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This article discusses Purdue University's Center for Global Soundscapes' five-day camp program for students with visual impairments. The program follows an inquiry-based learning approach to explore concepts fundamental to soundscape...
DATE: January 16th, 2018
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This article discusses the Youth in Science Action Club (SAC), which uses citizen science to investigate nature, document their discoveries, share data with the scientific community, and design strategies to...
DATE: January 16th, 2018
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This brief discusses the PLUM LANDING Explore Outdoors Toolkit, a new set of free, public media resources designed to help informal educators and parents infuse science learning into outdoor recreation....
DATE: January 16th, 2018
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This is the solicitation for proposals to the NSF Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program, which seeks to advance new approaches to and evidence based understanding of the design and...
DATE: January 1st, 2018
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There is a growing need for citizens to be able to work with data and consider how data is represented. This work employs a design, make, play framework to create...
DATES: September 15th, 2016 - August 31st, 2018
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The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) contracted RK&A to conduct an evaluation of the Inside|Out program, which brings high-quality reproductions of masterpieces from the museumās collection to outdoor venues throughout...
DATE: October 1st, 2017
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The Crowd & The Cloud, a three-year project, developed by Passport To Knowledge and funded by the National Science Foundation, uses multimedia to engage different audiences around citizen science and...
DATE: January 22nd, 2018
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The Montana Girls STEM Collaborative brings together organizations and individuals throughout Montana who are committed to informing and motivating girls to pursue careers in STEM ā Science, Technology, Engineering and...
DATE: January 8th, 2018
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Worldwide, four million people participate in geocaching--a game of discovering hidden treasures with GPS-enabled devices (including smart phones). Geocachers span all ages and tend to be interested in technology and...
DATES: August 1st, 2017 - August 1st, 2017
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This multiple case study analysis investigates the perceptions of four science teachers who are repeat attendees at professional development programs coordinated by a university center. Adult learning theory provided a...
DATE: January 1st, 2018
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To address the need for STEM reform in K-12 schools, this article describes the design and implementation of a rigorous, interdisciplinary science and research program (ISR) in two local high...
DATE: January 1st, 2018
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Dr. Ann Chester, Director of the Health Sciences and Technology Academy (HSTA) in West Virginia was looking for professional researchers interested in working with HSTA's high school-aged participants through community-based...
DATE: January 1st, 2018
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Educational approaches that provide meaningful, relevant opportunities for place-based learning have been shown to be effective models for engaging indigenous students in science. The Laulima A āIke Pono (LAIP) collaboration...
DATE: January 1st, 2018
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Increased emphasis on K-12 engineering education, including the advent and incorporation of NGSS in many curricula, has spurred the need for increased engineering learning opportunities for younger students. This is...
DATE: January 1st, 2018
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We describe a game and teachersā experiences using it in their middle and high school science courses. The game, which is called āLuck of the Draw,ā was designed to engage...
DATE: January 1st, 2018
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Charles Darwin is largely unknown and poorly understood as a historical figure. Similarly, the fundamental principles of evolution are often miss-stated, misunderstood, or entirely rejected by large numbers of Americans....
DATE: January 1st, 2018
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Effective science teaching critically requires content-focused professional development (PD), particularly in life sciences where content evolves rapidly. How subject matter knowledge related to teaching (SCK) is most effectively incorporated into...
DATE: January 1st, 2018
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This article explores science communication from the perspective of those most at risk of exclusion, drawing on ethnographic fieldwork. I conducted five focus groups and 32 interviews with participants from...
DATE: January 1st, 2018
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Designing Our World (DOW) was a four-year NSF-funded initiative in which the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) sought to promote girlsā pursuit of engineering careers through community-based programming,...
DATE: November 1st, 2016
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Designing Our World (DOW) was a four-year NSF-funded initiative in which the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) sought to promote girlsā pursuit of engineering careers through community-based programming,...
DATE: December 15th, 2017
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A PowerPoint slide presentation given by John Kania, Global Managing Director from FSG on collective impact at the June 3, 2015 National Science Foundation INCLUDES Achieving Scale for Inclusion in...
DATE: June 3rd, 2015
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Each year, the National Alliance for Broader Impacts (NABI) seeks to understand the current state of broader impacts (BI) in the national context. In 2017, NABI convened two forums to...
DATE: January 1st, 2018
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Transforming Communities provides an overview of the agency mission, vision, goals, and objectives, and includes highlights of IMLS initiatives and projects....
DATE: January 1st, 2018
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Scientific ignorance can be a potential obstacle in the journey of India becoming a developed nation and a knowledge economy. Such ignorance can also be the cause of various myths,...
DATE: December 25th, 2017
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MobiLLab is a mobile science education program designed to awaken young peopleās interest in science and technology (S&T). Perceived novelty, or unfamiliarity, has been shown to affect pupilsā educational outcomes...
DATE: November 1st, 2016
