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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 of projects: (1) Synthesis; ... Read more

The 2022 American Alliance of Museums (AAM) Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo is May 19-22 in Boston, MA. The event will bring together the museum ecosystem to collaborate across disciplines. More information is here.

The 2022 American Library Association Annual Conference & Exhibition is on June 23–28, Washington DC. The theme is “Together Again!” More information is here. The event is both digital and on-site.

The 2022 Ecsite Conference will be held June 2-4 2022 in Heilbronn, Germany. The conference brings together people inspired by science and technology. More information is here. Registration is now open.

The Initiative for Race Research and Justice presents the 2022 Jumpstart Virtual Conference on Monday, August 1st, 10am-5pm EST. More information is here. RRJ has an overt emphasis on studying and impacting practices and policies toward racial justice. RRJ’s work is organized around three main focal areas: (1) conducting high quality research on race; (2) ... Read more

The 2022 National Traditional Ecological Knowledge Summit is scheduled virtually for May 10-12, 2022. The conference is free for all participants. The Summit will create space for a large audience of Indigenous peoples, representatives from various Tribal Nations, Indigenous and allied scholars, and much more.    The Summit will provide an opportunity for folks around the ... Read more

Informal educational activities, such as tinkering, can be beneficial for children’s engineering learning (Bevan, 2017; Sobel & Jipson, 2016). Storytelling can help children organize and make meaning of their experiences (Brown et al., 2014; Bruner, 1996), thereby supporting learning. We examine whether digital storytelling activities during tinkering and reflection will be related to more engineering talk.We also explore whether children...

Informal educational activities, such as tinkering, can be beneficial for children’s engineering learning (Bevan, 2017; Sobel & Jipson, 2016). Storytelling can help children organize and make meaning of their experiences (Brown et al., 2014; Bruner, 1996), thereby supporting learning. Digital storytelling, in which narratives and reflections are combined with photos and videos in order to be shared with an audience,...

Hands-on tinkering experiences can help promote more equitable STEM learning opportunities for children from diverse backgrounds (Bevan, 2017; Vossoughi & Bevan, 2014). Latine heritage families naturally engage in and talk about engineering practices during and after tinkering in a children’s museum (Acosta & Haden, in press). We asked how the everyday practice of oral stories and storytelling could be leveraged...

Children’s and parents’ spatial language use (e.g., talk about shapes, sizes and locations) supports children’s spatial skill development. Families use spatial language during playful construction activities. Spatial language use varies with construction activity design characteristics, such as the activity’s play goals. What is the connection between the building materials used and the spatial conversations families have during a construction activity? ...

The STEM-OPS (STEM Opportunities in Prison Settings) NSF INCLUDES Alliance is holding its 2022 Annual Convening on October 25–27 in St. Louis, MO. This in-person event will bring together researchers, practitioners, educators, and community leaders who work at the intersection of the carceral system and STEM. Information and ideas will be shared via expert panels, ... Read more

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science and Human Rights Coalition will hold its annual conference October 23-24, 2023. The event will feature both virtual and in person components at AAAS headquarters in Washington, DC. Learn more.

The value of museums to society transcends their traditional focus on collecting, preserving, and interpreting. At their best, museums are vital infrastructure, sustaining healthy, inclusive, and resilient communities by enriching education systems, bolstering economies, strengthening societal cohesion, improving peoples’ well-being, and beyond. It is this social & community impact—the changes in the lives of people—that truly ... Read more

  The AISES National Conference has become the premier event for Indigenous STEM professionals and students, attracting over 2,500 members and attendees from the U.S. and Canada, and as far away as Alaska and Hawaii. The annual AISES National Conference is a one-of-a-kind, three-day event focusing on educational, professional and workforce development! Attendees include Indigenous ... Read more

In our morning address at the 2023 AISL Awardee Meeting, Stephen Alkins, Director for Vision and Accountability, presented the Center’s opening remarks. These remarks highlighted the work that the REVISE team conducted in preparation for the meeting and included principles to guide thoughtful and productive conversation. Read Stephen’s speech below! REVISE Center 2023 AISL Awardee ... Read more

In our morning address at the 2023 AISL Awardee Meeting, the REVISE Team chose not to give a land acknowledgment. Selene González-Carrillo led a discussion and reflection among the REVISE team on how land acknowledgments are presented and the indigenous voices that critically interrogated the purpose of land acknowledgments in the first place. Read Selene’s ... Read more

This "mini-poster," a two-page slideshow presenting an overview of the project, was presented at the 2023 AISL Awardee Meeting. ...

This "mini-poster," a two-page slideshow presenting an overview of the project, was presented at the 2023 AISL Awardee Meeting. ...

This "mini-poster," a two-page slideshow presenting an overview of the project, was presented at the 2023 AISL Awardee Meeting. ...

This "mini-poster," a two-page slideshow presenting an overview of the project, was presented at the 2023 AISL Awardee Meeting. ...

This "mini-poster," a two-page slideshow presenting an overview of the project, was presented at the 2023 AISL Awardee Meeting. ...

This "mini-poster," a two-page slideshow presenting an overview of the project, was presented at the 2023 AISL Awardee Meeting. ...

This "mini-poster," a two-page slideshow presenting an overview of the project, was presented at the 2023 AISL Awardee Meeting. ...

This "mini-poster," a two-page slideshow presenting an overview of the project, was presented at the 2023 AISL Awardee Meeting. ...

This "mini-poster," a two-page slideshow presenting an overview of the project, was presented at the 2023 AISL Awardee Meeting. ...