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Our Mission To bring equity to public school education by providing immersive scientific experiences to students in Cleveland. What we do We bring realworld cuttingedge science to public school classrooms in Cleveland by Providing an immersive handson Life as a Scientist experience Guiding students through the full research process Developing experimental ideas Writing grant proposals receiving Notice of Awards NOAs Conducting experiments in research teams Troubleshooting revising approaches Presenting results publishing in a scientific journal Offering weekly mentorship from highly trained volunteers from Case Western Reserve University Cleveland State and the Cleveland Clinic Helping students not just learn about science careers but actively engage in the work of professional scientists Encouraging creative freedom collaboration and scientific communication reading writing and presenting. Why we do it We believe science education should be equitable and accessible to all students. Science is expensive to teach Schools with limited funding often lack handson learning opportunities Representation matters Science careers have a glass floor inequities in education limit access for historically excluded students Our primary goal Bring equity to science education by providing real opportunities Our secondary goal Increase diversity in science careers by breaking down systemic barriers By cracking the glass floor were working to reshape the future of science in Clevelandone classroom at a time.