Bridging the Gap With STEM

Connected Science Learning is a journal around which all science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) educators can gather. The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) and the Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC) have partnered on this National Science Foundation (NSF)–funded project to leverage our extensive combined reach across the formal and informal STEM educator communities. NSTA represents about 50,000 K–12 science educators, while ASTC member science centers and museums are in communities across the globe, reaching 100 million visitors per year, many of whom are young learners. The new journal and complementary social media channels will facilitate collaboration between the formal and informal STEM education communities by sharing relevant research, practices, instructional strategies, and resources, while highlighting mechanisms for collaboration.