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What’s New

This page highlights the latest news and announcements from the informal STEM education field. Explore blog posts, reflections, and videos from the field, including materials generated by REVISE, such as Equity Project Spotlights! Please share any items you wish to include here with equity [at] informalscience.org.

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January 3, 2025

Welcome to the ITEST Data Dashboard

STELAR has launched the new ITEST Data Dashboard, developed to provide access to data compiled from a decade of their annual ITEST and new project surveys.
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November 18, 2024

Can AI Help Kids Feel Creative?

Read the blog post from the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop on how they worked to better understand children’s perceptions of AI for creative work.
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November 14, 2024

Assessing NASA Science Activation 2.0: Progress, Achievements, and Strategic Recommendations

As the program nears the end of this second five-year funding cycle, NASA tasked the National Academies with reviewing its progress and making strategic recommendations for its next round of funding.
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October 28, 2024

Equity Project Spotlight: Youth Engaging in the Science of Resilience: Sensing the Environment and Envisioning Solutions

Kathleen Gray, Diana Urieta, and Sarah Yelton share about their project: Youth Engaging in the Science of Resilience: Sensing the Environment and Envisioning Solutions (NSF #2215420).
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October 1, 2024

2024 AISL-Funded Projects

Learn more about the recently awarded 2024 NSF AISL grants.
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September 27, 2024

Exploring Issues of Equity in Artificial Intelligence

The National Girls' Collaborative Project hosted a webinar that brings together experts and thought leaders at the forefront of AI research and application, to discuss how we can ensure that AI technologies benefit all members of society equally.
Creating an Inclusive Experience: Accessibility for Blind and Deaf Visitors at Science Museums
September 20, 2024

Creating an Inclusive Experience: Accessibility for Blind and Deaf Visitors at Science Museums

The Sound Travels team interviewed staff members from seven science museums across the country who shared ways they are removing barriers and accommodating visitors with disabilities.
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July 17, 2024

Equity Project Spotlight: Breaking Stereotypes through Culturally Relevant Storytelling – Optimizing Out-of-school Time STEM Experiences for Elementary-Age Girls to Strengthen their STEM Interest Pathways

Cheryl McCallum, Tiffany Espinosa, and Tricia Zucker share more about Breaking Stereotypes through Culturally Relevant Storytelling.
July 16, 2024

Equity Project Spotlights: AISL Projects

These short interviews showcase equity-centered practices  and diverse perspectives from 9 AISL-funded projects.
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July 9, 2024

Announcing New REVISE Interest Group: Building Equitable Relationships

We invite the larger informal STEM education and learning community to become a member of this new interest group!
REVISE Webinar
July 9, 2024

Access is Love: Showing Who is Valued Via Accessible Presentations

This webinar provided an overview of the key elements and considerations for improving accessibility in your presentations and overall experience for your audiences while challenging you to move beyond logistics.
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May 30, 2024

Introducing the New InformalScience.org!

Following the launch of the new InformalScience.org, the REVISE team shared how we redesigned the website for both equity and accessibility.