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At the request of the National Science Foundation (NSF), CAISE organized a meeting for NSF Informal Science Education (ISE) Program principal investigators (PIs), July 25–26, 2008 in Washington, D.C. The ISE PI Summit 2008 brought together NSF ISE PIs from across the country as well as other leaders in the field for two days of ... Read more

The 2010 CAISE Fellows program was designed to bring emerging informal science education (ISE) thought leaders to the table to participate in CAISE’s main work – the inquiry group process....

The 2010 Delivery and Reach study documented the delivery of nano education activities at NISE Network partner institutions and estimated the public reach of those activities. Surveys used in this...

The ISE Summit 2010, organized by the Center for Advancement of Informal Science Education with support from the National Science Foundation, took place March 3-5, 2010 in Washington, D.C. Agenda Surrounded by Science The broad goal of the ISE Summit was to mobilize, energize, and empower the informal science education community — including film and ... Read more

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Informal Science Education (ISE) Program Principal Investigator Meeting, March 14-16, 2012, convened 241 Principal Investigators at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C Meeting Program

The 2012 Science Festival Alliance Annual Report is now available. This first-of-its-kind document provides a snapshot of activity for the SFA and its members in 2012, and it paints quite...

This annual report presents an overview of Saint Louis Science Center audience data gathered through a variety of evaluation studies conducted during 2013. This report includes information on the Science...

The Mars Exploration Exhibit is a new public exhibition designed to provide experiential learning opportunities for students, educators and the public while inspiring greater excitement about space science. The exhibit...

The Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship Program provides a unique professional development opportunity for K-12 educators to inform national STEM policy and improve communication between the STEM education community and...

These slides accompanied the plenary talk given by Joan Ferrini-Mundy at the 2014 AISL PI Meeting in Washington, DC. Dr. Ferrini-Mundy connected the history of National Science Foundation (NSF) support...

This document was produced by Beck Tench for the Center for Advancement of Informal Science Education (CAISE). It provides visual documentation of the 2014 AISL PI Meeting that was held...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program funds approximately 30-35 projects each year across diverse informal learning sectors such as media and technology, exhibitions, public programs, and professional development. These are the most recent set of AISL awards related to media and technology. Click on each award’s title to view their ... Read more

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program funds approximately 30-35 projects each year across diverse informal learning sectors such as media and technology, exhibitions, public programs, and professional development. These are the most recent set of AISL awards related to media and technology. Click on each award’s title to view their ... Read more

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program funds approximately 30-35 projects each year across diverse informal learning sectors such as media and technology, exhibitions, public programs, and professional development. These are the most recent set of AISL awards related to media and technology. Click on each award’s title to view their ... Read more

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program funds approximately 30-35 projects each year across diverse informal learning sectors such as media and technology, exhibitions, public programs, and professional development. These are the most recent set of AISL awards related to media and technology. Click on each award’s title to view their ... Read more

The NSF Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program Principal Investigator (PI) Meeting convened AISL PIs, co-PIs, and project team members from a wide range of informal STEM education sectors. The agenda for the 2014 AISL PI Meeting included technical assistance, presentations, panels, sessions, discussion groups, and networking events. Meeting Program Posters Meeting Documentation Looking for ... Read more

This annual report presents an overview of Saint Louis Science Center audience data gathered through a variety of evaluation studies conducted during 2014. This report includes information on the Science...

Citizen science describes data collection efforts by volunteers (who are often not professional scientists) to advance scientific inquiry. Other outcomes may occur as a result of citizen science projects—including participants learning more about particular disciplines, the co-creation of research questions, and solving problems important to local communities. While these few sentences characterize citizen science, it ... Read more

This annual report presents an overview of Saint Louis Science Center audience data gathered through a variety of evaluation studies conducted during 2015. This report includes information on the Science...

Libraries across the country have been reimagining their community role and leveraging their resources and public trust to strengthen community-based learning and foster critical thinking, problem solving, and engagement in...

Mark your calendars for the 2015 Teaching & Learning Video Showcase! CAISE, along with NSF-funded education resource centers MSPnet, STELAR, ARC, CADRE, CS10K, and CIRCL have invited Principal Investigators of education and learning projects to create videos showcasing their innovative work. Beginning on May 11, head to the Video Showcase site to view and vote ... Read more

These slides about the NSF commitment to informal STEM education were presented during the keynote at the 2016 Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) PI Meeting held in Bethesda, MD on...

Abstracts and team members from projects who received awards in 2016 from the National Science Foundation’s Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program (as well as co-funded awards) are now available on InformalScience.org. You can search and filter these project pages using the advanced search on the homepage, or browse the list below. Congratulations to the ... Read more

With the rapid development of technologies for exposure monitoring and data analysis, opportunities for utilizing citizen science and community-engaged research approaches in advancing environmental health research are ever increasing. On...

It was with great pleasure that the Center for Advancement of Informal Science Education (CAISE) hosted the 2016 National Science Foundation (NSF) Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) Program Principal Investigator (PI) Meeting from February 29-March 2, 2016, at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel in North Bethesda, MD. See also: Meeting Program Posters Science Education and ... Read more