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Presentation on CAISE resources developed prior to the 2012 ISE PI Meeting, March 15th, 2012....

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...

The ISE PI Summit 2008 gathered some of the top leaders and thinkers in the U.S., representing the diversity of informal science education. To leverage this opportunity, time for discussion...

There were 251 attendees, of which 176 were representatives of NSF ISE funded projects. In addition to NSF, seven other federal agencies (CPB, DOE, IMLS, NASA, NIH, NOAA, NPS, Smithsonian)...

This program documents the agenda, particpants, and contents of the ISE PI Summit in Washington, D.C. from July 25-26, 2008....

There were 190 projects represented at the ISE PI Summit 2008....

This article was migrated from a previous version of the Knowledge Base. The date stamp does not reflect the original publication date. Overview  Alan Friedman (2011) puts forth a meaningful metaphor for understanding Informal Science Education (ISE).  He equates ISE with a well equipped gymnasium.  The gym exists but unless visitors decide to engage with the ... Read more

ISE Professional Development (2012) Agenda ISE Professional Development (2012) Homework ISE Professional Development (2012) Participant List ISE Professional Development (2012) Project Abstracts The ISE Professional Development Convening was a small workshop of ISE-funded principal investigators and their project evaluators who were brought together to share and evolve how we think about and do our work ... Read more

This report presents findings from a national exploratory study on professional knowledge and attitudes surrounding science identity as an applicable theory for understanding experiences in informal science education (ISE) environments....

ISE Research: Contextualizing Science Learning and Motivation in Rural and Indigenous Adolescents through Mapping Sustainable Practices is a three-year interdisciplinary research project. Researchers from the University of New Hampshire will...

Now, scientists and directors of education & public outreach can easily find informal science education (ISE) project and evaluation resources to help them plan and design evidence-based approaches to engaging publics with their research topics. CAISE has launched a new “Public Engagement” page that allows users to easily access examples of media & cyberlearning, public ... Read more

Full program, including schedule, list of speakers, and disucssion topics for the 2010 ISE Summit: Surrounded by Science...

This timeline was constructed by participants during the Center for Advancement of Informal Science Education (CAISE ISE Summit) meeting in March 3-5, 2010 to document histories, capture events, and share...

Chocolate! is a travelling 4,500 sq. ft. exhibit developed and produced by the Field Museum of Chicago. The visitor is invited on a journey through time, where they can explore...

MONEY is a traveling exhibition using the familiar and fascinating subject of money to build math skills and promote economic literacy. The exhibit will provide an engaging and relevant context...

This planning effort, a collaboration of teams at the University of Maryland, Cornell University, Carnegie Mellon University and the Sciencenter of Ithaca, deals with the development and testing of a...

The SPRY Foundation is requesting funding to organize a conference that will include principal investigators from ISE projects and representatives of the Aging Network to identify strategies to engage older...

This whitepaper introduces the Strategic Outcomes Framework, a taxonomy of outcome types within eight outcome categories (interest, attitude, knowledge, STEM skills, 21st century skills and social emotional evelopment, behavior, STEM...

In this paper, evaluator Marilyn G. Hood, Ph.D. of Hood Associates discusses learning opportunities from projects, programs and plans that don't go as planned. Hood presents examples from her career...

The Franklin Institute Science Museum in Philadelphia, PA., acting as administrative coordinator for the Issues Laboratory Collaborative (ILC), requests NSF support for five science museums over a three year period...

Char Associates conducted an evaluation of the four-year, NSF-funded project, Interpreters and Scientists Working on Our Parks (iSWOOP). The project brought interpreters and scientists together in multi-day professional development sessions...

This is the Advisors' Report for 2017 for the iSWOOP (Interpreters and Scientists Working on Our Parks) project. It discusses broad issues across project sites, provides park by park overviews,...

Lisette E. Torres, Director of Operations & Communication, REVISE Center Those who attended our REVISE-ing the Conversation webinar wanted to learn more about our development of an accessible and inclusive webinar. REVISE co-principal investigator Lisette E. Torres shares her thoughts about the process. You can’t have equity without access. This is a truism that I live by ... Read more

In this article, Paul Tatter and Kristin Leigh of Explora (Albuquerque, NM), describe museum membership as "a sense of belonging." Tatter and Leigh argue that museum membership should be conceived...

The purpose of this case study was to describe the nature of high school students’ experiences in the immersive four-day field experience at Stone Laboratory Biological Field Station including excursions...