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The next National Science Foundation Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) proposal deadline is November 14, 2014. In a session at October’s 2014 Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC) annual conference, Program Directors from AISL presented guidelines and tips for submitting competitive proposals to the program. The slides from that presentation are available on InformalScience.org. The presentation ... Read more

The staff, co-principal investigators and advisors of CAISE wish you and your families and friends a restful and restorative holiday season. And for those of you who will be taking a break from the festivities to work on your NSF Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) proposal, due on January 14th, 2014, a reminder that CAISE ... Read more

On August 20-22, 2014, CAISE hosted the fourth biennial Principal Investigators (PI) Meeting for the National Science Foundation (NSF) Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program (formerly the Informal Science Education, or ISE, program). Documentation from the meeting will be shared with the field over the coming months. To get that process started, CAISE has compiled ... Read more

Rethinking Schools has a Science Submissions Committee, made up of science teachers and teacher educators who are working with us to strengthen Rethinking Schools‘ coverage of science issues. They put out one call last year and are issuing another.   The committee writes:  “Rethinking Schools needs more articles that focus on science. We are looking for submissions ... Read more

Authors and affiliations Rebecca Cors, Wisconsin Center for Education Research Christine Bell, Wisconsin Center for Education Research Introduction Many education program managers use traditional pretest-posttest (TPT) surveys to evaluate how people’s attitudes, awareness, and behaviors changed after they experience an interactive exhibit. However, surveying visitors both before and after they interact with an exhibit can ... Read more

Are you interested in serving as reviewer of the applications for the U.S. Dept. of Education’s SEED program (teacher PD funding). Margo Anderson reached out regarding her need for more reviewers of the SEED competition ASAP and other competitions that are forthcoming https://www2.ed.gov/programs/edseed/index.html. People with a background in STEM are encouraged to apply..   The Department is ... Read more

Resources » Project Planner Overview Get Oriented Understand the Field Learn from Practice and Research Review the Literature Build Partnerships Develop Equitable Partnerships Collaborate with Community Partner with STEM Practitioners and Researchers Find Project Partners See Examples Read Project Stories Watch Project Videos What do we know about learning and engagement in ISE and SciComm ... Read more

From December 2014 to December 2015, InformalScience.org featured ISE-University partnerships, and the growing connections between formal and informal STEM learning communities. In the following blog posts, some common themes emerged from the thoughts and experiences of the authors although the collaborations and projects are distinct: the mutually beneficial relationships, informal STEM settings as a natural ... Read more

Lisette Torres-Gerald provides her thoughts on the 2023 Critical Race Studies in Education Association (CRSEA) Conference, held on October 26th-27th, 2023. Conference Background and Theme Critical Race Studies in Education Association (CRSEA) hosted a conference attended mostly by K-12 educators, teacher educators, lawyers, and community-based organizations, especially those that work with youth of color. All attendees ... Read more

Attend this REVISE informational webinar to learn about AI and what its presence can mean in informal STEM education.

The REVISE center is seeking an innovative and intuitive Center Manager and an experienced Content & Communications Coordinator. Learn more and apply. The REVISE Center, hosted by TERC, is seeking an innovative and intuitive Center Manager knowledgeable in the field of informal STEM education to provide administrative management. They will work at 100%-Full-Time Equivalent (FTE). and The ... Read more

About REVISE Our Mission Our Vision About Our Logo Contact Us Our Mission The Reimagining Equity and Values in Informal STEM Education (REVISE) Center inspires and transforms the informal STEM education space by: Continually challenging the ISE community to center equity in their practice Collaborating, convening, and connecting people to accessible stories and resources (that ... Read more

REVISE newsletters about the informal sciences community

In December 2023, the REVISE Center hosted the biennial AISL Awardee Meeting in Arlington, Virginia. The 3-day event convened projects funded by the NSF AISL program to share goals, processes, progress, challenges, and opportunities of their work. The event marked a pivotal moment not only for our team but, we believe, for all in attendance, ... Read more

About REVISE Our Mission Our Vision About Our Logo Contact Us Our Vision The REVISE Center aims to disrupt conventions and institutional barriers to transforming physical and digital ISE environments. We align our equity framework with the work of those devoted to social justice in STEM education educational spaces (Rose, 2020; Adams, 2020; Sonnie & ... Read more

About REVISE: REVISE-ing the Conversation Webinar IRB Basics in Informal STEM Education Introducing the New InformalScience.org! Equity and AI in Informal STEM Learning Access is Love: Showing Who is Valued via Accessible Presentations We welcome you to explore our REVISE-led webinars that cover a variety of topics for the Informal STEM Education community. You can ... Read more

In this conversation, we will share the journey our diverse team has taken in exploring and arriving at the REVISE mission and values including our desire to implement a shared vision for equity in Informal STEM Education (ISE). We will provide relevant REVISE Center and ISE community updates and information pertaining to the transition of ... Read more

In our “REVISE-in the Conversation” webinar, the REVISE team aims to revise the conversation about informal sciences by centering equity and the voices of those in the informal sciences field who have been historically excluded, marginalized, and negatively impacted.

This Knowledge Base article was written collaboratively with contributions from Scott Pattison and Elsa Bailey. This article was migrated from an older version of InformalScience.org. The datestamp does not reflect the actual publication date. Overview  Parents and other primary caregivers are among the most influential factors in young children’s learning and development (Institute of Medicine & National Research ... Read more

The second Sackler Colloquium on the Science of Science Communication, which took place in September 2013, was both webcast and recorded. Panels and talks have now been posted on the Sackler Colloquia YouTube channel. For more information about the Colloquium, including a list of speakers and session titles, visit the National Academies website, or learn ... Read more

This article was co-authored by David Ucko and Jamie Bell. “It’s when the consensus reports come out that the work begins.”- Dominique Broussard, University of Wisconsin, Madison   This third National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Sackler Colloquium highlighted current issues in the “science of science communication” through presentations by social science researchers, media representatives, and ... Read more

The largest multidisciplinary and multicultural STEM diversity event in the country,  the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science’s (SACNAS) premier conference is a gathering which serves to equip, empower, and energize participants for their academic and professional paths in STEM. Over the course of the event, college-level through professional attendees ... Read more

The 2014 Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) PI Meeting will take place August 20-22 at the Marriott Wardman Park in Washington, DC. Details are forthcoming. For information about past PI Meetings and Summits, visit InformalScience.org.

The 2014 Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) PI Meeting will take place August 21-22 in Washington, DC, with optional technical assistance sessions on August 20. The meeting will take place at the Marriott Wardman Park in Washington, DC. Registration will open later this spring (including a link to make discounted room reservations at the meeting ... Read more

Join PIs, educators, scientists, policymakers, learning researchers, and youth from Sept. 3rd – 5th for the Indigenous Worldviews in Informal Science Education (I-WISE): Integration, Synthesis, and Opportunity conference in Albuquerque, NM. This event will advance research at the convergent margin of Native and Western science in the field of informal STEM learning. Funded by the ... Read more