Chicago Botanic Garden

The Chicago Botanic garden's project goal is to nurture interest in science for a local Hispanic community through creating a summer science camp and after school science activities. The garden's partnership is with a non-profit family resource center: Gads Hill Center, serving the Mexican-American residents in the Pilsen community. The target audience is students in grades 7-9. The summer camp will have sessions to help the students with science (and math). There will be follow-up program sessions during the school year. The goal of the program is to nurture interest in science by working with students during both the summer and the school year in a familiar setting - the community center.