Uploaded October 2019 | Updated September 2026, 52 minutes ago
RUFF FAMILY SCIENCE is a project funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) that aims to foster joint media engagement and hands-on science exploration among diverse, low-income parents and their 4- to 8-year-old children. The project is using a research and design process to create an implementation model and prototype resources (digital media, hands-on activities, and supports for educators) to build new knowledge about the potential for digital media to inspire and support intergenerational science learning among vulnerable families. WGBH and Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC), along with our partners the National Center for Families Learning, Kentucky Educational Television, and Alabama Public Television, are collaborating to investigate how RUFF FAMILY SCIENCE supports the acquisition of target attitudes, knowledge, and behaviors in parents and children, and how the model supports science instruction in partner programs. To learn more about Ruff Ruffman, visit pbskids.org/ruff.
RUFF FAMILY SCIENCE is a project funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) that aims to foster joint media engagement and hands-on science exploration among diverse, low-income parents and their 4- to 8-year-old children. The project is using a research and design process to create an implementation model and prototype resources (digital media, hands-on activities, and supports for educators) to build new knowledge about the potential for digital media to inspire and support intergenerational science learning among vulnerable families. WGBH and Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC), along with our partners the National Center for Families Learning, Kentucky Educational Television, and Alabama Public Television, are collaborating to investigate how RUFF FAMILY SCIENCE supports the acquisition of target attitudes, knowledge, and behaviors in parents and children, and how the model supports science instruction in partner programs. To learn more about Ruff Ruffman, visit pbskids.org/ruff.
