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This guide to partnering with researchers and scientists is designed for the U.S. science museum community, and was produced by the Strategic Projects Group at the Museum of Science, Boston,...

The Discovery Center, operated by the United States Space Foundation, will partner with the Pikes Peak Library District to implement Small Steps, Giant Leap: STEM Adventures for Little Space Explorers,...

The National Science Foundation is requesting proposals for Smart and Connected Communities (S&CC). Program proposals are accepted anytime until April 1, 2024.   Available Formats: HTML: https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2022/nsf22529/nsf22529.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_27&WT.mc_ev=click PDF: https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2022/nsf22529/nsf22529.pdf?WT.mc_id=USNSF_27&WT.mc_ev=click Document Number: nsf22529   Program Title: Smart and Connected Communities (S&CC) Synopsis of Program: Communities in the United States (US) and around the world are entering ... Read more

The Department’s Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) will be hosting the Smart Beginnings 2024 webinar series August 27 – 29, 2024. The webinars will provide participants with the opportunity to learn about resources for supporting children with disabilities as we head into a new learning year. Smart Beginnings is a three-day virtual mini-conference designed ... Read more

Girls Inc. will develop a national model summer program for girls aged 12 to 16 to encourage their interest in science, their enrollment in science courses in high school, and...

The New York City Board of Education Community School District #18 requests $862,790 to design a Parent Involvement in Science, Mathematics, and Technology Program. The program is designed to stimulate...

Museums and similar informal learning settings offer opportunities for children and families to learn together in an engaging way. Current exhibits rely mainly on parents, teachers, signage, and staff in...

This exploratory learning research and design project will study how to use emerging technologies to help document practices in maker-based learning experiences. Despite its established potential for consolidating learning and...

Join online or in person from July 18-20, 2023 for the free, three-day Smithsonian National Education Summit. This annual education conference offers in-person workshops at the Smithsonian in Washington D.C., as well as online-specific sessions, so participants can choose the format that best suits their needs.  PreK-12 educators, librarians, media specialists, and policymakers nationwide are ... Read more

This evaluation examines the Science Museum of Minnesota's (SMM) Science Live Theater (SLT) program's impact on members. The Science Live Theater Department was interested in understanding how the theatrical productions...

With snow providing water for about 2 billion people worldwide and playing a major role in the Earth's climate through its high albedo and insulation properties, on-going alterations in global...

A unique afterschool class in making comic strips and comic books, taught by a professional comic artist, encourages both literacy development and identity development in adolescent participants....

Scientists can reap personal rewards through collaborations with science and natural history museums, zoos, botanical gardens, aquaria, parks, and nature preserves, and, while doing so, help to advance science literacy...

This paper reports on a study that employed metacognition and social cognition theoretical frameworks to explore and interpret students' views of their cognitive roles and the nature of the mechanisms...

In this article, Jacksonville State University's Stephen Bitgood outlines variables that influence social learning in museums. Bitgood identifies group variables, which include those that originate from the quality or number...

In this paper, Pat Sterry of the University of Salford (UK) discusses the potential of family group research and the need to establish a research program in a variety of...

This Knowledge Base article was written collaboratively with contributions from Kris Morrissey, Carlyn Buckler and Effrosyni Nomikou. This article was migrated from a previous version of the Knowledge Base. The date stamp does not reflect the original publication date. Overview  As a field, science museums and other ISE forums are exploring and defining their place ... Read more

Ideas from social justice can help us understand how equity issues are woven through out-of-school science learning practices. In this paper, I outline how social justice theories, in combination with...

We cannot take access to equitable out‐of‐school science learning for granted. Data compiled in 2012 show that between a fifth (22% in Brazil) and half (52% in China and the...

This article reviews how group variables (social interactions) play a role in museum learning as well as how exhibit variables influence group learning. Exhibit developers are encouraged to incorporate these...

Background: Some STEM outreach programs connect students to real-world problems and challenge them to work towards solutions. Research shows one-third of children between ages 5-17 in the U.S. are...

The intent of this project is to use social network methods to study networks of afterschool and informal science stakeholders. It would attempt to create knowledge that improves afterschool programs...

The online world constitutes an ever-expanding store and incubator for scientific information. It is also a social space where forms of creative interaction engender new ways of approaching science. Critically,...

In this book, Brian G. Southwell discusses how disparities in information-sharing arise and what can be done to alleviate them. In all sorts of ways and for all sorts of...

Man, by his very nature, puts things between himself and the environment, turning the latter into a place, a space. He arranges the environment around him on multiple levels, by...