Our ISEP in WNY and WNY STEM ecosystems in Buffalo and Western New York benefit from the strong out of classroom STEM learning guidance and collaboration from the Buffalo Museum of Science. they help other out of classroom efforts and have a unique infrastructure, where a Buffalo Public School middle school is co-located/physically connected to the Museum. As part of the ISEP project, collaboration between Museum staff and the teachers at the school are facilitated to connect informal and formal STEM learning.
isep.buffalo.edu has more information.
Joe Gardella
Joseph A. Gardella, Jr.
SUNY Distinguished Professor and
John and Frances Larkin Professor of Chemistry
University at Buffalo, SUNY
http://www.buffalo.edu/~gardella
Director, Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Partnership (ISEP) with Buffalo Public Schools
http://stemecosystems.org/first-community-of-practice/#western-new-york
ISEP Professional Learning Community on EdWeb