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Authors: Perrin Chick, Sue Allen, Kate Cook, Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance Well before COVID-19, there were occasions when we all hosted meetings or offered workshops and inevitably there would be at least one person who could not physically attend but wanted to be included. Unfortunately, in many cases the default would be to send along notes ...
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DATE: December 17th, 2020
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This article was migrated from a previous version of the Knowledge Base. The date stamp does not reflect the original publication date. Overview Simulation offers the learning fields the ability to use rich models and visualizations to create interactive learning experiences. The ability of those experiences to explore the elements of time, space and scale, ...
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DATE: January 23rd, 2017
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Temple University's "Sisters in Science in the Community (SISCOM)" is a constructivist-based, inclusive youth/community project targeting underrepresented urban middle and high school girls in grades 6-10 and their families; it...
DATES: August 1st, 2004 - February 29th, 2008
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Temple University's "Sisters in Science in the Community (SISCOM)" is a constructivist-based, inclusive youth/community project targeting underrepresented urban middle and high school girls in grades 6-10 and their families; it...
DATES: March 1st, 2004 - November 30th, 2004
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The goal of the SISCOM program is to improve science achievement of economically disadvantaged middle school students in science, through the development, implementation, and dissemination of a replicable, model program...
DATE: January 1st, 2008
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This literature review raises questions about how scientific argumentation is taught in schools. Manz argues that argumentation needs to be situated in real scientific questions and practices and makes suggestions...
DATE: June 1st, 2015
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Educators have been increasingly interested in teaching mathematics in informal settings. However, there is little research on the actual learning outcomes of out-of-school mathematics instruction or the role of interest...
DATE: July 1st, 2015
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The purpose of this study was to investigate how situational interest of high school students was triggered during a field trip to an aquarium. Although the role of museums in...
DATE: March 1st, 2011
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The purpose of the study was to investigate how situational interest was triggered for high-school students on an aquarium field trip. Although actual learning was not itself measured in this...
DATE: August 1st, 2011
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This article will briefly present a few theses and reflections of mine on some perversions and disruptions under way in knowledge development and in science representation. Nevertheless, I will abstain...
DATE: December 21st, 2007
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The Austin Children's Museum will develop Sixteen Candles: Growing Up from 0 - 16. a 1500 sq. ft. interactive traveling exhibition the topic of human development. Visitors will be given...
DATES: May 1st, 1998 - April 30th, 2001
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Founded in 2008, The Inclusive Museum Research Network is brought together by a shared concern for the future role of the museum and how it can become more inclusive. We seek to build an epistemic community where we can make linkages across disciplinary, geographic, and cultural boundaries. As a Research Network, we are defined by our scope ...
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DATE: May 23rd, 2023
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This worksheet is used to help practitioners identify and rank skills in their citizen science programs in order to priortize them for evaluation or training.
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DATE: December 17th, 2021
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This worksheet helps practitioners break down over-arching skill-based outcomes in their citizen science project.
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DATE: December 17th, 2021
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This is the final evaluation report for the Skynet Junior Scholars Project from the External Evaluator, David Beer....
DATE: January 31st, 2016
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Informal learning opportunities are increasingly being recognized as important for youth participation in authentic experiences at the intersection of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) (Dorsen, Carlson, and Goodyear 2006)....
DATE: December 14th, 2016
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The Liberty Science Center, located across the Hudson River from the former World Trade Center, will develop, evaluate and install an 8,000 square foot, five-story permanent exhibition about the architectural...
DATES: September 10th, 2002 - August 31st, 2007
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The Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) will use $286,915, or 67% of a $430,373 total project budget, over three years to develop "SkyTellers," a space science and astronomy resource for...
DATES: September 1st, 2002 - August 31st, 2006
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The Cleveland Museum of Natural History will implement “SLAM Dunk,” a multidisciplinary initiative centered around Dunkleosteus terrelli, the largest predator and one of the fiercest creatures alive in the Devonian...
DATES: September 1st, 2021 - August 31st, 2024
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A PowerPoint slide presentation given by John Kania, Global Managing Director from FSG on collective impact at the June 3, 2015 National Science Foundation INCLUDES Achieving Scale for Inclusion in...
DATE: June 3rd, 2015
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Recent advances in touch screen technology have increased the prevalence of touch screens and have prompted a wave of new touch screen-based devices. However, touch screens are still largely inaccessible...
DATE: May 7th, 2011
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Public participation in decision-making has in the last decades become a common refrain in political and scientific discourse, yet it does not often truly come to fruition. The present study...
DATE: June 16th, 2014
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Small Matters is a science storytelling project developed in response to a National Science Foundation (NSF) supplemental funding opportunity designed to partner an existing NSF Center for Chemical Innovation with an informal science educator or organization (Award #1004570; funded via NSF Chemistry and AISL). I (Meisa Salaita, Director for Education & Outreach for the Center ...
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DATE: November 20th, 2015
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Small Matters is a scientific storytelling project in response to a supplemental funding opportunity designed to pair an NSF Center for Chemical Innovation with an Informal Science Education organization. Meisa...
DATES: September 30th, 2012 - October 31st, 2014
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The Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI), in collaboration with the Small Museum Research Collaborative (SMRC), proposes to create four small bilingual exhibitions in English and Spanish for a...
DATES: September 22nd, 2005 - June 30th, 2010