Why Project T.R.I.P.S.?

The state of science education in the US gave rise to a growing consensus that Informal Science Institutions (ISIs) should be more directly involved in reforming the way science is taught in the nation's schools. More and more educators were coming to understand the tremendous education value of ISIs in teaching science.

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Project T.R.I.P.S. was designed to address this need and to foster new kinds of relationships between ISIs and schools. Initiated by the Wildlife Conservation Society, based at the Bronx Zoo, and funded by the National Science Foundation, Project T.R.I.P.S. enabled some of America's most talented educators from ISIs and schools to work together to enhance the capacity of teachers to improve the way that life science is taught to adolescents, and increased the relevance of ISIs to the new directions in science education.