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ISE educators who provide guided tours at museums and similar institutions will be interested in this paper as it addresses how informal educators can assess a visitor's ""entrance narrative,"" or...
DATE: August 1st, 2011
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John Falk and Lynn Dierking tackle the challenge of helping museums become better at the learning process for visitors. As they put it, "[d]igital media, well designed and wisely used,...
DATE: May 24th, 2008
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The Fluid Earth Viewer (FEVer), an interactive and visually appealing web application that will allow users to visualize current and past conditions of our planet's atmosphere and oceans will be...
DATES: September 1st, 2016 - August 31st, 2018
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This paper analyzes the effectiveness of real people (actors) as communicators of messages in museums. It includes findings from an evaluation of professional actors, who assume the roles of fictitious...
DATE: January 1st, 1994
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In this paper, the authors synthesize three types of research-practice partnerships (RPPs) for informal learning. The article includes descriptions of example partnerships between local researchers and informal educators from the...
DATE: October 1st, 2015
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This article provides an overview of the Chief Science Officer program launched in 2015 by Arizona SciTech. Students vote for one of their peers to become a STEM advocate in...
DATE: February 15th, 2018
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Carbon Day 2023 will be the first reporting milestone in the work to build sector-wide capacity and commitment to calculating and reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from energy use. This effort is part of Culture Over Carbon, an IMLS National Leadership grant studying energy use in museums, zoos, gardens, aquariums and historic sites. Environment and ...
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DATE: May 1st, 2023
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This MSP-Start Partnership, led by Widener University, in partnership with Bryn Mawr College, Delaware County Community College, Philadelphia University, Lincoln University, and Haverford Township School District, is developing the Greater...
DATES: October 1st, 2008 - September 30th, 2012
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In this article, researchers report on the ways that middle school students positioned themselves as agents of change in their community by using the results of their research into local...
DATE: August 1st, 2011
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This study shines light on the complex relationship between student beliefs and student behaviour in the particular context of climate change. Findings indicate that affecting student behaviour is more complicated...
DATE: January 1st, 2014
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In this article, The North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) shares the programs and publications it developed to advance E-STEM—the integration of environmental education into STEM....
DATE: March 14th, 2018
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This paper outlines the methodology and findings of a front-end evaluation conducted by staff at the Science Museum at the National Autonomous University of Mexico in preparation of opening a...
DATE: January 1st, 1994
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Brooklyn Botanic Garden's Project Green Reach (PGR) is a children's program that has offered garden-based youth education since 1990. PGR focuses on Grade K-8 students and teachers from local Title...
DATE: July 1st, 2009
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Reports effects of an outdoor field trip on learning within the context of a community-based Summery Ecology Program for children between 7 and 13 years of age. Results include the...
DATE: July 1st, 1981
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This report, prepared by Randi Korn & Associates, Inc. (RK&A) presents evaluation findings for the final year of the Environmental Exhibit Collaborative (EEC)—made up of the EcoTarium, The Discovery Museum...
DATE: January 1st, 2015
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This report offers an assessment of environmental literacy in America that is both sobering and hopeful. This summary of almost a decade of NEETF (National Environmental Education & Training Foundation)...
DATE: September 1st, 2005
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The University and Jepson Herbaria at the University of California, Berkeley will develop a series of virtual workshops that promote experiential learning and discovery in the fields of botany, ecology,...
DATES: September 1st, 2021 - August 31st, 2023
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National Public Radio is seeking to expand its coverage of scientific issues in two ways: through the creation of a new Environmental Reporting Unit, and through the introduction of SCIENCE...
DATES: September 1st, 1992 - February 28th, 1997
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The "Environmental Science Information Technology Activities (ESITA)" based at the Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS) at UC-Berkeley is a three-year, youth-based proposal that seeks to engage 144 inner-city ninth and...
DATES: September 10th, 2003 - August 31st, 2008
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Natural history has all but disappeared from formal education in the United States. This places the responsibility of introducing people to natural history within nonformal educational settings, with interpretive naturalists...
DATE: January 1st, 2011
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This 31 question instrument evaluates students' attitudes towards the environment including nature, pollution, and living environments....
DATE: November 30th, 2010
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The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum will amplify its partnership with Hart Magnet School, a Title 1 elementary school in urban Stamford, Connecticut, by increasing exposure and access to the arts...
DATES: October 1st, 2018 - September 30th, 2020
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McWane ScienceCenter (McWSC) is a non-profit, interactive science museum committed to showing the public how science and technology enrich their lives and help them solve problems. McWSC has a goal...
DATES: October 1st, 2006 - October 31st, 2007
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On November 2-3, 2015, the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), with funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF), hosted the 2015 NSF Maker Summit, in the Washington, D.C. metro...
DATE: June 1st, 2016
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Science and technology have become tools to legitimize messages that affect the world in terms of society, politics and economy. This paper presents part of the results of a study...
DATE: September 23rd, 2019