GBH
NOVA Labs
Started: 2012
- Currently active
- Created by our station
Station type: Joint license
NOVA Labs is a free digital platform that engages teens and lifelong learners in games and interactives that foster authentic scientific exploration. From predicting solar storms and constructing renewable energy systems to tracking cloud movement and designing RNA molecules, NOVA Labs participants can conduct investigations by visualizing, analyzing, and sharing the same data that scientists use. Each Lab is unique, and focuses on a different area of active research and all of them illustrate key concepts with engaging and informative videos and guide participants as they answer scientific questions or design solutions to current problems.
This project reaches tweens and teens via...
- Directly engaging t(w)eens via activities, events, or programs
- Indirectly reaching t(w)eens via educators, PD, curriculum
- Media and/or educational content that is made by, with, or for t(w)eens
What topics does this project focus on?
Life skills, career skills
Science, technology
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Is this project considered part of the station's journalism work?
No
Departments involved:
Production (TV/Radio)
Education
Partner organizations involved:
The full list of partner organizations:
Media and/or educational content
Who is the primary audience of the content?
T(w)eens
Who creates the media content?
Adults only (station employees, contractors, producers, etc)
*T(w)eens
Who decides the topic areas of the content?
Both youth and adults (in collaboration)
Where is the content shared?
Website
PBS Learning Media
YouTube
Facebook
Twitter
Directly engaging tweens and teens in local programming
In this project...
T(w)eens are involved in station decision-making (e.g., youth advisory)
We partner with *national organizations* to host programming
We partner with our *local school district(s)* to host programming
Contact time between youth participants and station staff:
1-2 hours
Contact time between youth participants and partner orgs:
11+ hours
Indirectly engaging youth via educators, professional development, or curriculum
This project indirectly engages youth by partnering with...
Curriculum or content distributors (e.g., PBS Learning Media) Community-based organizations or nonprofits Schools Public departments (e.g., city parks department, local library, etc.)
Does this project train educators or run a professional development program?
Yes
Does this project create curricula or educational resources for educators to use?
Yes