MESA Projects

Mindstorm Robotics/IBM-Elementary: 4th and 5th Grade MESA at Columbine and Indian Peaks- provides all materials/supplies for a robotics program; includes mentors from IBM.
Hands-On Optics/Optical Society of America and others- 5th-8th: 5-8 MESA students- provides kits, professional development for advisors to conduct units focusing on optics.
Project BEAR (Builds Environmental Awareness and Respect)-Thorne Ecological: Provides environmental education activities for elementary programs.
Science Discovery/CU-Elementary: Six Elementary MESA Programs-provides programming from CU's Science Discovery Kits; facilitator included.
Science is Everywhere-Elementary: 4th and 5th Grade MESA programs-provides a Saturday program and a field trip for students and parents to Fiske Planetarium.
Challenger Learning Center of Colorado Springs-Elementary, Middle and High: Operation Montserrat for 7-9
Voyages Through Time/Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics-High School: Provides a 6 week unit on the origin of the solar system includes facilitators and a field trip to the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics.
Colorado Energy Science- Elementary, Middle, and High: Provides curriculum, materials/supplies, and professional development for the Colorado Home Energy Project.
CU/Boulder- Space Grant Consortium- Elementary: The Citizen Explorer Project provides units on space science for elementary students. Aerospace engineering students facilitate the provide curriculum, materials and supplies and facilitate the unit/learning module.
Denver Zoo Young Scientist Program: Students are engaged in authentic research as they use data collection methods practiced by scientists. Research is conducted at the zoo and during MESA classes at school. The end product is a presentation that makes recommendations for habitat enclosure improvement for selected zoo animals.
Jason Project- 5th-8th: The Jason Project will be continued by the Denver Zoo. The topic will be Mysteries of Earth and Mars. Provides curriculum, materials/supplies and professional development for the MESA advisor.
Science Explorers- 5th-8th: This year's topic is natural disasters. Provides curriculum, materials/supplies and professional development for the MESA advisor.
The Watershed Approach to Stream Health (WASH) Project- City of Boulder and others: Provides water education programs for all grade levels.