About UA
About UA
Learning science by doing science
Our core components
Family Engagement Opportunities
Partnership with Science-Rich NYC Culture Institutions
Professional Learning (PL) for Teachers and Administrators
Teacher Leader Development
Classroom Materials Orders
Evaluation of Program Effectiveness
What we do
Parent Coordinator workshops, family and student events at institutions, and partner attendance at school events.
Why we do it
UA’s Family Engagement initiative creates events for families to explore, learn about, and make memories at partner institutions. UA holds annual PC workshops to help plan and execute school community trips and to help PCs gain valuable professional learning experience. Partners also attend school events to support learning and expand access to the whole school community.
Effect on students
Students participate in Scientific Exploration with their families. Students who learned in UA-participating schools have consistently been prompted to seek intergenerational knowledge, to ask curiosity questions, and to make connections, all practices that support solid science practice and family engagement.
Videos
UA in the news
How do kids learn best? An old truth states that kids do better in school when their families and communities are involved in their education.
Urban Advantage’s middle school science program pairs students and teachers with some of the top cultural institutions in the city to help them delve into research projects.
In the dimly lit Hall of Mammals in the American Museum of Natural History here, small clusters of teachers scrutinized dioramas of animal habitats from around the world, filling in sheets of field observations
