiments to educate English and Spanish-speaking families about basic scientific concepts. Trained high school students known as Science Ambassadors, will translate science content for younger learners and improve their own understanding of science subjects. By promoting a multicultural learning environment, the museum hopes to encourage in the children cross-cultural acceptance and interaction as they mature into adults.