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To conduct scientific research with emphasis on marine mammals of the western North Atlantic and on the coastal and marine habitats and resources of the Gulf of Maine; to promote stewardship of coastal and marine ecosystems to ensure their continued viability and biodiversity, through directed research and management strategies; to conduct educational activities and to provide educational resources that encourage the responsible use and conservation of coastal and marine ecosystems; and to collaborate with other institutions and individuals whenever possible to advance the Center's mission.

Our mission is to inspire young people to be science and technology leaders by engaging them in exciting mentor-based programs that build science, engineering and technology skills, that inspire innovation, and that foster well-rounded life capabilities including self-confidence, communication, and leadership.

Turn on the science: inspire learning. Inform policy. Improve lives.

The Connecticut Audubon Society conserves Connecticut’s environment through science-based education and advocacy focused on the state’s bird populations and habitats. Founded in 1898, the Connecticut Audubon Society operates nature facilities in Fairfield, Milford, Glastonbury, Pomfret, Hampton, and Sherman, a center in Old Lyme, and an EcoTravel office in Essex. Connecticut Audubon manages 20 wildlife sanctuaries encompassing almost 3,300 acres of open space in Connecticut, and educates over 200,000 children and adults annually. Connecticut Audubon is an independent organization, not affiliated with any national or governmental group. Connecticut Audubon Society’s scientists, educators, citizen scientists, and volunteers work to preserve birds and their environments in Connecticut. Our work includes sanctuary management, advocacy, environmental education and activities at our centers, scientific studies, and our annual Connecticut State of the Birds report.

Founded in 1993, Discovery Science Place's mission is "igniting curiosity in young minds through fun, hands-on exploration". We are a community supported children's science museum in Tyler, Texas serving the entire northeast Texas area and beyond.

An award winning school and transformational methods, the StarShine Effect spreads the best of learning as fast and as far as possible. Founded in response to 9/11/01, a K-12 Charter School experimental laboratory to develop the best ideas and practices to empower every child to find and be successful as a powerful, kind, humane leader of the next new world. Realizing Dreams through Education

Committed to inspiring curiosity through exploration, the Buffalo Museum of Science is a non-profit educational institution dedicated to providing relevant science programming and services to children, families, adults, and schools in the Buffalo Niagara region. Through exhibits and interactive science studios designed for multi-generational learning, the Museum showcases its extensive collections of over 700,000 specimens and artifacts representing all facets of the natural world with an emphasis on Western New York. Opened in 1929 in Buffalo’s Olmsted-designed Martin Luther King, Jr. Park, the Museum is currently installing eight permanent interactive science studios to transform its visitor experience by 2017. The Museum also operates Tifft Nature Preserve in South Buffalo, a 264-acre urban wetland preserve on reclaimed former industrial land. Learn more at www.sciencebuff.org.

Mission: Our mission is to inspire the innovator in everyone. Vision: Our vision is to become a resource for innovation.  

MISSION: Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose inspires creativity, curiosity and lifelong learning. VISION: Today’s children become tomorrow’s visionaries. VALUES: Children - We respect children and the adults who support them, striving to understand and respond to their individual developmental needs, learning styles and cultures. Play - We believe play is essential to healthy development and lifelong learning. Integrity - We create experiences rooted in authenticity, a spirit of discovery, and a commitment to excellence. Curiosity - We encourage wondering, asking questions, exploring and inventing. Intersections - We value multidisciplinary exploration, unexpected insights and new connections. Community - We celebrate people, cultures and discoveries, building global awareness and understanding. Learning - We believe that interactive engagement with ideas, materials, the environment, and technology promotes creativity, critical thinking, problem solving and growth.

The mission of Arizona Science Center is to inspire, educate and engage curious minds through science.

The Bakken Museum’s mission is to further the understanding of the history, cultural context and applications of electricity and magnetism in the life sciences and their benefits to contemporary society. Our ultimate goal is to inspire youth to pursue a life in science for the benefit of humanity.

Located in San Francisco, California, the Exploratorium is a public learning laboratory exploring the world through science, art, and human perception. Our mission is to create inquiry-based experiences that transform learning worldwide. Our vision is a world where people think for themselves and can confidently ask questions, question answers, and understand the world around them. We value lifelong learning and teaching, curiosity and inquiry, our community, iteration and evidence, integrity and authenticity, sustainability, and inclusion and respect.