report to the community fy 2015

REPORT
TO THE
COMMUNITY
FY 2015
OCTOBER 2014 SEPTEMBER 2015
WE MAKE SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY,
ENGINEERING AND MATH COME ALIVE
We continue to do what we do best: make
science, technology, engineering and math
come alive. This year has seen Great Lakes
Science Center grow upon our successes:
serving 28 percent more Title I students with
a dedicated field experience and growing
our Summer Camps — with 60+ themes
in six different locations — an impressive
10 percent. We believe being a community
asset means we must continually explore and
evaluate new ways to strengthen Northeast
Ohio’s education ecosystem, bring families
together and help children build their science
identity. And so, we would like to share with
you some of our new (and never tried before)
ventures from 2015.
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WE HELP CLEVELAND CREATE THINGS:
Developing the Next Generation
Local corporations like Parker, Lincoln Electric,
and others with hundreds of jobs unfilled, say
that what they need are people who can work
with ill-defined problems; people with problem
identification and formation skills. Great Lakes
Science Center (GLSC) is taking a leadership role
in workforce development by connecting best
practices in education and the needs of our local
STEM employers to encourage students, families
and adults to build critical analysis, creativity and
problem identification skills.
At the Science Center, we have been having these
conversations as part of our Cleveland Creates
strategic initiative.
“I can’t do science. This is hard. Mine is broken.”
Words of frustration spoken from a Cleveland
Metropolitan School District (CMSD) 7th grader
as she begins to build a flashlight, complete with
an on/off switch from a popsicle stick, LED and
copper tape.
The focus is on perseverance and building
a positive science identity in Cleveland
Creates 7 – GLSC’s immersive design and
engineering field experience. Working closely
with CMSD’s curriculum providers, GLSC literally
takes a page from the 7th grade textbook
lesson on electricity and circuitry to develop real
engineering challenges for students. Along with
making something that they can take back to
their classroom and homes, the students identify
problems and create solutions. Students help
and learn from each other and learn that failure is
a learning moment that is part of the design and
engineering process.
development for CMSD 7th grade teachers and
brings the students’ families together for a free
day at GLSC to learn about their child’s creations
and explore the Science Center together.
“IT WORKS!! I feel amazing. Can I go
help someone else?” These are words of
accomplishment spoken by that very same 7th
grader.
Given that science centers typically measure
their exhibit dwell time in minutes, we are quite
proud of observing visitors spending an hour in
the Cleveland Creates Zone and seeing different
groups work together to test and revise their
creations, be it a better rocket, a more innovative
shoe or a slower (yes, slower) car. Parents
say that they appreciate that we provide the
challenge with minimal guidance, although hints
are at the ready if desired.
Perhaps most importantly, the program
encourages students to persist through
challenges, and nurtures students’ creativity, selfefficacy and resilience.
In addition to working with all CMSD 7th
grade students, GLSC provides professional
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The Cleveland Creates Zone is the public
component of the Cleveland Creates initiative
built on the idea of: ask, imagine, plan, create
and improve. This 3,000 square-foot maker
space opened in July and offers five challenges
to visitors, providing familiar experiences with a
focus on experimentation.
GLSC also convened Northeast Ohio’s (NEO)
maker movement, the DIY movement that
President Obama points to as an important
influence in empowering people to become not
just consumers, but producers. GLSC worked
with more than 40 organizations in NEO to map
maker activities and increase collaboration both
locally and nationally. GLSC was also delighted to
accept invitations from the Office of Science and
Technology Policy to represent Northeast Ohio
last fall and summer at the White House’s Making
and Education meetings.
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WE FOLLOW THE LEARNER:
Students, Families and Community Members
We believe that an educational ecosystem is
lifelong and life-wide. When you put the learner
at the center, instead of any one particular
organization, and follow the learner, you start
to see extraordinary evidence of a lifetime of
learning. Taking an ecosystem approach is the key
to nurturing the genius in our community.
As a part of the education ecosystem, GLSC
encourages families, groups and our partner
organizations to work together collectively, often
in unexpected ways.
The stage is set: Buster – MythBusters’
infamous stunt dummy – is ready to “jump”
from a helicopter hovering above Lake Erie. His
protection? A duct tape parachute constructed
by more than 5,000 visitors during the run
of MythBusters: The Explosive Exhibition in
spring 2015. This community-wide design and
engineering challenge was GLSC’s response to
the community’s request for more interactive
programming. In addition to the many visitors
who designed and built the parachute, the
Science Center collaborated with its Northcoast
Harbor neighbors Precision Flying and the U.S.
Coast Guard to make this leap of faith a reality.
Our goal was to keep Buster safe by slowing
his fall down to 24 feet per second. Thanks to a
waterproofed accelerometer, we knew that our
community-made parachute was able to slow
Buster down to a fall of about 28 feet per second.
So for our next community-built parachute, we
will need to increase the diameter a bit!
While we always encourage teamwork,
sometimes a little competition is fun too. At GLSC,
youth and STEM professionals don’t compete
against each other in the annual Design and
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Build Challenge event, although the youth have
shown that may be an unnecessary separation.
We brought youth and STEM professional teams
together to design and build a catapult that could
delicately and accurately launch Buster toward a
target. All teams were given limited materials and
time on the clock. This year, the winning youth
team, Great Science Academy Grade 7 scholars,
came within one point of the winning teams from
Lincoln Electric and The Telos Alliance.
WE BUILD A CULTURE OF EXPERIMENTATION:
Try, Try, (Revise) and Try Again
When students attempt to build a flashlight from
a popsicle stick, GLSC educators remind them
that failure is part of the learning process in
engineering and design. Experimentation is one
of GLSC’s key values and not something simply
intended for our guests. Ask, imagine, plan, create
and improve – these are the thought processes
we encourage. In this very same way, GLSC’s
team emphasizes the need to experiment as we
create new programming.
Our commitment to prototyping was
implemented on a large scale in the Cleveland
Creates Zone. Once again a team from multiple
disciplines and departments came together,
bringing in consultants and evaluators to support
this large-scale effort. Evaluation included not
only the guest experience, but also the staff
development experience to ensure that we
fulfilled our commitment to experimentation for
both.
Prototyping is key to our “ask, plan, imagine,
create, improve” mantra. For the first time,
GLSC is developing some of our own exhibits,
developed from weekly team meetings across
a variety of disciplines and departments. We
created space and freed up staff time. We
continually create new experiences for our guests
and invite their participation in a new prototype
exhibit area. Formative assessment is critical to
us and we build in feedback loops to understand
what is working. The best prototype exhibits can
then be redesigned and built as a permanent new
experience for our guests.
Our commitment to trying new things that
support our community is not limited to our
exhibits and programs. The OMNIMAX Theater
has long been a core Science Center experience
not only for school field experiences, but also
for families’. The Science Center combined the
movie Interstellar with discussions about worm
holes, dark matter, propulsion, and interstellar
flight in collaboration with the NASA Glenn
Research Center and The Institute for the
Science of Origins. This proved to be a successful
pilot for bringing adult programming to the
theater—selling out during all six weekends. This
experiment was extremely successful in bringing
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local expertise to a larger audience and allowed
the Science Center to make a stronger mission
connection to the film.
LOOKING FORWARD:
A Great Lakes Science Center Milestone
GLSC will continue to build upon its core
and, through continual evaluation and
experimentation, try new ways to serve our
community.
Specifically, 2016 will bring many exciting
developments as we celebrate our 20th
anniversary: creating and embarking on a new
strategic plan, digitizing the OMNIMAX Theater,
being a key partner in lakefront development
and celebrating Cleveland during the Republican
National Convention.
We are so grateful to our donors, community
leaders, employees, volunteers, teachers,
students and families. We simply could not do this
without you!
Paul Dolan
Chair
Operating Support
and Revenue
Operating Expenses
Investment return
designated for
operations
8%
Fundraising
7%
Administration
14%
Contribution
and Federal
Grant Revenue
33%
Kirsten Ellenbogen, Ph.D
President and CEO
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Earned Revenue
59%
Exhibits
14%
Programs
65%
2015 BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
Mark W. Barker
Richard Morrison
Douglas H. Smith
Patricia J. Britt
Jack D. Myslenski
Diana Strongosky
Dr. Peter A. Burke
Aram Nerpouni
Marvin A. Thomas, Jr.
Dennis A. Cocco
Gary Oatey
P. Kelly Tompkins
Paul J. Dolan
David Peace
Stanley Weiner
Katinka Domotorffy
Councilman Terrell Pruitt
Dr. James Young
Dr. Kirsten Ellenbogen
Linda Rae
Katrina M. Evans
Umesh Ramakrishnan
Mark A. Filippell
Billie K. Rawot
Susan R. Flaherty
Elena Ray
Jim Free*
Brad Richardson
Eric S. Gordon*
James H. Rollinson
Dr. Robert T. Graf
Dr. Howard D. Ross*
Greg Harris*
Scot Rourke
Mary Beth Holdford
Harpreet Saluja
Trustee Emeritus
(December 2010)
Councilman Martin J. Keane
William R. Seelbach
William B. Summers, Jr.
Bill Lacey
Sanjay Sehgal
Tom Matthews
John Skory
Craig Maxwell
Thomas F. Slater
EMERITUS DIRECTORS
John H. Glenn, Jr.
Honorary Director
(April 2011)
Dr. Jeanette Grasselli Brown
Trustee Emeritus
(December 2013)
Margot James Copeland
Trustee Emeritus
(December 2010)
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Richard W. Pogue
Trustee Emeritus
(October 2009)
K. K. Sullivan
Trustee Emeritus
(June 2006)
Jacqueline F. Woods
Trustee Emeritus
(October 2005)
Dr. Timothy J. Runyan
Trustee Emeritus
(October 2004)
John Sherwin, Jr.
Trustee Emeritus
(March 2003)
Robert McInnes
Trustee Emeritus
(October 2002)
Stephen E. Wall
Chairman Emeritus
(October 2001)
*Advisory Director
THANK
YOU: MAKES THINGS:
CLEVELAND
We
cannot
do
this
without
your
support.
Developing the Next Generation
INDIVIDUAL DONORS
Hiroyuki Fujita, Ph.D. & Mikiko
Fujita
$5,000-$9,999
Jeanette G. & Glenn R. Brown
$50,000-$99,999
Karen & Paul Dolan**
James D. Ireland III*
Patrick & Susan Flaherty
Tom Matthews & Paulette L.
Matthews**
Mia & Bob Graf
Bill & Victoria Lacey
$25,000-$49,999
Katinka Domotorffy & Mark
Beeler
Vanessa L. Whiting
$15,000-$24,999
Gary A. Oatey
$10,000-$14,999
D. Robert & Kathleen L. Barber
Charitable Trust
Mark & Elizabeth Barker
Mark A. & Buffy G. Filippell
Stephen E. Wall
Aram & Tina Nerpouni
Catherine Lozick
David H. Peace
Richard Morrison Foundation
Rick & Elena Ray
Jack & Marsha Myslenski
Bradley & Carol Richardson
Linda Rae & Drew Hertz
Drs. Joanne & Michael Schwartz
Billie K. & John A. Rawot
Nancy & William Seelbach
Kelly & Cathy Tompkins
Sanjay Sehgal
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas F. Slater
$2,500-$4,999
Peter A. Burke, Ph.D., & Joan
Burke
Dennis & Jeanne Cocco
Charles & Kirsten Ellenbogen
$1,000-$2,499
Mr. & Mrs. William E. Conway
Robert & Eleanor Dreshfield
George & Becky Dunn
The Gries Family Foundation
Mr. Robert E. Hanes & Mr. Albert A.
Hanes
Mr. Carl Jagatich
Henri Pell Junod, Jr.
Robert & Holley Martens
Darrell McNair
Dale & Carol Miller
Douglas & Stefanie Smith
Drs. George R. Newkome & Mary
Jane Saunders
Bud & Donna Thomas
Richard & Cheri Pace
Stanley & Donna Weiner
John S. Piety
Dr. James B. Young
Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Pogue
Scot & Traci Rourke
Trina Evans & Ken Birch
Carolyn P. Seelbach
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Baiju & Koyen Shah
Carol Ann Barnak
Donald M. Brandt
Robert & Rebecca Ingersoll
Diana & Steve Strongosky
Patricia J. Britt & Phillip White
John S. & Marlene J. Brinzo
Michael A. & Jayna L. Koler
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph D. Sullivan
Dr. & Mrs. Richard B. Fratianne
Richard D. & Mary Ann Brockett
Rose M. Kubik
Bill & Pam Summers
Daniel Galdun
Dennis & Karen Kucler
Scot & Stephanie Tutkovics
William B. LaPlace
Mr. Richard Bucsi & Ms. Cathy
Grealis
Dr. Hillel Chiel & Dr. Elizabeth
Dreben
Ronald L. & Marilyn R. Leach
$500-$999
Theodore Lenihan
The Blumer Family
Anne R. & Kenneth E. Love
Ruth Anna Carlson & Albert
Leonetti
Gloria B. McDowell
The Robert R. & Gay C. Cull Family
Foundation
Harry L. & Sandra D. Holmes
Richard Horvitz & Erica HartmanHorvitz Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Antonio Cooper
Dr. Dale & Susan Cowan
Anna & Dan Cronin
Marge & Dan Moore
Ms. Shirley B. Dawson
Dr. & Mrs. Howard D. Ross
Virginia & David Dawson
Rachel Sisco
Mr. & Mrs. William M. Donley
Richard W. & Doris J. Spurney
Robert A. & Joan P. Ellis
Ethel Jean Thom
Marcia E. Kampfe
Nina Turner
Robert McInnes
Judge Sam A. Zingale
Donald & Anne Esarove
John J. Filak
Ms. Cindy Flores
Robert Moll & Maura Hughes
J. Mark & Annette Sutherland
Mr. & Mrs. Drew C. Forhan
$100-$249
State Representative Martin J.
Sweeney
James J. & Sharon R. Abel
Dr. & Mrs. Cyrus C. Taylor
Frederic & Michelle Ahlgren
Jeff & Shari Weeden
Madeleine M. Anderson*
John & Kathleen Fraylick
William A. Frost & Marie T. Novak
Ken & Pam Aguilar
Michael & Jennifer Gassman
Barbara L. Goodin
Drs. Nancy Wolf & Aric Greenfield
Anonymous (3)
$250-$499
Mr. & Mrs. Donald M. Hassler II
Mr. & Mrs. Gilbert L. Aumiller, Jr.
Anonymous (2)
Denice R. Baldanza
Maria Babula
Lisa A. Benedetti
Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Horvitz
Charlotte L. Hughes
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Margaret & Gerrit Kuechle
Dr. & Mrs. Robert S. Kunkel
In Memory of Captain Harry
Anderson
Kathleen & Richard Lorentz
Patrick Masterson
Christopher & Gaylee McCracken
Robert L. Metzger
Jane B. Nord
William M. & Amelia S. Osborne
John & Norine Prim
Aaron Proweller & Diana Ramirez
Erick & Erica Remer
Barbara S. Robinson
Dr. Kirk Rogers & Ms. Mary Russell
Donald & Elizabeth Saunders
John D. & Barbara Schubert
Robert & Elaine Siegel
Brian & Barbara Spatz
Joseph H. & Ellen B. Thomas
Robert & Jean Thomas
Ms. Emrie Thoresen
David J. Walkowiak
$50,000-$99,999
Stephen & Carolyn Warner
The Lubrizol Corporation
Mr. Gregory L. Wiese & Mrs. Tracy
M. Tikos-Wiese
Thomas M. & Barbara A. Wladyka
In Memory of Lisa Woodcock
Marilyn C. Zubal
Jane & John Zuzek
$10,000-$14,999
Anonymous
Cargill Incorporated
$25,000-$49,999
The Lincoln Electric Company
ArcelorMittal
The Elizabeth Ring & William
Gwinn Mather Fund
Eaton Corporation
KeyBank
Margaret A. Cargill Foundation
Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer
District
FOUNDATIONS,
CORPORATIONS AND
GOVERNMENT DONORS
$250,000+
The Cleveland Foundation
Cuyahoga Arts & Culture
The Fred A. Lennon Charitable
Trust**
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration
$100,000-$249,999
The Sisler McFawn Foundation
PPG Industries Foundation
Tides Center
Time Warner Cable
Tremco, Inc.
$5,000-$9,999
State of Ohio
BakerHostetler
$15,000-$24,999
The Abington Foundation
Cleveland Coca-Cola Bottling Co.,
Inc.
Frederick W. & Janet P. Dorn
Foundation
National Science Foundation
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of
Medicine
Brady Corporation
The Harry K. Fox & Emma R. Fox
Charitable Foundation
Harrington Discovery Institute
Dominion Foundation
The Laub Foundation
FirstEnergy Foundation
Magnificat High School
Forest City Enterprises, Inc.
The Murch Foundation
GE Lighting
The S.K. Wellman Foundation
Frank Hadley Ginn & Cornelia Root
Ginn Charitable Trust
The Jochum-Moll Foundation
KPMG LLP
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$2,500-$4,999
Bank of America
Giant Eagle Foundation
The Thomas H. White Foundation,
a KeyBank Trust
Voss Industries, LLC
Best Buy Foundation
The George W. Codrington
Charitable Foundation
Eva L. & Joseph M. Bruening
Foundation
Parker Hannifin Foundation
The Sherwin-Williams Company
Tektronix
Automation Tool & Die, Inc.
PNC Bank
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Rockwell Automation
Nordson Corporation
PolyOne Corporation
US Bank
Ohio Lottery Commission
National Institutes of Health
The S. Livingston Mather
Charitable Trust
$1,000-$2,499
Alcoa
MATCHING GIFT
COMPANIES
Cleveland Hungarian
Development Panel
Anonymous
Emerson Charitable Trust
Brady Corporation
Event Network
Chubb Group of Insurance
Companies
The David & Inez Myers
Foundation
Corning Incorporated Foundation
Northern Haserot
Eaton Corporation
The Project Group
FirstEnergy Foundation
The Sherwick Fund of the
Cleveland Foundation
GE Foundation
The Telos Alliance
Hewlett-Packard Company
Foundation
Trend Consulting Services
IBM Corporation
KeyBank
$500-$999
NACCO Industries, Inc.
Ciuni & Panichi, Inc.
Nordson Corporation
Hahn Loeser & Parks
PNC Bank
Hyland, creater of OnBase
PPG Industries Foundation
North Coast Combined Federal
Campaign
Progressive Insurance
Progressive Insurance
$100-$499
Rockwell Automation
The Lubrizol Corporation
The Sherwin-Williams Company
Corning Incorporated Foundation
IBM Corporation
Westfield Bank
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MAJOR IN-KIND GIFTS
BRONZE ($2,500-$4,999)
ARAMARK Corporation
Airgas USA, LLC
Ferro Corporation
Danny Vegh’s
Dish
COPPER ($1,250-$2,499)
The Illuminating Company - A
FirstEnergy Company
ABM Parking Services
KeyBank
Ciuni & Panichi, Inc.
MakerGear
Cohen & Company
ShurTech Brands, LLC
HyComp LLC
Time Warner Cable
NACCO Industries, Inc.
American Greetings Corporation
Ohio CAT
CORPORATE MEMBERS
The Fedeli Group
GOLD ($10,000+)
MTD Products Inc.
Swagelok Company
SILVER ($5,000-$9,999)
BakerHostetler
Cleveland Indians
Day-Glo Color Corporation
Nordson Corporation
PolyOne Corporation
RPM International Inc.
The Cliffs Foundation
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*Deceased
** Theater Renovation Initiative Donor
SUPPORTING MEMBERS:
Great Lakes Science Center’s Supporting Members have an important place in our
community. Their generosity provides support for enhancements to our educational
programming and exhibits, while also enabling the Science Center to bring exciting
traveling exhibitions and brand-new OMNIMAX® films to our guests.
Rebecca Ann Williams
Berkelhamer
Anonymous
Chas & Jen Grossman
Mr. & Mrs. Chris Antonetti
Mr. & Mrs. Tom Hite
Gilbert & Carol Lowenthal
Mrs. Leslie L. Askew & Mr.
Raymond H. Lewis, III
Joseph V. Hocevar
Lauren & Steve Spilman
Bay Foundation
PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE ($1,000+)
Mr. Robert E. Hanes & Mr. Albert A.
Hanes
Henri Pell Junod, Jr.
PATRON FAMILY MAX
($500-$999)
Ms. & Mrs. Madison Fergus
Mr. & Mrs. Gadi Galili
Mark & Barbara Mazzone
Mr. Leonard J. Czarnecki & Ms.
Cynthia A. Murnyack
Mr. & Mrs. Steven R. Myers
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Davey
Karl & Agni Wagner
Robert A. & Joan P. Ellis
Ken & Pam Aguilar
Ms. Donna M. Andrew & Ms.
Mr. & Mrs. Jaun A. Jimenez
Mr. & Mrs. Eric Johnson
Maryanne & Christopher
Chengelis
Leslie Dale Klabbatz, M.D.
Dr. Peter M. Adamek
Mr. & Mrs. Patrick A. Iler
Mr. William Cassarly & Ms. Mary
Sue Kaliszewski
Mr. & Mrs. James V. Conway
David & Christa Jo Abood
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel W. Holmes, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Blackwelder
Mr. Frederick F. Greenman Jr. &
Ms. Barbara Raymond
SUSTAINING FAMILY MAX
($250 - $499)
Mr. & Mrs. Richard R. Hollington
Charles H. King & Catherine E.
Keating
Ms. Rebekah Kindel
Mr. & Mrs. Chester F. Crone
Ms. Suzanne M. King-Daniels & Mr.
John Daniels
Ms. Elizabeth Kravanya & Ms.
Jacqueline Burns
William & Theresa Kremzar
Mr. & Mrs. David A. Ferguson
Mr. & Mrs. Creighton B. Murch
Mr. Brian Naro
Ms. Juli Neil & Ms. Raven Toney
John S. Piety
Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Plavcan
Mr. & Mrs. Jeremy N. Rich
Dr. Kirk Rogers & Ms. Mary Russell
Drs. Edward L. & Teresa D. Ruch
Mrs. Tina Schaeffer & Ms. Nicole
Lobaugh
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Schindler
Mr. Charles Schroer & Ms. Victoria
Wright
Mr. & Mrs. Oliver E. Seikel
Mr. Jeffrey Stewart & Ms. Cheryl
A. Stewart
Mr. & Mrs. Jason Verderber
Mr. & Ms Scott Flamm
Robert J. & Katherine K.
Kretschmann
Ms. Sally Fleming
Ronald L. & Marilyn R. Leach
Todd & Elizabeth White
Helen M. Gebura
Ms. Patricia Lewis & Mr. Robb
Wilkinson
Thomas M. & Barbara A. Wladyka
Ms. Marla Gerrek & Mr. Dwight
Johnson
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Little
Mr. Richard E. Geye & Ms. Maura C.
David & Donale McColloch
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Mr. Jeffrey Weidenthal
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Zacharias
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