Google Science Fair 2014 is ready for your project ideas! Google Science Fair 2014 is now open to leaners aged 13-18 from around the world to use their interests and talents to explore an idea of science that they’re passionate about—and be in with a chance of winning life-changing prizes. Contestants can use the Idea … Read more
Register Now! June 3-4, 2014 at the National Academy of Sciences, 2101 Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC (directions) The National Research Council’s (NRC) Board on Science Education has assembled a 13-person expert committee, which will host a 2-day workshop on Successful Out-of-School STEM Learning. The workshop, along with previous NRC reports and evidence from a … Read more
The Math and Science Partnership Network (MSPnet) Academy will host a free webinar on implementation measurement in educational research. “Implementation measurement” refers to assessing the fidelity of how a particular intervention is enacted, and the contextual factors that affect fidelity. Key issues addressed in the webinar will include: Definitions, theory and background; Study design and … Read more
ASTC’s 2014 Annual Conference will be held in Raleigh, North Carolina, October 18-21, hosted by the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. This year’s conference features over 100 concurrent educational sessions and 15 pre-conference workshops, as well as keynote presentations from Dr. Hayat Sindi, UN and UNESCO science ambassador and the first woman from any … Read more
The 2014 Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) PI Meeting will take place August 21-22 in Washington, DC, with optional technical assistance sessions on August 20. The meeting will take place at the Marriott Wardman Park in Washington, DC. Registration will open later this spring (including a link to make discounted room reservations at the meeting … Read more
On January 29 from 12:30 – 1:30 PM ET, the National Science Foundation is hosting a webinar called Learning as a long game: Designing for making in drop-in spaces. This webinar is part of the Cyberlearning series. From the NSF site: “As the maker movement becomes a valuable and interesting resource for researchers interested in … Read more
If you’re a Principal Investigator in the NSF Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program, please register now for the 2014 AISL PI Meeting to take place August 20th-22nd in Washington, D.C. If you’re unable to attend the meeting, you can delegate a co-PI or project manager to represent your project. More information and registration instructions … Read more
We recently passed a milestone—more than 1,600 members have now joined InformalScience.org since the site launched one year ago. To improve the site and better serve this growing community, we at CAISE would like to know a bit more about you. If you are a site member, please log in and take a moment to … Read more
It is with great sadness that the Center for Advancement of Informal Science Education Co-PIs, staff and advisors, both past and present, mark the passing of Dr. Alan Friedman. An original founder and Co Principal investigator of CAISE, Alan continued to serve the project as a trusted advisor. Alan played a key role in shaping … Read more
The Annual Meeting of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific will be held August 2nd-6th in Burlingame, CA. This year’s conference theme explores putting education best practices to work through: supporting the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS); engaging with 21st century media and technology; enhancing science communication skills and practices; evaluating, assessing and documenting EPO … Read more