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The World Biotech Tour was a three-year initiative supported by the Biogen Foundation and managed by the Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC). The project was designed to promote a greater understanding of biotechnology through science center and museum programming and provided insights on the resources required and challenges encountered when implementing a year-long, multi-country program in informal science environments.  ... Read more

It’s hard to believe it’s been nearly a month since the meeting, so our apologies for the delayed post! In between vacation and other work, we thought it might be helpful to recount the three action areas identified during the final session, and in particular the diverse questions participants raised to help inform next steps. ... Read more

The Events Page includes ongoing and upcoming REVISE events, NSF AISL events, and field-wide events from the Informal STEM Education community. Have an event or opportunity you would like to include here? Contact us. We are interested in conferences, workshops, and other events; grant opportunities from public or private funders; calls for journal papers, particularly ... Read more

The Association of Science Communicators (ASC) seeks an Executive Director with experience in the non-profit sector to oversee all strategic, programmatic, financial, and management functions, including leading fundraising efforts and overseeing our programs and initiatives. You will work closely with the Executive Board and volunteer teams to implement the ASC mission and work to expand ... Read more

Paul Orselli is President and Chief Instigator at Paul Orselli Workshop. He writes extensively about museum exhibit design and development on his blog, ExhibiTricks. We recently interviewed him on the intersections of informal STEM learning, science communication, and museum exhibits.  [CAISE] What role does/can exhibit design play in communicating science? [PO] Good exhibit design can be both intuitive ... Read more

The Exhibit Designs for Girls’ Engagement (EDGE) project is a three-year Exploratorium-run NSF-funded research study that aims to identify the most important design attributes for engaging girls at STEM exhibits. The study identified nearly 100 exhibit design attributes that had the potential for better engaging girls. To test those 100 attributes and their relationship to ... Read more

Through this new initiative, the Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR) and the newly established Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships (TIP) seek to support experiential learning opportunities for individuals from diverse professional and educational backgrounds that will increase access to, and interest in, career pathways in emerging technology fields (e.g., advanced manufacturing, advanced wireless, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, quantum information science, semiconductors, and microelectronics). As NSF seeks to support the ... Read more

Bethany Brookshire is a science education writer for ScienceNews. She is the guest editor of The Open Laboratory Anthology of Science Blogging, 2009, and the winner of the Society for Neuroscience Next Generation Award and the Three Quarks Daily Science Writing Award, among others. She blogs at Eureka! Lab and at Scicurious. You can follow ... Read more

The Exploratorium has partnered with Coursera, a leading Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) provider to offer professional development courses for teachers all over the world, free of charge. The Exploratorium will be offering online courses to support teachers’ integration of its inquiry-based, hands-on approach to learning into the classroom. The Exploratorium, along with the American ... Read more

The Reimagining Equity and Values in Informal STEM Education (REVISE) Center is a resource center for the National Science Foundation (NSF) Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program and is supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) award DRL-2229061. REVISE is a collaborative effort to advance equity across the informal STEM education field. Explore the various ... Read more

Delve into the beautiful phenomenon of the Northern and Southern Lights! NASA@ My Library/STAR Net is joined by Dr. Elizabeth MacDonald and Laura Edson of Aurorasaurus: a participatory science project that uses web reports to map auroras. Learn more about aurora science, get an introduction to the Aurorasaurus project, create your own aurora chalk art, ... Read more

The National Girls' Collaborative Project hosted a webinar that brings together experts and thought leaders at the forefront of AI research and application, to discuss how we can ensure that AI technologies benefit all members of society equally.

As Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to shape various aspects of society, the National Girls Collaborative Project (NGCP) believes it is imperative that we address the challenges of fairness, bias, and inclusivity. Join them for an interactive webinar to learn more about what AI is and what issues of equity they want to address. Learn more ... Read more

As Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to shape various aspects of society, it is imperative to address the challenges of fairness, bias, and inclusivity. Join the National Girls Collaborative Project (NGCP) for this interactive webinar to learn more about what AI is and what issues of equity they are working to address. This webinar will bring ... Read more

Community engagement is an important context for effectively communicating about health and science. The Standing Committee on Advancing Science Communication is hosting a public webinar to share insights from research, practice, and community experts on principles and practices for ethical science communication when engaging communities. Featured discussions will address:  What are principles and core elements of ethical and effective science communication and engagement in the ... Read more

The Visitor Studies Association, a professional organization dedicated to understanding and enhancing learning experiences in informal settings through research, evaluation, and dialogue, recently convened in Detroit for its annual conference. The meeting drew attendees from large and small organizations across the United States, as well as over one dozen international attendees. Many professional researchers and ... Read more

Facilitate the Conversation!: The Fourth Annual STEM for All Video Showcase will be running from May 14 to May 21, 2018. If you are not among the 30+ Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL)-funded project presenters this year and would like to facilitate collegial discourse on the submitted videos, please let us know by sending an ... Read more

In my last post, I described the idea of an “exempt” project, that is, one that an IRB has determined does not require ongoing oversight. This post has two parts. The first contains suggestions for designing your project so that it is more likely to be exempt by minimizing risk to participants. Within the limits ... Read more

Proposals for the Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program are due July 27, 2022. Read the Dear Colleague Letter. There is list of all the programs PIs can apply to this year, as a reference. See past AISL CAREER awards Email EHR in CAREER: ehrcareer@nsf.gov   Synopsis CAREER: The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is a Foundation-wide ... Read more

Young Voices of Science (YVoS) is a free science communication training program designed to prepare and empower science scholars to share their knowledge, concerns, and hopes for the future with the wider world. The program provides participants with a launch pad for public engagement, early in their scientific careers.    What: FREE science communication training and real ... Read more

This Knowledge Base article was written collaboratively with contributions from Scott Pattison and CAISE Admin. This article was migrated from a previous version of the Knowledge Base. The date stamp does not reflect the original publication date. Overview  Museums recognize the importance of the caregiver who accompanies a child to a science center or another type of museum. As a ... Read more

Read blogs, reports, and other news from the informal STEM Education community

We are excited to share the blogs, reports, and other news from the Informal STEM Education community! View recently published reports and blogs. “Science Festival” may not mean what we think it means: an analysis of how researchers and practitioners use this term The modern science festival movement has grown significantly since the Edinburgh International ... Read more

We are excited to share the blogs, reports, and other news from the Informal STEM Education community! View recently published reports and blogs. The State of Girls in STEM: A Conversation to Plan Action National Girls Collaborative Project (NGCP) The National Girls Collaborative Project (NGCP) held a national convening on Tuesday, September 26, 2023, at ... Read more

This April the federal government launched CitizenScience.gov, a new official government website designed to accelerate the use of crowdsourcing and citizen science across the U.S. government. The site provides a portal to three key assets for federal practitioners: a searchable catalog of federally supported citizen science projects, a toolkit to assist with designing and maintaining projects, and a gateway ... Read more