Overdeck and Simons Foundations Launch "Science Everywhere" to Inspire Math and Science Learning Beyond the Classroom
NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - Jan 25, 2017) - Overdeck Family Foundation and the Simons Foundation today launched Science Everywhere, an initiative to catalyze math and science learning beyond school walls, in partnership with DonorsChoose.org. Science Everywhere challenges teachers across the country to submit ideas on the DonorsChoose.org platform for creative, hands-on projects that inspire students to explore math and science outside the classroom.
The foundations are providing nearly half a million dollars to match every donation, with the aim of engaging the public to collectively deliver nearly $1 million of science and math supplies to classrooms nationwide. In addition to engaging thousands of U.S. students in real-world math and science, at the end of the challenge a panel of judges led by astronaut Leland Melvin will award five $5,000 prizes to the teachers who submit the best ideas...