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Informal Education with Arachnids Year 2

July 1, 2014 | Public Programs, Informal/Formal Connections
The data collection for this project involved three audiences: (1) a post-event survey completed by participants at the 'Eight-Legged Encounters' event, (2) a club experience survey completed by middle school students in an after-school club, and (3) focus groups, observations, and end-of-course evaluations conducted with students in the BIOS 497/897 'Communicating Science through Outreach' seminar class at the University of Lincoln, Nebraska. Year two data collection was completed from September 2013 - March 2014. Appendix includes survey.

TEAM MEMBERS

  • University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Contributor
  • 2015 01 06 Eileen 2015   Beach adjusted
    Principal Investigator
    University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  • Citation

    Funders

    NSF
    Award Number: 1241482
    Funding Amount: 150000.00
    Resource Type: Survey | Evaluation Reports
    Discipline: Art, music, and theater | Education and learning science | General STEM | Life science
    Audience: Families | Parents/Caregivers | Pre-K Children (0-5) | Elementary School Children (6-10) | Middle School Children (11-13) | Youth/Teen (up to 17) | Museum/ISE Professionals | Evaluators
    Environment Type: Public Programs | Afterschool Programs | Community Outreach Programs | Museum and Science Center Programs | Informal/Formal Connections | K-12 Programs | Higher Education Programs

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