Yale University (Peabody Museum of Natural History)

The Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History will use its IMLS award to support a new component of its after-school program Evolutions, a science literacy program that meets the needs of teens and their teachers, parents, and community in the New Haven Public Schools. The program engages students in grades 9 - 12 from groups traditionally underrepresented in the sciences in a comprehensive, museum-based curriculum that combines hands-on projects, field trips, college preparation, career awareness, and transferable skills development, along with opportunities for paid internships. The new component—a career ladder program called Sci.CORPS, will employ students as interpreters in the exhibition galleries.