PROFILE Heather Toomey Zimmerman Associate Professor of Education Learning, Design and Technology program at Penn State University About informal science Projects Transforming Outdoor Places into Learning Spaces Research Tree Investigators: Supporting families' scientific talk in an arboretum with mobile computers Using Family Prompts to Support Families’ Sensemaking and Science Connections in a Water Quality Workshop Prior Experiences Shaping Family Science Conversations at a Nature Center Building Capacity for Research at the Intersection of the Learning Sciences and Informal Science Education: Perspectives on Design, Facilitation, and Learning in Out-of-School Time Informal STEM Learning: A Roadmap for Research and Practice Distributed Expertise in a Science Center Family sense-making practices in science center conversations
