Program areas at SSP
Science education programs: for decades, the Society for Science has offered many of the most revered k-12 Science competitions in the world: the regeneron Science talent search, the regeneron international Science and engineering fair, and for middle school students, broadcom masters (math, applied Science, technology and engineering for rising stars). Through these programs, which encourage and reward independent scientific research and project-based learning, the Society is growing the pipeline of stem professionals by empowering our future generation of talent to become scientists, engineers and inventors.
Outreach programs: in 2015, the Society expanded its outreach and equity work, to ensure that every young person in the united states has the opportunity to become a scientist or engineer. the advocate program supports educators mentoring underrepresented students in stem fields and helping students find and compete in Science research competitions. Two annual research teachers conferences, one for middle school teachers and one for high school teachers, bring together Science research teachers to share best practices, troubleshoot challenges and develop a support network for teachers who lead students in scientific research. the Society's stem research grants help teachers expand and enhance independent research programs for students, and our stem action grants provide catalytic funds for innovative community-based stem organizations. These programs reach millions of students, educators and community members across the united states, the district of columbia and u.s. Territories.
Science news media group: the Society for Science was founded in 1921 with a mission to provide in-depth, trustworthy, accurate Science journalism for the Public. Since then, our offerings have grown to include our flagship print magazine Science news and its website. We also created Science news explores, where readers from age 9 and up, their parents and teachers can explore new discoveries across Science, technology, engineering, and medicine, and learn how research helps us all understand our world and our lives. Science news media group also offers the Science news learning program (formerly Science news in high schools), which provides Science news magazine and supplementary educator guides to more than 5,600 middle and high schools across the u.s., making current Science accessible to students and educators. Science news has more than 118,000 paid subscribers, and over 12 million unique online users in 2022. Science news has 4.9 million followers on twitter, and 2.7 million followers on facebook, with an additional 130,000 across other social channels. the Science news explores website drew more than 11 million unique visitors in 2022, and almost 1 million facebook followers.
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