Mission

**Mission** **Statement**  The mission of the science technology center is to promote future researchers that are effective problem-solvers and productive citizens in the field of science. The center will provide virtual labs which will support teaching and learning in a secondary urban science classroom. The center will provide an open learning environment equipped with mobile workstations, data collection devices, and software that allows students in grades nine through twelve a facility to simulate labs related to life sciences and physical sciences. The center will practice teaching strategies that encourage constructivist learning and will strive to encourage skills that can be applied to real-life while following standards provided by the National Science Education Standards and the National Educational Technology Standards.