Connect your school’s families to
science-rich Institutions
Connect your school’s families to science-rich Institutions
Urban Advantage and the Parent Coordinators of NYC
UA provides support for the teaching and learning of science in participating schools. By also providing professional development for parent coordinators, UA supports the link between families and the school. These events provide immersive learning experiences that deepen understanding of science, science teaching, and the pivotal role families play in science engagement. PCs are also supported by UA in hosting events at the schools for family engagement.
Parent Coordinators receive access to UA's eight science-rich cultural institutions to plan trips and to bring school community groups for days of exploration and inquiry.
Professional Learning
Parent Coordinators connect schools and families by organizing events like School Community Trips and Family Science Nights to spark curiosity and build community. They attend UA workshops and events, gaining resources for engaging families in science.
What Parent Coordinators are saying:
“Our Family Field Trips with UA have been amazing, especially seeing parents and kids bond together.”
Visit Institutions
Using your voucher to Visit Institutions
Parent Coordinators have planning and school community trip vouchers. Please explore the Visit Institutions section to see how to book your reservation at each institution before visiting with your voucher.
Using your voucher to Visit Institutions
Upcoming Events
During the school year, when vouchers are valid, the events listed on this page are free.
During the summer, these events may required additional payment.
During the school year, when vouchers are valid, the events listed on this page are free. During the summer, these events may required additional payment.
Bronx Zoo
Bronx Zoo
New York Aquarium
American Museum of Natural History
Bronx Zoo
New York Aquarium
Resources
Resources
STEM Family Guide - Arabic
STEM Family Guide - Bangla
STEM Family Guide - Chinese (Simplified)
STEM Family Guide - Chinese (Traditional)
STEM Family Guide - French
STEM Family Guide - Haitian Creole
STEM Family Guide - Korean
STEM Family Guide - Russian
STEM Family Guide - Spanish
STEM Family Guide - Ukrainian
STEM Family Guide - Urdu
STEM Family Guide - Uzbek
STEM Family Guide - English
Plan your calendar accordingly! We`ve got four more Family Science Days happening this spring!
Celebrate spring and science with us this weekend for Urban Advantage Family Science Day at @queensbotanicalgarden!
🗓️Saturday, April 18th, 11 am - 2 pm
🌸🔬Hands-on activities, crafts and prizes for the whole family!
🎟️Don’t forget to bring your S+3 voucher or Family Science Day flyer for free admission!
#uanyc
You`ve got the power of fun in your hands with your UA vouchers! Looking for places to go while you are off from school? Check out all the special highlights going on at our science institutions during #springbreak! You can go to a new place each day. Don`t miss out on all there is to see 🌷🐅🌳🧬🌺🦈🌙🦍
Brooklyn Botanic Garden invites you and your families to our Community Day on this Friday, March 20. In honor of Women`s History Month, we will be highlighting the contributions of the women who worked in our science department hybridizing magnolia trees. You can expect a guided tour, access to our library and archives, and water color painting. Use your Student +3 vouchers for free access!
❄️Midwinter recess is here!❄️
Don’t forget to use your vouchers to visit our institutions for free with your families over the break!
❄️Be sure to stop by @amnh ‘s Family Science Day this Thursday, February 19th from 11 AM - 2PM! Enjoy hands-on activities and crafts celebrating science, black history and lunar new year!
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❄️¡Llegaron las vacaciones de invierno!❄️
¡No olviden usar sus vouchers para visitar nuestras instituciones gratis con sus familias durante las vacaciones!
❄️¡No se pierdan el Día de la Ciencia para Familias de @amnh este jueves 19 de febrero de 11:00 a 14:00! ¡Disfruten de actividades que celebran la ciencia, la historia afroamericana y el Año Nuevo Lunar!
#urbanadvantagenyc
Family Science Day is coming up at @amnh this Thursday, February 19th!
🔎Join us From 11 AM - 2 PM for hands-on activities and science discovery for the whole family to enjoy!
🎟️Don’t forget to bring your Family Science Day Flyer for free admission!
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¡El Día de la Ciencia en Familia se acerca este jueves 19 de febrero en @amnh!
🔎 ¡Vienen de 11:00 a 14:00 para disfrutar de actividades prácticas y descubrimientos científicos para toda la familia!
🎟️¡No olvides traer tu flyer del Día de la Ciencia para Familia para entrar gratis!
#urbanadvantagenyc
The Finches!!! It was so exciting when I visited the Galapagos and saw these little birds that Darwin had thought about and tried to figure out. He eventually noticed some patterns and thought about what the plants were growing on these different islands, some dry, some wet, and what these little finches had available to eat.
What do you notice about the birds in these photos? Do you see them eating anything?
What did Darwin notice?
Celebrate Darwin’s birthday by looking at some beaks and birds in your neighborhood. And maybe other animals and plants and think about how they survive, what challenges they face and how they cope with those challenges.
Original voyage map:
© Sémhur / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA-4.0, or Free Art License. I added the yellow arrows and “Home” and enlarged “Galapagos”
@jholmesjay
Happy Darwin’s Birthday! Today, February 12th!
This is our 3rd post about the cool animals, habitats and landscapes that one might see and explore on this little cluster of islands, WAAAY out in the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of Ecuador. 💚 Darwin spent some time on these islands in 1835, 191 years ago. And many people visit these islands today to observe and learn from the special animals that live on these islands.
Today we will have two posts. First, check out all the different kinds of beaks on so many different kinds of birds! The Blue-footed Booby, Magnificent Frigatebird, Brown Pelican, Flightless Cormorant, penguins and the Brown Noddy are all fish eaters diving from the sky or swimming after their fishy dinner. Some beaks very long, often pointy, some with little hooks on the end to hold on to a squirming fish! I loved the Flightless Cormorants holding their tiny wings out to dry, just like their flying cousins here in New York. 🙂 they also have beautiful blue eyes, like gem
There are wadding birds, like the flamingos and Herons and Stilts with their long legs necks, and special beaks for catching different sorts of food as they wade through the shallow water.
Other birds were in the trees and the shrubs on land. Feeding on plants; their fruits, like the mockingbird here flying off with a fruit. Others, like the Flycatcher and warbler with their tiny pointy beaks, feeding on insects.
These were and are so many different kinds of birds. Different shapes, sizes and special legs or wings or feet helping them survive out here on the island. Darwin became particularly interested in groups of birds that seemed to be closely related, with subtle differences between them. More on that in our next post!
Original voyage map:
© Sémhur / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA-4.0, or Free Art License. I added the yellow arrows and “Home” and enlarged “Galapagos”
@jholmesjay
