SEGway’s partnership model is founded through a community of educators, science museum personnel, scientists, and institutions such as museums and universities. This highly collaborative network allows partners to leverage their unique skills, resulting in high quality educational resources and programs across the nation. These resources and programs benefit teachers, students, the general public, and the science community. The contributions made by each entity are numerous, as outlined below:

	Teachers map the field of force around a magnet during a development workshop.

Educators

• Bring experience with curriculum and science education standards
• Pilot test and help refine resources
• Generate guidelines for implementing resources
• Create professional networks of peer support

Scientists

• Make scientific and technological discoveries
• Serve as science inquiry role models for K-12 teachers
• Review and validate science education resources
• Serve as ambassadors to the general public

	View of the Exploratorium

Science Museums

• Provide a high profile outlet for public science education
• Promote literacy in science and technology
• Offer professional development for teachers
• Apply innovative teaching methodologies
• Produce Webcasts of special events
• Provide reliable access to the Web

  Museum Partners

  :: Exploratorium, San Francisco, CA
  :: Lawrence Hall of Science, University of California, Berkeley, CA
  :: Chabot Space and Science Center, Oakland, CA
  :: National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC
  :: American Museum of Natural History/Hayden Planetarium, New York, NY
  :: Boston Museum of Science, Boston, MA
  :: Science Museum of Virginia, Richmond, VA

	View from UC Berkeley SSL with Lawrence Hall of Science taken by Igor Ruderman

School Districts

• Offer a test bed for newly developed on-line lessons
• Establish valuable local connections with teachers, classrooms and administrators who provide input, feedback, and evaluation
• Review and validate science education resources
• Serve as ambassadors to the general public

  
  School District Partners

  :: San Francisco, CA Unified School District:
     :: Horace Mann Middle School
     :: Thurgood Marshall High School
  :: Carson City School District, NV
  :: Auk Bay Elementary School, Juneau, AK
  :: M. H. Stanley Middle School, Lafayette, CA
  :: Granada High School, Livermore, CA

University Partners

SEGway partners with the following University of California projects to explore best practices for using technology in education and to facilitate classroom testing of lesson modules.

• UC Berkeley Interactive University
• UC Berkeley ISTAT (Integrating Science, Teaching, And Technology)
• Center for New Music and Audio Technologies

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