Partnerships

How do science centres structure and manage partnerships with other organisations - business or research organisations, community groups, government departments, education authorities etc - to ensure common goals and understandings and to create maximum benefit for all partners and their audiences and stakeholders?

Partnerships to Foster Learning in Science Centres and Museums

A detailed checklist (pdf, 2.8 Mb) for building creative learning partnerships from the Inspiring Learning for All website - which has lots of other useful material too.

Impact of Science Centres – the Role of Partnerships, Lesley Lewis (2004)

This paper outlines some of the partnerships from which Ontario Science Centre in Toronto, Canada has benefited in recent years and describes the results achieved for industry and education-sector partners through two of these partnerships. It includes six pointers on how ensure that partnerships bring maximum impact for all parties involved.

Download Ms Lewis' paper (34 kb, pdf)

Three Science Centres Working Together

Engaging Science is 'a professional enrichment and learning resource program in science education to inspire teachers into the 21^st century.' It offers workshops, teaching resources and online activities to the teachers of British Columbia, Canada, through a joint venture of H.R. MacMillan Space Centre, Science World and the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre. The program is supported by the University of British Columbia (UBC) and the National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).