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This outreach project was born of tragic circumstances. The Gorkha earthquake of 2015 dealt a terrible blow to the central Himalayan nation of Nepal, killing more than 9,000 people. At the time of the earthquake, Diane LaMacchia and I, filmmakers with Earth Images Foundation, were well into post-production of an NSF-supported television documentary about the ... Read more

The Inclusive STEM Teaching Project, a NSF Improving Undergraduate STEM Education program, is hosting a six-week Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) from March 4 – April 26, 2024 via edX.  By participating in this course, you will learn how to: Advance your awareness, self-efficacy, and ability to cultivate inclusive classroom environments; Support your development as ... Read more

ISTELive is one of the world’s most comprehensive edtech events, attended by a global contingent of education leaders, teachers, coaches, librarians/media specialists and more.

As part of the Learning Value of Children’s Museums project, the Association of Children’s Museums and the Museology Graduate Program at the University of Washington are soliciting applications for an upcoming National Symposium. Symposium participants will actively engage in the shaping of a research agenda for the children’s museum field. On September 10-11 in Arlington, ... Read more

As part of their Sackler Colloquia Series, the National Academy of Sciences organized a two-day event on the “Science of Science Communication.” The Colloquium focused on surveying what state-of-the-art empirical social science research tells us about the communication dynamics shaping public engagement and understanding of science issues. Insights, perspectives, resources, and information shared during the ... Read more

Professional networks can provide a supportive, common framework for increasing capacity and development of informal science education (ISE) resources and professionals. In this Perspectives post, Selena Connealy, coordinator of the New Mexico Informal Science Education Network (NM ISE Net) describes how the network got started, what it is doing for its diverse ISE professional members ... Read more

Last month, the State Education and Environmental Roundtable (SEER), North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE), and National Wildlife Federation (NWF) sponsored a webinar on the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and environmental education. The webinar introduced the underlying principles of the NGSS and discussed how environmental educators—including those in informal environments—could be thinking about ... Read more

The NSF 2026 Idea Machine is a competition to inform the U.S. agenda for fundamental science, engineering, and STEM education research by proposing new “Big Ideas” for future investment by the National Science Foundation (NSF). Each of the four winning Big Ideas will receive a cash prize of $26,000 and its authors will be invited ... Read more

The People’s Science Fair, organized by Western Mass Science for the People, will showcase diverse efforts by Western Massachusetts residents to harness STEM for social, economic, racial, environmental, climate, and cultural justice. Participants will include campus-based researchers with justice-oriented projects, grassroots organizers whose work involves STEM knowledge, and student activists committed to building a just ... Read more

Open science has the potential to unlock a world of possibilities: spurring discovery and equitable innovation, bolstering public trust, democratizing access to research, and strengthening evidence-based decision making. These possibilities place open science at the heart of Biden-Harris Administration priorities – from curbing greenhouse gas emissions to reducing social inequalities to ending cancer as we ... Read more

Join the National Girls Collaborative Project (NGCP) to apply research-based collaboration strategies to enhance your science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) activities and programs. Collaboration enables professionals across programs and communities to generate and carry out creative solutions and strategies that maximize benefit beyond what one could accomplish alone, and research suggests that by creating ... Read more

The content below has been updated in the Project Planner Return to Developing Projects (2016) Planning for the life-cycle of a knowledge-building informal STEM education or science communication project starts with an innovative idea and proceeds through the dissemination of products, outcomes and findings for others to learn from. However, project development is often a non-linear ... Read more

This Spotlight was co-written by Doris Ash and Judith Lombana. One of the biggest challenges informal learning institutions [1] will face over the coming century is offering nuanced professional development designed to help educators work more collaboratively and flexibly with culturally and linguistically diverse learners. We (Judith Lomabana, at the Museum of Science and Industry, ... Read more

Join the REVISE Center for a dialogue on equity matters in informal STEM education (ISE)!

This article was migrated from a previous version of the Knowledge Base. The date stamp does not reflect the original publication date. Overview Informal science education organizations can play a key role in addressing the development and strengthening of 21st century skills with their wide variety of audiences, particularly youth. Findings from Research and Evaluation ... Read more

In February 2020, Dr. Remy Dou, assistant professor in the STEM Transformation Institution and Department of Teaching and Learning at Florida International University spoke with us about his research on science identity with a focus on Hispanic/Latine students and students from immigrant families. Dr. Dou is the Principal Investigator for the Talking Science research project supported by the ... Read more

The Importance of Sharing Early STEM Experiences with Children Ages 0-10 By Elizabeth Rood, Center for Childhood Creativity Developmental psychologists used to believe that young children were not capable of the kind of complex thinking needed to understand science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) concepts. Modern research conducted with children as young as a few ... Read more

Public school teachers are invited to be a part of a nationwide competition that empowers 6th-12th grade students to harness the power of STEM to address issues in their community and make STEM accessible to all. Throughout the competition, applicants will have a chance to win a share of $2 million in Samsung technology and ... Read more

The National Academy of Sciences is hosting its second Sackler Colloquium on the Science of Science Communication to offer scientists, communication practitioners, and opinion leaders the opportunity to discuss issues of mutual concern, share successes and ongoing questions, and fine-tune their understanding of how lessons from research can drive effective communication of science topics. The ... Read more

The Science Museum of Minnesota is seeking applications for the next cohort of the iPAGE Leadership Program: Addressing Equity and Inclusion in Informal STEM Institutions (ISIs). iPAGE brings together ISI professionals from across the United States and is dedicated to supporting diversity, promoting inclusion, increasing access, and achieving equity in the ISI sector. The program ... Read more

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The Story Collider is seeking Education and Research Director applicants with a passion for The Story Collider’s mission to reveal that science is a vibrant part of all of our lives through the art of personal storytelling. This is a newly created position. The Education and Research Director will supervise and manage The Story Collider’s ... Read more

The NSF FINDERS FOUNDRY program supports collaboration among K-12 educators, technologists, and researchers to develop innovative solutions to persistent challenges in learning and workforce development.

Supports research and development to advance STEM teaching and learning in K-12 formal and informal settings, leveraging AI and emerging technologies to build knowledge, create tools and strengthen the U.S. STEM education and workforce. Synopsis The NSF STEM K-12 program in the Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings (DRL) in the ... Read more

Supports use-inspired research, translational activities and partnerships that turn scientific discoveries into real-world solutions. Researchers can gain market insights, launch commercial applications and/or facilitate industry adoption. Synopsis The U.S. NSF Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships (NSF TIP) partners across sectors to advance three primary focus areas – accelerating technology translation and development, fostering regional ... Read more