These pics just came in from our workshop with the Rockaway Waterfront Alliance on 8/10/11. Schooba fun in the sun!
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More summer pics
Published September 8, 2011 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: camp, low-income, nonprofit, rockaway, rockaway waterfront alliance, rwa, schooba, science, SCUBA
Workshops with RWA
Published August 24, 2011 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: after school, at risk, brooklyn, low-income, new york, nonprofit, nyc, queens, rockaway waterfront alliance, rwa, schooba, science, SCUBA
The Rockaway Waterfront Alliance (RWA) is “a community-based non-profit organization that works to empower the local Rockaway community to play a role in the determination of their neighborhoods, and foster an understanding of the principals of environmental justice and urban sustainability.” They run summer programs with different schools and students, and we’ve done a few workshops with them throughout the summer. Some pics of our first one, courtesy of RWA:
Schooba presents at Earth Day Rockaway!
Published May 2, 2011 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: after school, at risk, beach 59th street, brooklyn, disadvantaged, dive, diving, earth day rockaway, education, engagement, high school, inner city, low-income, lyons community school, mentoring, new york city, ngo, non-profit, nonprofit, not for profit, nyc, ost, out of school, parks, queens, rockaway, rockaway waterfront alliance, rwa, schooba, science, science through scuba, SCUBA, tutoring, underprivileged, underserved, urban
This past Saturday, the Rockaway Waterfront Alliance and the NYC Department of Parks & Recreation hosted the 5th Annual Earth Day Rockaway celebration, a fun-filled afternoon of environmental education, arts and crafts, and entertainment on the boardwalk at Beach 59th Street. Schooba was there in full force, tabling materials and presenting workshops to kids, teenagers, and adults alike. Have a look at some highlights from the day:
Schooba, a participating organization
"Com'n, hurry up! We can't be late for the Schooba workshop!" - about 30 screaming fans at 12:29 PM
Setting up our table
About an hour before the festivities
The boardwalk at Beach 59th St., Rockaway, Queens
The Schooba table!
A bit closer up
Open the gates!
Yashira, drawing a crowd
A grown man amazed
And signing up for more info!
Yashira explaining the Cartesian condiment experiment
Amazing the crowd
Little girls, just prior to being amazed.
Little girls, about to do the Diving Raisin experiment
More grown men fascinated
Science through scuba.
Experimenting some more
And blowing minds left, right, and straight ahead
"Heck yeah I want more info!"
Lovin' the raisin experiment
The Shrinking Lung experiment
Our new friend's activity for the next 45 minutes.
Already looking forward to attending next year!
