North Carolina State University, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Science House Records 1986-2023 (bulk 1991-2015)

The Science House is a project based at North Carolina State University. It sponsors teacher training programs, curriculum development, web-based experiments for use in K-12 classrooms, long-term loans of laboratory equipment, summer student research programs, and community outreach. The Science House became a national model for the interaction of university science departments and K-12 students and teachers. It began as the primary learning outreach program of NC State’s College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, and its mission has been to increase student enthusiasm for science and mathematics by partnering with teachers and schools to promote hands-on, inquiry-based learning. It engages faculty and students at NC State University and other institutions to enrich teachers’ content knowledge and to help students visualize careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines. The Science House has existed since 1991, and it is located in Centennial Campus with 8,400 square feet of classrooms, offices, a teaching laboratory, and a computer-learning center as well as six satellite locations throughout North Carolina. In 2013, the Science House became part of the new College of Sciences.

Dr. Haase was the founding Director of The Science House. He co-authored over 120 papers in experimental physics and science education, and he co-edited a book of student learning activities and six volumes of Conference Proceedings on K-12 Outreach from University Science Departments. Dr. Schulze served as Interim Director of the Science House and Project Director for the The Science House Girls Collaborative project.

This collection contains publications, workshop notebooks, articles, conference brochures, curriculum materials, and correspondence documenting the activities of the NC State University Science House from 1986 to 2015, with the bulk of the materials from 1991 to 2015. A significant portion of the collection contains files from the office of David Haase and Sharon Schulze, former Directors of the Science House.

The collection is divided into three series: 1) David Haase Files 2) Sharon Schulze Files and 3) General Records.

Materials arranged in order received.

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[Identification of item], North Carolina State University, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Science House Records, UA 135.051, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC

Transferred from the Science House, 2011 (Accession 2011.0133)

Processed by Cathy Dorin-Black, 2011 July; Finding aid created by Cathy Dorin-Black, 2011 July; Processed by Dustin Rhee, 2022 February-April; Finding aid updated by Taylor Wolford, 2022 May; Gevorg Vardanyan, 2023 July.