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Earlier this year, the Public Radio Exchange (PRX) received funding from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to produce a series of original, creative radio stories on STEM topics that would educate and excite listeners. Story topics include trends in science education, developments in forensic and space engineering, science history, and many more. Read all of ... Read more

Last fall, Culture Kettle (a new nonprofit that explores innovation in the cultural sector), the Program in Science, Technology & Society at MIT, and the MIT Museum convened a two-day workshop as part of their Evolving Culture of Science Engagement Initiative. The Initiative explores a new wave of public science engagement activity that is blurring ... Read more

A new report from the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine entitled “Science Literacy: Concepts, Contexts, and Consequences” provides new insight into science literacy on a community level. “Historically, assessments of science literacy have focused on individuals, but we see now that communities can engage in science and produce scientific knowledge in a ... Read more

Richard Hudson of Twin Cities Public Television reports out on how 2014 AISL PI Meeting participants are using technology to support informal STEM learning. The use of digital media, particularly smartphones, continues its explosive growth, becoming an ever more important opportunity for STEM learning. A new report from comScore, a digital analytics firm, describes the ... Read more

Several reports released over the past month have data, perspectives and field-wide implications of interest for science education, communication and engagement. All three are now available on InformalScience.org. These include a report from the Center for Innovative Research on Cyberlearning (CIRCLCenter), the RAND Corporation, and the Pew Research Center. Cyberlearning Community Report: The State of Cyberlearning ... Read more

Research and Practice Collaboratory has launched a new website and we invite you to visit, sign up for the forthcoming newsletter, comment on useful resources, and send early feedback through the site’s contact link. The Research+Practice Collaboratory is an NSF-funded project funded to address the challenging gap between research and practice in STEM education across ... Read more

After three years of NSF-funded research on staff-facilitated family learning in museums, the REVEAL project team (http://www.informalscience.org/research-researching-value-educator-actions-learning-reveal) has released a new website with resources for museum educators, managers, and researchers: http://REVEAL.TERC.edu. The site is designed especially for those interested in museum educator professional development, family learning at interactive exhibits, and informal math education. All of the ... Read more

Come hang out with the Teen Science Cafe Network (TSCN) staff and other TSCN Members in this FREE webinar about marketing for your café program.  This webinar will provide you with marketing strategies and resources to reach new teen audiences for your Teen Science Café. Topics include creating a simple marketing plan, messaging to teen ... Read more

This month, PLOS Biology published an article by Kalie Sacco, Jamie Bell, and John Falk of CAISE. PLOS Biology is an open-access, peer-reviewed journal published by the nonprofit organization PLOS. The article, “Informal Science Education: Lifelong, Life-Wide, Life-Deep”, describes the range of learning opportunities in out-of-school environments and how scientists can work with informal learning ... Read more

The Journal of Research in STEM Education is a new journal that will facilitate the sharing of new ideas among science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) researchers, practitioners, and policymakers. In addition to original research articles, J-STEM will feature articles on innovative pedagogies developed by both formal and informal educators. This international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal ... Read more

This Knowledge Base article was written collaboratively with contributions from Molly Mandeltort, Claire Pillsbury and Jenny East. This article was migrated from a previous version of the Knowledge Base. The date stamp does not reflect the original publication date. Overview  New technology “affords new routes to interpretation, engagement and participation with an exhibit” (Jewitt 2012). New technologies that are ... Read more

Selected project descriptions from the Department of Education’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program are now available on InformalScience.org. The U.S. Department of Education’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, operated out of its research arm, the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), provides up to $1,050,000 in funding to small businesses and partners for research ... Read more

As part of the UK “Science for All” deliberations, the Science and the Media expert group have released Science and the Media: Securing the Future. This report outlines a number of actions and recommendations which, taken together, will: support the accurate reporting of science through a range of new training initiatives for journalists, press officers ... Read more

The New York Hall of Science (NYSCI) is seeking applicants for a two-year Postdoctoral Fellowship in informal STEM learning funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) (grant no. 2329473). The ideal candidate is a researcher with prior experience in learning sciences, family learning, and/or informal STEM education who is interested in developing skills in collaborative ... Read more

  The New York Hall of Science (NYSCI) is seeking a Research Manager to support the cross-departmental collaborations involved in NYSCI’s innovative research and development work. The Research Manager will work closely with the Director of Creative Pedagogy to plan, coordinate, and document the development, design, testing, and implementation of new NYSCI educational assets focused ... Read more

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This article was co-written by Emlyn Koster, Director of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences and Adjunct Professor at North Carolina State University (NCSU), and Jason Cryan, Deputy Museum Director for Research and Collections at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences and Adjunct Professor at NCSU. Collections-based museums of nature and science [1], ... Read more

For the past several years, one of CAISE’s initiatives has been to explore how our resources can better support scientists and STEM-based professionals who wish to interact with the informal science education (ISE) field to engage the public, communicate their research, and develop educational and outreach activities. With the renewal of CAISE’s cooperative agreement with ... Read more

Dear Colleagues, We hope you found the CAISE Media Convening a productive and worthwhile use of your time. We certainly did, and wanted to thank each one of you for your participation and contributions to the discussion. Topics clearly surfaced included a desire to learn more about each-other’s projects, finding ways to think more deeply ... Read more

Learn more about how the National Institutes of Health (NIH) plans to change how its research applications are scored to reduce bias and the burden on reviewers in a new article.

The National Informal STEM Education Network (NISE Net) is pleased to offer 250 free Explore Science: Earth & Space 2018 toolkits to new and existing eligible partners in the United States. In collaboration with NASA, the NISE Network has assembled a new set of engaging, hands-on Earth and space science experiences with connections to science, technology, and ... Read more

Since 2005, the Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network (NISE Net) has been established as a leading network of resources for communicating nanoscale science and engineering to the public through over 100 formal and informal learning institutions, including science centers and universities. A video called “A Mini Lesson: How Small is a Nanometer,” produced by NISE ... Read more

Descriptions of projects funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are now searchable on InformalScience.org. In order to browse NOAA projects, open up the Advanced Search option on the search box on the home page. Then go to the Funding menu and select NOAA.

The conference draws inspiration from Pittsburgh’s iconic bridges, celebrating their symbolic significance while embracing our theme of “Building Bridges” to address challenges in the environmental education landscape. In a world grappling with complex environmental and social issues, ranging from climate change to injustice, collaboration and understanding are more crucial than ever. NAAEE seeks to spotlight ... Read more

The North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) 2023 virtual conference will focus on the importance of collaboration, creativity, and crossing boundaries to address the environmental and social issues we face. None of us can tackle these issues alone and need stronger collaborations, more diverse partnerships, and insights from people with varying backgrounds, perspectives, and ... Read more