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This project is designed to develop a 3D planetarium show and a TV documentary to describe our Universe, Galaxy and Solar system. This is a significant project for public and...
DATES: August 1st, 2009 - July 31st, 2010
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The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer received a three-year National Science Foundation grant from Fall 2003 to Spring 2006 to develop, produce and air science reports during the regularly televised news...
DATE: October 30th, 2006
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MacNeil Lehrer Productions will expand and enhance the work of the The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer Science Unit to further the public's awareness and understanding of critical science-rooted issues. The...
DATES: September 15th, 2006 - February 28th, 2010
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MacNeil Lehrer Productions is adding a significant science presence to the nightly "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer" program by creating a Science Unit as part of their production staff. Each...
DATES: July 15th, 2003 - June 30th, 2006
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The Nexus of Energy, Water, and Climate: From Understanding to Action (Café +) project will develop and test two interactive board game concepts focused on energy, water, and climate with...
DATES: September 1st, 2010 - August 31st, 2013
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Presentation on NSF grant DRL-1011086 (""The Nexus of Energy, Water, and Climate: From Understanding to Action"") presented at the CAISE Convening on Sustainability Science and Informal Science Education, February 6th,...
DATE: February 6th, 2012
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Examines achievement levels of elementary school children in field trip settings. One group of students was familiar with the field setting, the other not. Results show that while both groups...
DATE: May 24th, 1978
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Recent work in the informal science education (ISE) field has begun to systematically categorize aspects of learning in a variety of ways. Most notable are the “Framework for Evaluating Impacts...
DATE: November 30th, 2012
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In 2007, Carnegie Corporation of New York joined with the Institute for Advanced Study to create a commission, comprised of some of our nation’s most distinguished mathematicians, scientists, educators, scholars,...
DATE: January 1st, 2009
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In December, 2013, a group of leaders of six informal science education (ISE) assessment projects met in Palo Alto, CA for a 2-day exploration of the state of the art...
DATE: October 1st, 2014
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This report confirms the necessity of a graduate-level workforce to maintain U.S. competitiveness and innovation. However, the report warns that the country must adopt a national strategy to increase degree...
DATE: April 1st, 2010
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Rosemarie Reed is producing a one-hour documentary film about the life and accomplishment of Lise Meitner, the Austrian born physicist whose pioneering work in nuclear physics contributed to the discovery...
DATES: February 1st, 2003 - January 31st, 2004
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Robotics brings together learning across mechanism, computation and interaction using the compelling model of real-time interaction with physically instantiated intelligent devices. The project described here is the third stage of...
DATE: September 1st, 2006
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Robotics brings together learning across mechanism, computation and interaction using the compelling model of real-time interaction with physically instantiated intelligent devices. The project described here is the third stage of...
DATE: January 1st, 2004
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Educational makerspaces (EM) and maker education (ME) have the potential to revolutionize the way we approach teaching and learning. The maker movement in education is built upon the foundation of...
DATE: June 1st, 2014
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This report summarizes findings from Inverness Research's evaluation of the PIE Institute project. It outlines the project's approach and philosophy, the activities of the project and key features, and the...
DATE: January 1st, 2008
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The MIT Media Laboratory, in collaboration with six museums, will develop the "Playful Invention and Exploration (PIE) Network," with the goal of engaging a broader audience in science inquiry and...
DATES: March 10th, 2001 - February 28th, 2005
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This proposal calls for development, over five years, of a national, interactive, telecommunications-supported Network of 85 or more affiliated neighborhood technology learning centers in inner cities and other impoverished areas,...
DATES: May 15th, 1992 - October 31st, 1995
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During the 3 years of this project, 72 high school and middle school teachers and 36 students will work as members of atmospheric research teams studying each of ten airshed...
DATES: March 15th, 1998 - February 28th, 2002
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This guide provides effective practices for anyone — university faculty member, K–12 teacher, or administrator — who wants to create a project that partners science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)...
DATE: June 10th, 2013
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A program that combines sports and literature can improve students’ reading, writing, and comprehension skills. What’s more, it promotes children’s personal development and selfesteem, and forges a link between sports,...
DATE: March 1st, 2000
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This article analyzes discussion exhibits as a method for garnering visitor feedback. Authors Ben Gammon, of Ben Gammon Consulting, and Xerexes Mazda, Head of Learning and Audiences at the British...
DATE: July 1st, 2009
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THE POWER TO HEAL (working title) is a 90-minute documentary on the dramatic yet largely untold story of how American hospitals were desegregated in the mid-1960s. With the active help...
DATES: April 1st, 2013 - March 31st, 2015
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The Franklin Institute will develop a 6000 sq. ft. traveling exhibit about "The Powers of Nature". Focusing on earthquakes, severe storms, and volcanoes, the exhibit will promote a greater understanding...
DATES: October 1st, 1996 - March 31st, 1999
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The videodisc-based exhibit, the Powers of Ten in Time, will allow museum visitors to explore the unseen world of natural change - events that occur too quickly or too slowly...
DATES: September 10th, 1992 - March 31st, 1996
