Simons Foundation

Stories of Impact

Stories of Impact highlights the real-world influences of Science Sandbox projects through personal narratives, videos and interviews.

November 12, 2025

Watch: Exploring Ecology, Community and Connection in the Bay Area By Peri Lund

September 15, 2025

Watch: Turning El Paso, Texas, Into the World’s Science Mural Capital By Peri Lund

Person standing in front of window; person standing at an easel; woman sitting on a bench

June 03, 2025

Watch: How Abacuses Bring Together Students With Blindness or Low Vision By Omar Vera

A photograph showing the white beads of the abacus that is used in the Abacus Bee.

April 09, 2025

Watch: A Historic House in Queens Is Inspiring the Next Generation of Innovators By Omar Vera

A child visitor to Lewis Latimer House holds up a lighting project completed at the museum.

December 02, 2024

Watch: Science In Service of Community By Omar Vera

Boy sitting on on the steps of the fire escape surrounded by brick apartment buildings

February 14, 2024

Watch: Math as a Bridge to Endless Opportunity By Omar Vera

Female teacher standing in front of class and helping one of the students

October 31, 2023

WATCH: An Inclusive Theater Company Embraces Science By Omar Vera

kids in red shirts with their hands raised

August 15, 2023

WATCH: STEAM From Theory to Practice By Omar Vera

man facing a wall of windows

January 09, 2023

WATCH: One Scientist. One Filmmaker. One Week to Make a Film By Omar Vera

group of people standing on a stage with a carpet on the ground

October 31, 2022

WATCH: David Byrne’s Theater of the Mind By Omar Vera

four people with goggles in front of a bin

July 18, 2022

WATCH: Church as a Venue for Powerful Experiences With STEM By Omar Vera

Woman in yellow top and jeans

February 22, 2022

WATCH: Community Engagement, Down to a Science By Omar Vera

woman standing in front of new york hall of science

January 12, 2022

MAX Interrogates Scientific Advances Through Art By Omar Vera

November 16, 2021

WATCH: A Bus Ride to Microscopic Worlds By Omar Vera

3 Students and a teacher working with microscope

November 07, 2019

Watch: A Love of Science Emerges from Dance By John Tracey

STEM From Dance Chreography

October 17, 2019

Watch: Fireworks, Apple Pie and Robots By John Tracey

CocoNuts story of impact science sandbox

August 22, 2019

Watch: Revealing the Invisible Wildlife of New York City By John Tracey

Person collecting water on city street

January 14, 2019

Watch: Science Action Club Creates Meaningful Science Experiences in Rural Alaska By John Tracey

7 people enjoying views of mountains and water

December 03, 2018

Watch: The Exploratorium, A Gateway to the World By John Tracey

Photo of a young girl in red light.

October 24, 2018

Watch: A Brooklyn Warehouse as a Crucible for New Ideas

Janna Levin’s “Scientific Controversies” series at Pioneer Works

January 17, 2018

Watch: World-Class Explorers Help Scientists Collect Elusive Data

Adventure Scientists climbing up rocks

October 11, 2017

Watch: The World’s Smallest Science Museum

People looking at the smallest mollusk museum