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To address a lack of informal science education opportunities and to increase community capacity to support STEM education for their children, Washington State University's Yakima Valley/Tri Cities MESA program, the...

The Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) will create a 5,000 sq ft traveling exhibition designed to engage families with children ages 10-14 with concepts of algebra. Access Algebra...

The project conducts action research to learn more about how different groups use technology in meaningful ways, develops approaches that significantly increase access for underrepresented groups, and proposes ways in...

Access peer-reviewed articles about STEM learning in environments such as makerspaces, afterschool programs, and formal/informal partnerships.

As it embarks on opening a new facility, the Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo will launch the "Access From the Ground Up" project to make the new facility and...

Funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the Access from the Ground Up project at the Palo Alto Junior Museum & Zoo (JMZ) seeks to better serve children...

Designing your presentations for increased accessibility is crucial to supporting diverse audiences with varying needs. It signals who is valued in the space. As disability activist-scholars Alice Wong, Mia Mingus, and Sandy Ho remind us, access is love. In this free webinar led by Lisette Torres-Gerald, REVISE Center PI, we will explore accessibility and best ... Read more

The National Easter Seal Society is engaged in a project to introduce young people with disabilities and their families to science, to provide them with access to science, and to...

Although the debates on the Internet (sceptical, enthusiastic and finally more mature ones) in our country started in the mid 90s, it is only over the past few years that...

Accessible Design for Multitouch Tables, Large Displays, and Interactive Experiences focuses primarily on access for individuals in wheelchairs or those of short stature who may have reach, roll-up, or related...

In this paper, researchers from the Smithsonian Institution (SI) describe the ways in which SI is welcoming the Americans with Disabilities Act as an aid in empowering visitors and employees...

The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis will redesign its popular Dinosphere exhibition to explore and test accessibility to ensure the discoveries from its “Jurassic Mile” dig site are accessible to all...

This award is funded in whole or in part under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2). The Accessible Oceans study will design auditory displays that support learning...

This article discusses the design and conditions of high school mathematics activities that aim to distribute opportunities to learn to all students. Of particular interest to ISE educators is the...

All National Science Foundation (NSF) awards funded since 2010 are required to submit a Project Outcomes Report upon completion of their work. These reports are meant to provide increased transparency and inform the general public about the results of research conducted with taxpayer funding. To learn more about Project Outcomes Reports, visit the NSF website. ... Read more

Many attempt to address the documented achievement gap between urban and suburban students by offering special programs to enrich urban students’ academic experiences and proficiencies. Such was the case in...

Technology designers are faced with the challenge of accounting for the breadth of children's experiences in their interactions with technology, even as the field of human-computer interaction has maintained a...

This article shares the results and reflections on the research process conducted by the Maloka Interactive Museum (https://www.maloka.org/) regarding the implementation of the policy that extends the school day in public...

Achieving the Future of Education and Engagement is focused on the 21st Century Teacher Academy. 21CTA is a unique Educator Professional Development (EPD) two-week residential workshop designed to immerse...

The National Science Foundation, particularly the Directorate for STEM Education, has long funded work to support collaborations between researchers and practitioners, and to promote the application of research to improve...

This article discusses intellectual activities in African American culture that privilege mathematical thinking. It is a helpful reference for educators and researchers who want to shift from deficit-oriented perspectives about...

This project trains volunteers like you to conduct acoustic bat surveys of your local area using an AnaBat detector attached to a PDA with GPS. The detector picks up the...

This article traces sound as it echoes through approaches to displaying the Science Museum’s acoustics collection over the course of the twentieth century. Focusing on three key moments in the...

This study examined the effectiveness of worksheets while learning about biodiversity in a natural history museum. Despite the frequent use of worksheets by school classes during out-of-school activities, their effectiveness...

Cornell University is producing a documentary television program about the 100-meter radio telescope in Green Bank, West Virginia. The film, planned as a PBS special, will document the engineering and...