Smithsonian Science Education Center
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Welcome to the website of the Smithsonian Science Education Center (SSEC), the only organization at the Smithsonian Institution that is solely dedicated to formal K-12 Education. The SSEC was established in 1985 as the National Science Resources Center (NSRC) under the sponsorship of two prestigious institutions: the Smithsonian Institution and the National Academy of Sciences. In 2012, our name changed to the Smithsonian Science Education Center to reflect our mission: transforming K-12 Education Through Science™ in collaboration with communities across the globe.
To achieve our mission, we have three Programmatic Goals:
1. promote authentic, inquiry-based K-12 science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) teaching and learning
2. ensure diversity, equity, accessibility and inclusion (DEAI) in K-12 STEM education
3. advance STEM education for sustainable development (STEM4SD)