Breaking Down Barriers
Supporting Community Engagement and Effective Science Communication
In the 10 feet I’ve walked from the car to the education department, I’ve broken a sweat.
We have discontinued the Breaking Down Barriers program but will continue to make available its web resources. If you have questions, please email us.
We’re supporting science outreach in communities around the country that have little access to scientists or informal science education.
Graduate Student Outreach Fellows across the country
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10 Graduate Student Outreach Fellows
7 States
7,036 Participants
I've long said that the solution to the climate problem is going to come as much from the ground up as from the top down. The more involved people can get at the community level, the better.
Featured Case Study
Iowa | December 6,2019
Flooded with Evidence
By role-playing townspeople faced with decisions about an aging dam in their community, participants in the science outreach activity Climate Change Summit immerse themselves in constructive, meaningful conversation about water resource issues and planning for the effects of climate change.
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It took less than five minutes to destroy my YouTube recommendations.
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During the summer of 2019, one of our Graduate Student Outreach Fellows planned to lead a
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“All that work and only 15 calories!” The exasperation in the 10-year-old’s voice is amplified by the walls of the two-and-a-half-meter-long intestinal tract she’s been crawling through.
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Let’s try an exercise. Close your eyes and imagine your worst-case scenario describing evolution or climate change.