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Polman, Newman, Saul, and Farrar reflect on six years of work with a science journalism program for teens that fosters a version of science literacy centered on developing fluency in...

This study investigates how different segments of the public, with varying degrees of interest in S&T, could formulate opinions on a broader vision and the role they think STI should...

This project is a multimedia initiative designed to increase the public and youth understanding of how scientists work. Deliverables include "Pulse of the Planet" radio programs in both English and...

This study examined the ways in which teachers’ beliefs influence their practice when taking students to visit a science and technology museum. The researchers interviewed 14 primary and secondary school...

This paper reports a formative evaluation of an interactive exhibit in the Museum of Science, Boston, that encouraged visitors to create a model using everyday materials. The materials provided for...

"How Things Fly" is a major new exhibit gallery being produced by the National Air and Space Museum and is scheduled to open in 1995. The goal of this permanent...

The Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum is requesting $370,728 to create a traveling exhibit entitled "How Things Work, which will familiarize students and the general public with the science and engineering...

This article includes five procedural steps (the 5 A's) and ten design principals (the 10 C's), which can be useful for redesigning museum maps, whether produced in-house or by an...

This article presents research on collaboration between the New York City Department of Youth and Community Development and the New York Academy of Sciences to provide STEM learning opportunities in...

The prioritization of neglected diseases in the policy making framework requires heightened advocacy [WHO, 2006]. Mass media positive publicity is among approaches that can be used to achieve this. This...

This is a summary of an article by W.G. Conway featured in "Curator" in 1968, which describes the narrative of a dream. In the dream, a devil called "M" takes...

This article proposes new methods of strategic planning for the twenty-first century. Potential futures can be imagined (and diagrammed) as radiating out from the present in a “cone of plausibility”...

The authors of this paper were interested in knowing how parents can support exploratory behaviors of their preschool-aged children at museum exhibits. They developed a quantitative instrument based on psychological...

TikTok, YouTube, Instagram… We can hardly image a world without social media, let alone video. These modern platforms create amazing opportunities to put stories out there, especially if you want to reach a young audience: you can literally show science, on tape, and all you need is a smartphone! In this webinar, Jacotte Brokken will ... Read more

When NSTA first adopted guidelines for science competitions in 1999, two of the important questions addressed were whether competitions should be voluntary or required, and whether the emphasis should be...

Volunteers are an integral part of a small and mid-sized cultural institutions workforce and can be found across departments. In this webinar, Connecting to Collections Care will provide an overview of collections volunteers – how to create a volunteer program or align an existing program with best practices. The presentation will highlight: • The framework every ... Read more

Successfully combining youth development with workforce preparation means creating opportunities for work-based learning, where youth are learning workplace skills through work rather than learning about a specific career path. This...

As infographics and other visual forms of data become increasingly common, many educators wonder how to best integrate them into learning activities. Polman and Gebre interviewed 10 experts in science...

Hi, I’m Amy Grack Nelson. I am an independent evaluation consultant and Evaluation & Research Manager at the Science Museum of Minnesota. I’m excited to talk to you about the new and improved evaluation pages on InformalScience.org. Rick Bonney, Director of Public Engagement in Science at Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and I worked with the ... Read more

This document provides examples of questions you can answer in NVivo by running matrix queries, running coding queries, and creating sets. It was created to help users navigate the NVivo...

Science Journalism has been through a huge transition period in the past two decades as digital outlets compete with print media ― and that transition is continuing. It's left many...

This paper was presented at the 10th International Conference on Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST-10). The authors conducted a survey to lay the groundwork for a national survey...

Calabrese Barton, Tan, and Rivet provide valuable insights on supporting girls (and young people generally) as they negotiate the practices of formal science learning, establish learning identities, and engage with...

Formal readings and lectures are effective at delivering explanations, but the information they impart can be so densely packed and de-contextualized that students may not make full sense of the...

There is growing interest in the nature of the museum experience among researchers in the fields of art and museum education. The museum experience is broadly defined by John Falk...