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Science is

  • Elementary
  • Everywhere
  • Awesome
  • for Everyone

We provide inspiring, innovative, high-quality science experiences to the preschool and elementary school children who need them most.

SiE Results

For over a decade, we’ve provided enriching, rigorous science education for elementary schoolers and their teachers.

Our results speak for themselves.

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100% of SiE Students

Say science is fun.

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86% increase

In SiE students’ content retention every year.

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2x as likely

To want to work in a STEM field: SiE girls compared to non-SiE peers.

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70% increase

In SiE students’ articulating and using deep science concepts over consecutive sessions.

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90% of teachers

Say our program increases students’ interest in science.

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65%

of SiE students

Use scientific principles they learned in non-science classes.

SiE closes the achievement gap!

Students of color, English learners, and students from low-income families achieve at the same high rates as white students, and those from better resourced families.

SiE Praise

The Challenge

Now more than ever, we see how important science education is, even in the early years. Yet science education in elementary school is often overlooked or entirely neglected. 

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Only 1 in 3

Teachers say they feel prepared to teach science.

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Only 22 minutes

Is devoted each week (on average) to teaching science.

 
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Only 15%

Of teachers have received professional development in the last three years.

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Only 25%

Of California 4th graders scored at (or above) proficient in science.

 
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There’s a 45 points

Achievement gap between students of color and White students.

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Only 44%

Of principals believe students receive a high-quality science education at their school.

Sources

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Our Vision

Empower generations to better the world through science and scientific thinking.