First Hand Learning Inc

Description

First Hand Learning, Inc. is a New York nonprofit corporation founded in 1998 to promote inquiry-based teaching, learning from direct experience, and closer links between cultural institutions and schools. To this end, FHL designs and implements curriculum materials and professional development programs that emphasize direct, firsthand experiences with natural and cultural phenomena. The organization is an outgrowth of the work of the former Center for Science Education at the Buffalo Museum of Science where several of FHL's projects originated.

News Archive

Siemens Delivers Images per the Customer's Request - 'Images My Way'. Biotech Week; 12/9/2009 ...in a self-guided manner, workstations throughout the booth, as well as on-site "classrooms" to provide first-hand learning. Furthermore, Siemens redefines productivity by multiplying the power of its Tim=AE (Total imaging matrix... ...more

Global nonprofit looks to technology to help improve livelihoods: Winrock International implements projects worldwide using innovative solutions and high-tech services.(WINROCK INTERNATIONAL) Arkansas Business; 11/16/2009 ...hours of electricity each year-enough to power three typical residential homes. The equipment also provides a first-hand learning experience for students to research and report on how energy conservation can integrate with solar power. NOSSI... ...more

New Orleans Schools Go Solar With Entergy, Nike, Winrock International, U.S. Green Building Council Partnership, City of New Orleans. Pediatrics Week; 10/17/2009 ...both students and teachers about conservation and renewable energy. Students will use the solar equipment as a first-hand learning tool to research and report on how energy conservation can integrate with solar power. The New Orleans Solar School... ...more