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Goodman Research Group, Inc. (GRG) conducted a summative evaluation of the first season of NOVA scienceNOW, the PBS series that explores cutting-edge scientific and technological innovation in real time. The evaluation included two primary components: 1) an evaluation of the television series, and 2) an evaluation of the outreach, which consisted of a companion website and a series of Science...

WGBH has produced NOVA scienceNOW since 2005, with major funding from the National Science Foundation, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and the Alfred. P. Sloan Foundation. NOVA scienceNOW (NsN) is comprised of a science news and magazine television series, a companion website, and a science cafe outreach initiative. All NsN offerings share common goals: (a) increase public awareness and understanding...

Goodman Research Group, Inc. (GRG) conducted a summative evaluation of the second season of NOVA scienceNOW, the PBS series that explores cutting-edge scientific and technological innovation in real time. (GRG also served as the external evaluator for NOVA scienceNOW during Season One). In addition to the television series, WGBH-TV developed a companion website, a series of high school classroom activities,...

WGBH is producing twelve quarterly television magazine-format programs devoted to the public understanding of current scientific research. The programs will consider the significant areas of on-going research, present the scientists who are conducting the research, portray research as an on-going endeavor and discuss the social impact and ethical implications of major areas of research. Each program will include segments such...

NOVA'S CENTURY OF DISCOVERY is a series of five prime-time documentary specials to be shown nationally over the Public Broadcasting Service(PBS) during late 1997 or early 1998. Altogether the programs will tell a sweeping story, celebrating the end of a remarkable century of discovery when science advance further than in all previous centuries combined, and when every scientific discipline underwent...

Making Stuff Season Two is designed to build on the success of the first season of Making Stuff by expanding the series content to include a broader range of STEM topics, creating a larger outreach coalition model and a “community of practice,” and developing new outreach activities and digital resources. Specifically, this project created a national television 4-part miniseries, an...

This article addresses the ways in which an afterschool theater program creates an experience which builds confidence and encourages authentic work on the part of young people. It provides guidelines for practitioners for creating an atmosphere where learning can thrive....

This paper was presented as part of a Keynote Address at the Visitor Studies Association Conference, July 2006, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Speaker Cheryl Meszaros, director of public programs at the Vancouver Art Museum, presents a brief historical overview of interpretation, identifying "endangered aspects of interpretation," as well as a brief history of interpretive practices in museums that culminate in "whatever"...

Cities are facing new demands as their urban populations rapidly grow. Smart City initiatives are being developed to address issues of mobility, infrastructure, security, and safety, while enhancing the quality of life of citizens. One-size-fits-all solutions are not viable. Instead, the diversity of a city's residents, including life experiences, cultural backgrounds, needs, and behaviors, must be taken into account to...

The Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center entitled New England Nanomanufacturing Center for Enabling Tools is a partnership between Northeastern University, the University of Massachusetts Lowell, the University of New Hampshire, and Michigan State University. The NSEC unites 34 investigators from 9 departments. The NSEC is likely to impact solutions to three critical and fundamental technical problems in nanomanufacturing: (1) Control...

The U.S. Department of Education (ED) and National Science Foundation (NSF) have released a report called the Common Guidelines for Education Research and Development. The Common Guidelines grew out of a Joint Committee of ED and NSF to establish cross-agency guidelines for improving the quality, coherence, and pace of knowledge development in STEM education. The ... Read more

This funding solicitation for FY2014 in the Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program at the National Science Foundation seeks to advance new approaches to and evidence-based understanding of the design and development of STEM learning in informal environments; provide multiple pathways for broadening access to and engagement in STEM learning experiences; advance innovative research on and assessment of STEM learning...

The paper, Going Deep: Supporting Collaborative Exploration of Evolution in Natural History Museums, a product of the NSF AISL project Life on Earth, was chosen as the Best Design Paper at the 10th International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning this past June in Madison, Wisconsin. The authors provide an analysis of pairs of children ... Read more

The solicitation for the National Science Foundation (NSF) Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) Program is now available. From NSF: The Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program seeks to advance new approaches to and evidence-based understanding of the design and development of STEM learning opportunities for the public in informal environments; provide multiple pathways for broadening ... Read more

The National Science Foundation Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program solicitation is currently being revised for 2014 and will provide a deadline for full proposals; however, it will not include a deadline or any requirements relating to Preliminary Proposals or Letters of Intent as it has over past years. For more information see: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504793&org=DRL&from=home .

The REVISE Center is excited to host the 2026 National Science Foundation (NSF) Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) Awardee Meeting. The meeting will be held virtually from February 24-26, 2026. A biennial event since 2008, the meeting is a convening of projects funded by the NSF AISL program. This community comes together to share goals, ... Read more

The National Science Foundation Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) Program FY14 Solicitation (NSF 13-608) was released on September 30, 2013. AISL Program Officers are holding two types of webinars focused on this solicitation: AISL Webinar – 101 Introduction to the Solicitation: focuses on the key elements of the solicitation, including changes and new components. This ... Read more

The Center for Advancement of Informal Science Education (CAISE) will host the 2016 Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) Principal Investigator (PI) Meeting, as part of our cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation (NSF). The meeting will be held February 29th – March 2nd, 2016, at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel in North Bethesda, MD, ... Read more

The Center for Advancement of Informal Science Education (CAISE) will host the 2016 Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) Principal Investigator (PI) Meeting, as part of our cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation (NSF). The meeting will be held February 29th to March 2nd, 2016, at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel in North Bethesda, MD, ... Read more

Informational webinars and key documents

Ahead of the 2021 Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) Awardee Meeting hosted virtually by CAISE in October, the National Science Foundation provided technical assistance materials to help support current projects attending the meeting. We are making these materials available for projects who may have missed the meeting and for potential AISL applicants. CAISE will provide a summary and disseminate content ... Read more

Join a conversation with Dr. James Moore, head of STEM education for the National Science Foundation (NSF). Learn more and register.

August 21, 2018 The National Science Foundation (NSF) has selected Dr. Karen Marrongelle to serve as head of the Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR). EHR supports fundamental research that enhances learning and teaching, and broad efforts to achieve excellence in U.S. science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education, at all levels and in ... Read more

Are you interested in bringing together STEM and computing inside and outside of the classroom? If so, you should learn more about the National Science Foundation’s STEM+C Program for the opportunity to receive funding. The deadline to submit proposals is July 2, 2018. Read the full program description and FAQs. A synopsis from the NSF ... Read more

The Advancing Informal STEM Learning program (AISL) has awarded RAPID funding to projects that are addressing the STEM learning, science communication and public engagement aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic.   ​How People Learn Rapidly: COVID-19 as a Crisis of Socioscientific Understanding and Educational Equity.​ Award Number: 2028370; Principal Investigator: Angela Calabrese Barton; Co-Principal Investigator: Leslie Herrenkohl, Elizabeth Davis; Organization: University of ... Read more