PROFILE About informal science Projects NSF AYS Learning and Youth Research and Evaluation Center (LYREC) Hotspot California: Bringing Dioramas to Life Through Community Voices Informal Learning and Science in Afterschool: A Research and Dissemination Project Dimensions of Success (DoS) Observation Tool: Emerging Research- Empirical- Development of an Observation Tool for the Informal Science Field: Refinement, Field-testing and Establishment of Psychometric Properties Research Examining the Impact of Afterschool STEM Programs The Quest for Quality in Afterschool Science: The Development and Application of a New Tool The Four Cs of Afterschool Programming A New Case Method for a New Field Informal Science Learning in Afterschool Settings: A Natural Fit? Game-Changers and the Assessment Predicament in Afterschool Science Development of the Dimensions of Success (DoS) Observation Tool for the Out of School Time STEM Field: Refinement, Field-testing and Establishment of Psychometric Properties Evaluation Collection of Evaluation Reports: Energy Explorers Exhibition Development Informal Learning and Science Afterschool (ILSA) survey data