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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

The STEMM Opportunity Alliance (SOA) and their host, Micron Technology, are pleased to invite you to the NW STEMM Summit – Achieving Equity and Excellence. The Summit will bring together federal decision makers with STEM leaders from industry, state-level STEMM agencies, higher education institutions, education organizations, research institutions, and more. The Summit will provide participants ... Read more

The U.S. Department of Education (ED) and National Science Foundation (NSF) have released a report called the Common Guidelines for Education Research and Development. The Common Guidelines grew out of a Joint Committee of ED and NSF to establish cross-agency guidelines for improving the quality, coherence, and pace of knowledge development in STEM education. The ... Read more

The paper, Going Deep: Supporting Collaborative Exploration of Evolution in Natural History Museums, a product of the NSF AISL project Life on Earth, was chosen as the Best Design Paper at the 10th International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning this past June in Madison, Wisconsin. The authors provide an analysis of pairs of children ... Read more

The solicitation for the National Science Foundation (NSF) Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) Program is now available. From NSF: The Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program seeks to advance new approaches to and evidence-based understanding of the design and development of STEM learning opportunities for the public in informal environments; provide multiple pathways for broadening ... Read more

The National Science Foundation Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program solicitation is currently being revised for 2014 and will provide a deadline for full proposals; however, it will not include a deadline or any requirements relating to Preliminary Proposals or Letters of Intent as it has over past years. For more information see: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504793&org=DRL&from=home .