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National Geographic Television requests $1,121,583 (35%) of a total project budget of $3,192,249, to produce a documentary series in 13 half-hour and one hour-long special, "Facing the Wild: The Crittercam...
DATES: February 1st, 2003 - March 31st, 2005
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This is a brief summary of A.W. Melton's 1936 paper, "Distribution of Attention in Galleries in a Museum of Science and Industry." Melton studied how visitor behavior was impacted by...
DATE: January 1st, 1988
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Historically, most efforts to improve public knowledge of science and technology have focused on improvements in K-12 schooling, although post-secondary education and informal education have also been mentioned as important...
DATE: April 1st, 2013
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Amateur astronomers play a critical role engaging the general public in astronomy. The role of individual and club-related factors is explored using data from two surveys (Survey 1 N=1142; Survey...
DATE: December 1st, 2012
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This study investigated variables that influence the utilization of museums by African Americans. A sample of 333 African Americans from six Eastern U.S. communities were interviewed at home about their...
DATE: May 24th, 1995
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In this article, Jacksonville State University's Amy Cota provides a summary of a 1993 article featured in "Environment and Behavior" by J. Talbot, R. Kaplan, F. Kuo, and S. Kaplan....
DATE: September 1st, 1995
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Proposals for the Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program are due July 27, 2022. Read the Dear Colleague Letter. There is list of all the programs PIs can apply to this year, as a reference. See past AISL CAREER awards Email EHR in CAREER: ehrcareer@nsf.gov Synopsis CAREER: The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is a Foundation-wide ...
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DATE: March 30th, 2022
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Making is a recent educational phenomenon that is increasingly occurring in schools and informal learning spaces around the world. In this paper we explore data from maker educators about their...
DATE: December 30th, 2018
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During the school year of 2016-2017, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden (Fairchild) implemented the first year of a four-year project entitled: Growing Beyond Earth (GBE). NASA is providing funding support for...
DATE: July 1st, 2017
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During the school year of 2017-2018, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden (Fairchild) implemented the second year of a four-year project entitled: Growing Beyond Earth (GBE). NASA is providing funding support for...
DATE: June 1st, 2018
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This is a 90-minute feature documentary film about falconry from award winning filmmakers Elisabeth Haviland James, Revere La Noue and Robert Nixon. The project will create a documentary experience that...
DATES: January 1st, 2015 - December 31st, 2015
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Young Voices of Science (YVoS) is a free science communication training program designed to prepare and empower science scholars to share their knowledge, concerns, and hopes for the future with the wider world. The program provides participants with a launch pad for public engagement, early in their scientific careers. What: FREE science communication training and real ...
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DATE: September 6th, 2023
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Studies of interactive systems in museums have raised important design considerations, but so far have failed to address sufficiently the particularities of family interaction and co-operation. This paper introduces qualitative...
DATE: April 9th, 2009
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This 2-year program will advance the way informal ocean science education institutions reach underserved/underrepresented families by facilitating and formalizing relationships between informal science education centers and community based organizations. Project...
DATES: October 1st, 2010 - October 31st, 2012
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The New Jersey Academy of Natural Sciences, The Franklin Institute Science Museum, the New Jersey State Aquarium, and the Philadelphia Zoo request $957,158. The consortium of Philadelphia area science museums...
DATES: October 1st, 1999 - December 31st, 2004
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The Montshire Museum of Science in partnership with The Family Place will facilitate the program āFamilies Learning Together: Strengthening a Local System of Support for STEM Learningā for young parents...
DATES: September 1st, 2021 - August 31st, 2024
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The goal of the FOCUSSS project is to engage high school students in a need-to-know pursuit for learning science that leads to the discovery of sustainable resources and practices for...
DATES: September 1st, 2011 - August 31st, 2013
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The Astronomical Society of the Pacific requests $1,348,428 to enhance the dissemination of Project ASTRO in communities by building new capability into an existing network to serve the "whole family"....
DATES: September 15th, 1999 - February 28th, 2005
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Almost every metropolitan area has an informal science setting, such as a natural history museum, zoo, science center or planetarium (Laetsch et al, 1980). Visitor demographics over the years have...
DATE: January 1st, 1994
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This article begins with two examples that demonstrate adult interactions with young learners during conversations in informal learning environments. Family visits to informal learning environments provide opportunities to learn together,...
DATE: March 1st, 2012
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Michigan Technological University will collaborate with David Heil and Associates to implement the Family Engineering Program, working in conjunction with student chapters of engineering societies such as the American Society...
DATES: May 15th, 2008 - April 30th, 2012
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This exhibition was created to attract and appeal to families with children based on a major strategic planning effort targeting a specific audience. Summative evaluation was commissioned to reflect on...
DATE: March 1st, 2002
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Designed learning environments like museums have the potential to change the way that families think and talk about scientific topics together in everyday contexts like the home. The current study...
DATE: April 1st, 2009
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This Knowledge Base article was written collaboratively with contributions from Scott Pattison and CAISE Admin. This article was migrated from a previous version of the Knowledge Base. The date stamp does not reflect the original publication date. Overview Museums recognize the importance of the caregiver who accompanies a child to a science center or another type of museum. As a ...
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DATE: February 1st, 2017
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Thomas Kuhn's notion of a disciplinary matrix provides a useful framework for investigating the growth of research on family learning in and from museums over the last decade. To track...
DATE: March 30th, 2004