Institute activities acquainted the participants with the content and training approaches of the A Head Start on Science project, and set the stage for establishing a national network of Centers dedicated to making developmentally-appropriate science increasingly available to young children, their teachers, and their parents.
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In addition to the ten teams named above, a team of educators from the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California, already conducting workshops and programs for Head Start teachers and their students in Monterey County, also participated in the Institute, under sponsorship of the Aquarium. They are presently working inclose colaboration with the Head Start centers in Monterey Bay. The National Center for Science in Early Childhood is located at California State University, Long Beach.