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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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NSF
August 16, 2023

Conectando Saberes: Forum on STEM Learning Among Latiné Youth and Families by National Science Foundation

Latiné communities in the United States represent a dynamic and diverse population reflecting varied backgrounds, experiences, and contributions. These contributions can form the foundation for a future STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) workforce that is prepared to meet pressing local, societal, and global challenges. Quality STEM learning experiences, which
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August 14, 2023

“¡Fuera Spacex!”: Imagining New STEM Futures In Latinx Communities

Learn about “¡Fuera SpaceX!," which is a response and a rallying cry to oust the company causing yet untold levels of economic, social, and environmental damages.
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August 10, 2023

Equity Project Spotlight: Diálogos: Harnessing Latinx Community Cultural Wealth to Support Executive Function in Early Childhood through Family Engineering Experiences

Smirla Ramos-Montanez, TERC, shares more about the Diálogos: Harnessing Latinx Community Cultural Wealth to Support Executive Function in Early Childhood through Family Engineering Experiences (NSF Award #2115463). “If a community partner is telling you something is not working, and you’re stuck because this is the way that you conduct research,
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July 13, 2023

Meet REVISE: Kelly Paulson

About REVISE » Kelly Paulson We are excited to share our interview with Kelly Paulson, who supports the REVISE team. “REVISE is working to increase equity and inclusion in informal science settings and that’s inclusion for my son as well.” What drew you to STEM? To informal science? I first
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July 6, 2023

Pass the S’Mores – Designing and Evaluating Summer Camps

By Martha Merson and Elise Levin-Güracar, TERC When we think of summer camp, we think of hot fields, sweaty sports, and swimming in a cold body of water. If we think of conversation, it might be after lights out giggling, not conversations about science identity or college majors, lab work,
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July 5, 2023

Meet REVISE: Stephen Alkins

Principal Investigator | Director of Vision and Accountability | TERC
NSF
June 26, 2023

2023 AISL-Funded Projects

Overview About NSF AISL Applying for Funding Current Funding Opportunities Resources Funded AISL Projects Solicitation Webinars NSF Resource Centers Service Be an AISL Reviewer Work for NSF The National Science Foundation’s Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program has recently awarded funding to a wide range of projects. The AISL Program funds five types
NSF
June 20, 2023

2022 AISL-Funded Projects

Overview About NSF AISL Applying for Funding Current Funding Opportunities Resources Funded AISL Projects Solicitation Webinars NSF Resource Centers Service Be an AISL Reviewer Work for NSF The National Science Foundation’s Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program has recently awarded funding to a wide range of projects. The AISL Program
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June 13, 2023

Equity Project Spotlight: Workforce Stories for Adolescents Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing

PI: Judy Vesel Primary Organization: TERC Award Number: 2005511 Project Title: STEM Workforce Stories for Adolescents Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing Judy Vesel, TERC, shares more about the STEM Workforce Stories for Adolescents Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing (NSF Award #2005511). What is your project’s big
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June 5, 2023

Meet REVISE: Lisette Torres-Gerald

Co-Principal Investigator | Director of Operations & Communication | TERC
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June 1, 2023

Framing Equity

Introduction Confronting History Process and Product Trust Building Stephen Alkins, Director of Vision and Accountability, REVISE Center In this post, Stephen Alkins shares his thoughts about how to define and frame equity in the informal sciences community and the REVISE Center’s role in this process. This is part one in
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May 10, 2023

Board on Science Education – Insights from Research on Science Learning and Teaching

The Board on Science Education at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a series of conversations with leaders in science education about insights they have gained over the past decade of science standards development, adoption, and implementation. The discussion during this event explored what have they learned