Smithsonian Partners with Aspen School Project to Test Proof of Concept for the "Network for Emergent Scientific Thinking" (NEST)

August 20, 2017

On July 28, the Smithsonian, through its Smithsonian Science Education Center, formalized its alliance with Global Partnership for Science Education Through Engagement's (GSEE's) Think Like a Scientist initiative. That came to fruition by entering a memorandum of understanding with GSEE, in which the Smithsonian Science Education Center would establish the Network for Emergent Scientific Thinking (NEST) with Aspen's "Always Thinking Like a Scientist" (ATLAS) after school program–an experimental pilot program that would test a collaborative new approach between scientists and science educators to reach a middle school audience through high school and scientist mentorship.

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