Immersion Presents

Immersion Presents

Afterschool , summer camps, Science clubs and enrichment programs

Immersion was founded in 2002 by Dr. Robert Ballard, best known for his discovery of the HMS Titanic, and Dr. Stephen Coan to bring ocean adventures and discoveries directly to kids, especially those at risk. This dynamic, proven, standards based program provides strong role models in science and career awareness and encourages academic improvement by involving students in the scientific process in classrooms, after school settings, summer camps and other informal learning settings.

Immersion Presents captures the imagination of students with live broadcasts, fun, hands-on activities, and online games and resources. Immersion provides professional development for both teachers and club leaders. Imagine students designing, building and testing their own ROV, investigating the relationship between density and salinity as they learn about brine seeps, and conducting their own local environmental study. Imagine young people from all backgrounds succeeding in science and youth service providers learning alongside them, benefiting from a global learning community that shares the excitement of live expeditions.

Curriculum

Professional Development
Web

8 Adventure Series Activities, with new Programs offered each year
Engaging Web site with online games and resources
Webcasts
Community Message Boards
Opportunities for local Environmental projects

Immersion Vision Immersion Learning strives to help kids of all ages appreciate the positive role that science and technology play in their lives and to explore and learn with us wherever they are.

 Immersion  Mission

Immersion Learning provides meaningful interaction with ongoing scientific expeditions in an effort to ignite an interest in real discovery and learning, resulting in a positive shift in attitudes towards science.

 Immersion achieves its vision serving youth in grades 4-8 in informal and formal education settings, found in afterschool programs, science clubs, summer camps and in school science enrichment programs.                  

What Is Immersion ?

Immersion Learning was founded in 2002 by Dr. Robert Ballard, best known for his discovery of the HMS Titanic, and Dr. Stephen Coan to bring ocean adventures and discoveries directly to kids, especially those at risk. This dynamic, proven, standards based program provides strong role models in science and career awareness and encourages academic improvement by involving students in the scientific process in classrooms, afterschool settings, summer camps and other informal learning settings.

 From the deck of a research ship to the bottom of the ocean, the program gives youth a true understanding of what real scientists and engineers do. It connects youth with a diverse array of real-life role models and emphasizes the importance of both leadership and collaborative team-work, while helping students acquire fundamental science, math, and technology concepts, and the means to apply them to real life situations. Most importantly, Immersion Presents helps students believe in themselves, and realize that there is a place in the world of science and exploration for them.

 Immersion Presents captures the imagination of students with live broadcasts, fun, hands-on activities, and online games and resources. Immersion provides professional development for both teachers and club leaders.  Imagine students designing, building and testing their own ROV, investigating the relationship between density and salinity as they learn about brine seeps, and conducting their own local environmental study. Imagine young people from all backgrounds succeeding in science and youth service providers learning alongside them, benefiting from a global learning community that shares the excitement of live expeditions.

 Immersion Programs are distributed to 500,000+ students each year through a network of 25 Immersion Sites at aquaria, museums, science centers, school districts, educational service centers and other non profit youth services agencies. Fifty-thousand of these are at-risk youth served through an additional 50 Boys & Girls Clubs sites that participate through a U.S. Dept. of Justice crime prevention program.