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New York State Education Department Office of Educational Television and Public Broadcasting National Science Foundation Grants Materials


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Overview of the Records

Repository:

New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230

Summary:
This series consists of records from the planning, application, and production paperwork as well as resulting educational materials pertaining to National Science Foundation educational programming grants.
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New York State Education Department Office of Educational Television and Public Broadcasting National Science Foundation grants materials
Quantity:

8 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:
1982-1997
Series Number:
B2617

Scope and Content Note

This series consists of records from the planning, application, and production paperwork as well as resulting educational materials for National Science Foundation educational programming grants. The grants led to the creation of the Focus on Science and Just Think program series. Focus on Science was a bilingual (English and Spanish language) series produced in 1991 and aimed at elementary school students. It focused on several different scientific subjects such as electricity and biology. Just Think was a series produced in 1996 in partnership with WMHT to promote "Problem Solving Through Inquiry."

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Records in this series were transferred to the New York State Archives under RDA 22840.

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Dates Contents Box

Accretion: B2617-18
1982-1992 NSF Grant Files, BIlingual Education Video Files 1
1990-1991 NSF Grant Files, Grant Projecct Workbooks 2
1990-1993 Focus on Science, Video Files 3
1990-1994 NSF Grant Files 4
1990-1993 Sink or Float Video files 5
1992-1993 Level II "Float or Sink, Focus on Science" Video files 6
1995-1997 Just Think Grant files 7
1995-1997 Elementary Science in-service grant files 8