We've been following the Youth Design Team as they plan, develop, and share their pop-up museum with the Chicago community. 16-year old Dana, a teen in the program, gives us an exciting birds eye view of their work process in the blog post below.
As we get into the final month of the Pearson Young Scientists "Problem with Plastics" program, our energetic teens are focusing on designing their social media campaign to impact the issue of plastics in the San Francisco Bay Area, and beyond.
The ten youth have already created a number of great assets that they can use including:
YDT'er Matthew takes us on a tour of the various work teams that are developing the HumaNature pop-up exhibit at the Field Museum. Check out how the teens are doing as they approach their final deadline.
The pop-up exhibit is very close to its public showcase. Sarah, a 12th grader from the Youth Design Team at the Field Museum, shares an update on what she and the rest of the teens are up to this week.
Ever wondered what happens when youth engage in real and relevant work? The Youth Design Team at the Field Museum in Chicago is a great example of this. Teens are deep in the production phase of their pop-up museum and are working as a mini-museum team to get all of the pieces of their exhibit ready for the museum review board. Becca, one of the YDT teens, has created a short video to share their work:
The Youth Design Team program at the Field Museum is in full swing. 11th grader Quinn offers a detailed update of where the teens are in the process of designing their pop-up museum:
Teens in Chicago have been busy at work designing a pop-up museum that brings a youth-created exhibit to the community. They've picked their theme and are now working on designing the details of the experience.
Sophie, an 11th grader from the Youth Design Team shares an update below:
The Mercantile in Sheridan County, Wyoming is one of many local sites Laurie Graves and Lamont Clabaugh's 3rd Grade students will explore through the "Then and Now of Sheridan County" project.
Allen Chiu’s “Untitled 412″ was taken on a deserted street in Providence, R.I.
The Teen Portrait Competition (TPC), a collaboration between the New Learning Institute and the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery, was created by and for young people.
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