New York Hall of Science

🌏 ✊ Join us for our inaugural STEMOCRACY Festival from September 22nd - 28th!! Taking place during Climate Week NYC, we're going to celebrate the critical connection between STEM and Democracy right in The World's Borough 🌏! 🌏 We’ll explore key issues our community cares about such as combating Climate Change with community input and action, building a more equitable and safe community, and addressing how advancements in STEM industries can help or hinder democratic goals. We'll also have: 🌏 A spectacular rain forest installation 😍 🌏 A visit and talk with hip-hop duo EARTHGANG, aka artists using science to make a difference 🎵 🎼 🎶 🌏 Film screenings throughout the week with Films For The Forest 🌲 🌲 🌲 🌏 A visit with Pablo Venegas, Rainforest Partnership's herpetologist 🦎 🦎 🦎 🌏 An evening Garden Celebration 🌸 🌼 🌺 🌹 🌷 🌻 🌏 Free workshops on weatherproofing your home 🏠 🌫️ 🌧️ 🌏 And more! 🤗 Visit https://lnkd.in/efdbmCG8 for the full lineup!

More details on our FREE, upcoming College Fair are coming in: check both of these two panels on Women in STEM and Info on FAFSA and Financial Aid. Register at: nysci.org/nysci-events

We are excited to offer a FREE College Readiness Fair on the evening of October 10th from 5:30-7:30pm! Learn How to Make Your Application Stand Out, Get FAFSA Tips, Meet College Reps, Learn About Other Orgs, AND more! We are partnering with 20 colleges, universities, and other youth-serving organizations to bring high school and college-bound students a range of helpful resources! We'll have staffed tables with college and career readiness resources, as well as other educational and STEAM information in higher learning. Register via the link on our website calendar, which you can find at nysci.org/nysci-events.

NY Sun Works Joins Queens Borough President Donovan Richards and the New York Hall of Science to Announce Historic Partnership to Build Hydroponic Labs in Schools Boroughwide!! As part of our kickoff celebration for this initiative, today we open our Hydroponics exhibition! Check it out next time you are here, learn more about the participating schools AND find out if a school by you can participate in the program as well! "Thank you to NY Sun Works and Office of the Queens Borough President Donovan Richards for their invaluable support in bringing this innovative hydroponics exhibit to life at NYSCI and schools across the borough. Your dedication to sustainability and education is helping to inspire a new generation to embrace green technologies and urban farming,” said President and CEO of the New York Hall of Science Lisa Gugenheim. "The hands-on nature of hydroponics perfectly aligns with NYSCI’s mission of Design, Make, Play, encouraging creativity, problem-solving, and exploration through interactive learning. We are grateful for your partnership in making this transformative project possible for our community and institution.”

Make sure to check out our #STEMOCRACY Learning Lab while here! Learn more about how you can affect policy around climate change and even get help writing letters to your elected officials while here!

Yesterday's #STEMOCRACY Highlights Included: 🌍 Launch of the Immersive Rainforest Installation by Rainforest Partnership and Omnispace360! 🌍 Talk by hip-hop duo EARTHGANG 🎶 🌍 Second day of the Films for the Forest screenings Thursday's STEMOCRACY Events Will Include: 🌍 11am - 4pm, Viscusi: Rainforest Installation. 🌍 2:30pm, Auditorium: "NYSCI and Corona: Stronger than the Storm" panel Learn about NYSCI, local organizations, and government efforts around combating climate change. NYSCI leaders will be joined by experts and leaders from the Waterfront Alliance and the Mayor’s office of Climate and Environmental Justice’s program “Floodnet." 🌍 4pm, Auditorium: Films for the Forest Day 4 Screening. 🌍 5 - 8pm, Terrace Garden: NYSCI Garden Celebration: Community Gardens and Civic Change.

Thursday, Septmber 26th, STEMOCRACY: NYSCI and CLIMATE CHANGE Events: 1:30pm, Viscusi Gallery: A visit with Pablo Venegas, Rainforest Partnership's herpetologist. 2:30pm, Auditorium: "NYSCI and Corona: Stronger than the Storm" panel: Learn about NYSCI, local organizations, and government efforts around combating climate change. NYSCI leaders will be joined by experts and leaders from the Waterfront Alliance and the Mayor’s office of Climate and Environmental Justice’s program “Floodnet.” 5:00pm - 7:00pm, Auditorium: Films for the Forest Day 4 Screening. 5:00pm - 8:00pm, Terrace Garden: NYSCI Garden Celebration: Community Gardens and Civic Change. Learn More & Reserve Tickets at: https://lnkd.in/eA2SSXjD

We were thankful to host an amazing Brightline 2040 panel on Climate Change on Day 1 of our STEMOCRACY Festival. One of the things panelists discussed, led by NYSCI's own Jasmine Maldonado M.S. Ed., was how Mosaic Pre-K on NYSCI's campus helps to introduce four-year-olds to phenomena and concepts that build the foundation for understanding the complexities of climate change later in life. See what other events are planned this week for our STEMOCRACY Festival here: https://lnkd.in/efdbmCG8

“From combating climate change to expanding AI literacy, there has never been a more relevant time to invest in the power and impact of science and technology education. I’m excited for that challenge and to join the NYSCI team.” - Lisa Gugenheim, NYSCI's new President and CEO speaking to the Queens Chronicle. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eii2njyM

We are honored to showcase internationally acclaimed "Films For The Forest" screenings throughout the week of our inaugural STEMOCRACY Festival, which begins on Sunday, September 22nd and coincides with Climate Week NYC. View all of the film screening times on this flyer and visit https://lnkd.in/efdbmCG8 for the rest of the week's activities, which includes many workshops and panels that focus on making the critical connection between STEM and Democracy inspiring and accessible for all.