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Project Exploration

4511 S Evans Avenue

Chicago, Illinois 60653

https://projectexploration.org

Project Exploration is a Chicago-based, nationally recognized nonprofit science education and youth development organization launched in 1999 to address inequities in access to high-quality STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) opportunities in out-of-school time. We strive to ensure every Chicago student becomes STEM literate, promotes a diversified STEM workforce in Chicago and works to serve students that are traditionally underrepresented in STEM. PE makes STEM education accessible through: ● Programs that run after school and during school breaks at several Chicago Public Schools. ● The West Side STEM Learning Center, a community STEM hub that runs after school programs throughout the school year and during school breaks. ● STEM@home, virtual programming, and learning opportunities are made available to and incentivized in the homes of enrolled students. ● Community-building connections for schools, students and families through leadership in the Chicago STEM Pathways Cooperative.

Thanks to the Chicago Botanic Garden, we are able to enjoy a garden at our Westside STEM Learning Center. We use the Budburst curriculum to expose students to life science and to teach them the basic scientific inquiry skills of observation and data collection.

Plants to Monitor

Foxglove beardtongue 'Blackbeard'

Penstemon digitalis 'Blackbeard'

Foxglove beardtongue 'Husker Red'

Penstemon digitalis 'Husker Red'

Foxglove beardtongue 'Pocahontas'

Penstemon digitalis 'Pocahontas'

foxglove beardtongue

Penstemon digitalis

Black-eyed Susan 'American Gold Rush'

Rudbeckia fulgida 'American Gold Rush'

Black-eyed Susan 'Goldsturm'

Rudbeckia fulgida 'Goldsturm'

Black-eyed Susan 'Little Goldstar'

Rudbeckia fulgida 'Little Goldstar'

Black-eyed Susan 'Viette’s Little Suzy'

Rudbeckia fulgida 'Viette’s Little Suzy'

Black-eyed Susan

Rudbeckia fulgida

Wild geranium 'Crane Dance'

Geranium maculatum 'Crane Dance'

Wild geranium 'Espresso'

Geranium maculatum 'Espresso'

Wild geranium

Geranium maculatum

New England aster 'Andenken an Alma Potschke'

Symphyotrichum novae-angliae 'Andenken an Alma Potschke'

New England aster 'Harrington’s Pink'

Symphyotrichum novae-angliae 'Harrington’s Pink'

New England aster 'Purple Dome'

Symphyotrichum novae-angliae 'Purple Dome'

New England aster 'Vibrant Dome'

Symphyotrichum novae-angliae 'Vibrant Dome'

New England aster

Symphyotrichum novae-angliae

Aromatic aster 'Dream of Beauty'

Symphyotrichum oblongifolium 'Dream of Beauty'

Aromatic aster 'October Skies'

Symphyotrichum oblongifolium 'October Skies'

Aromatic aster 'Raydon's Favorite'

Symphyotrichum oblongifolium 'Raydon's Favorite'

Aromatic aster

Symphyotrichum oblongifolium

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