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The Indiana State Museum is planning a new, comprehensive exhibition about the history and uses of corn, from 8000 years ago to the present. The environmental, economic, and cultural impacts...

Cornell's Laboratory of Ornithology will develop the "Cornell Nest Box Network (CNN)". This is an educational/research project that will enable lay people to participate in scientific research and it builds...

Prism Productions will manage a transition to economic independence for the "How About..." science news insert series featuring science journalist Don Herbert. "How About..." has for a decade provided science...

As a result of a request to expand the Daily Schedule to include all activities at COSI, the Daily Schedule is being redesigned. The purpose of the test is to...

COSI developed and installed a set of exhibits to complement the health sciences research being conducted by Ohio State University researchers in four visible lab areas within the Life exhibit...

As with most attractions, COSI relies heavily on the map it provides visitors to facilitate wayfinding, marketing, and promotion. As the map is of significant cost, the Marketing department determined...

This article describes Cosmic Chemistry, a two-week summer learning program for 9th and 10th grade students that focuses on chemistry with an astronomical twist. The program focuses on building a...

The Carnegie Science Center will contribute to the reinvigoration of planetarium programming nationwide by creating and sharing three multifaceted productions combining live theatre and science education. The "Cosmic Cookbook" will...

The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory will develop "Cosmic Horizons: Our Place in Space and Time." This will be a 5,000-square-foot traveling exhibition to help visitors explore the extraordinary recent breakthroughs and...

The first phase of the evaluation, a front-end visitor study, assessing visitors' knowledge of and interest in space science and the cosmos, was conducted in May and June of 2000...

In order to better understand how visitors to science and natural history museums connect to ideas around Indigenous knowledge and Western science, the Cosmic Serpent evaluation team (Institute for Learning...

This book is a deliverable (requisite) of an NSF (National Science Foundation) grant to share the project outcomes and what we learned from the NSF grant project. This four-year NSF...

This planning grant award addresses the subject of cosmology using contemporary film technology. A screen play and film prototype will take viewers from the historical Big Bang phenomena to contemporary...

COSMIC VOYAGE will be the first film in IMAX to survey the whole universe. Its main objective is to convey to a broad museum audience the enormous range of space...

The Science Museum has a rich tradition of exhibitions and galleries devoted to space exploration. Over several decades they have featured and highlighted examples of space hardware – rockets, satellites...

Counterspaces in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) are often considered “safe spaces” at the margins for groups outside the mainstream of STEM education. The prevailing culture and structural manifestations...

A study in South Africa shed light on a set of factors, specific to this country, that compel South African scientists towards public engagement. It highlights the importance of history,...

This report presents the findings of a summative evaluation of Courbet and the Modern Landscape, conducted by Randi Korn & Associates, Inc. (RK&A), for the Walters Art Museum. The evaluation...

This article highlights four controversial exhibits from various institutions who, in the end, used controversy to their advantage. The authors include Kimberly Louagie, Curator of Exhibits at the Outagamie County...

The Collaboration for Ongoing Visitor Experience Studies (COVES) aims to help science centers gather and share data to better understand visitors’ experiences. For the summative evaluation of COVES, the Museum...

In this article, evaluation consultant Harris H. Shettel outlines the value of remedial evaluation. Shettel cites evidence from a study of the "Man in His Environment" at the Field Museum...

In this paper, researchers from Colorado State University (CSU) discuss rising concern of public land managers, ranchers, and the general public about public lands grazing and the conflicts that arise...

We started our three year National Science Foundation Cracking the Code: Influencing Millennial Science Engagement audience research in 2018 with a national survey of millennials’ media consumption habits. This survey was conducted by...

Research–practice partnerships (RPPs) involve close work bridging academic and practice-based interests to grapple with pressing needs, grand challenges, and unanswered questions. There are many benefits to a research–practice partnership, as these collaborations have the potential to improve the research itself and have long-lasting impacts on practice. Recently, William T. Grant Foundation put forward a framework for evaluating research–practice ... Read more

The series of articles below is a study of Cracking the Code, one of the largest public investments in science media, journalism and science communication research collaborations, a project between KQED,...