Browse the Science Firsthand Journals, Team Questions and Field Guides
Welcome to Science Firsthand, where you can browse Journals, Team Questions and Field Guides. To get started, please select a participating city from the map below. If you are a Team Member, please log in.
About Science Firsthand — Partners In Discovery
Science Firsthand is an NSF-sponsored project that provides urban community centers with two unique resources for involving middle school youth with science during out-of-school time.
The first resource is an adult volunteer who becomes one child's "partner in discovery" for once-a-week meetings at the center for a whole year. The teams choose their own areas of investigation as you will see from the web pages that they have published here.
The second resource is support to the youth-adult teams for doing science firsthand. In Buffalo, NY, that support comes from First Hand Learning, Inc. and a cadre of volunteer, scientist-coaches. In St. Louis, MO, the St. Louis Science Center provides team support and coordinates the involvement of area scientists.
How can you participate in Science Firsthand?
The Science Firsthand co-investigation teams hope that their work may interest you in trying a firsthand investigation. They also welcome your questions and suggestions for furthering their research. For more information, please contact us.
