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resource research Public Programs
This poster was presented as part of the 2019 AISL PI Meeting. In this project, the New York Hall of Science, in collaboration with the Amazeum (Bentonville, AR), the Tech (San Jose, CA), and the Creativity Labs (Indiana University), is conducting a design-based research study to develop evidence-based guidance about how museums can use narratives to create more equitable and effective engineering experiences for girls. Through iterative activity development, the project team is exploring ways of using narrative elements (such as characters, settings, and problem frames) to communicate a story
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TEAM MEMBERS: Dorothy Bennett Susan Letourneau Katherine Culp
resource evaluation Public Programs
The National Federation of the Blind (NFB), in partnership with scholars from Utah State University and educators from the Science Museum of Minnesota (SMM), has developed the Spatial Ability and Blind Engineering Research (SABER) project to assess and improve the spatial ability of blind teens in order to broaden the participation of blind students in STEM fields. Activities began this summer (2018) with a week-long, residential engineering design program for thirty blind high school students at NFB headquarters in Baltimore. The evaluation focused on perceptions of process and measures of
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resource research Public Programs
This poster was presented at the 2019 AISL PI Meeting in Washington, DC. It provides an overview of a project designed to broaden participation of blind students in engineering fields through the development of spatial ability skills and the showcasing of nonvisually accessible teaching methods and techniques.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Seth Lamkin Anil Lewis Wade Goodridge Natalie Shaheen Mary Ann Wojton Ann Cunningham Peter Anderson
resource evaluation Professional Development, Conferences, and Networks
The STAR Library Network Phase 2 (STAR Net) brings inquiry-based STEM learning experiences to public libraries through six traveling exhibits, training for library staff and associated programming for library patrons, and a virtual community of practice for library staff and others interested in bringing STEM programming to libraries. In 2014, the National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a four-year grant to the Space Science Institute’s (SSI) National Center for Interactive Learning (NCIL) and its partners—the American Library Association (ALA), the Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI), the
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TEAM MEMBERS: Ginger Fitzhugh Sarah Armstrong Sheila Rodriguez Vicky Coulon
resource evaluation Professional Development, Conferences, and Networks
The STAR Library Network Phase 2 (STAR Net) brings inquiry-based STEM learning experiences to public libraries through six traveling exhibits, training for library staff and associated programming for library patrons, and a virtual community of practice for library staff and others interested in bringing STEM programming to libraries. In 2014, the National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a four-year grant to the Space Science Institute’s (SSI) National Center for Interactive Learning (NCIL) and its partners—the American Library Association (ALA), the Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI), the
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TEAM MEMBERS: Ginger Fitzhugh Sarah Armstrong Sheila Rodriguez Vicky Coulon
resource research Media and Technology
By using widely-available technologies, this project brings fully online instructional coaching in STEM to out-of-school educators who live too remotely to attend ongoing in-person workshops.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Sue Allen Perrin Chick Scott Byrd Alexandria Brasili Liv Detrick Lynn Farrin Hannah Lakin
resource research Public Programs
The aim of this project is to build capacity among institutions of informal science education (ISE) to design co-created public engagement with science (CCPES) activities in partnership with civic, community, and scientist partners.
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resource research Public Programs
We hired 1-3 residents of rural communities to serve as STEM Guides”, connecting youth to informal STEM experiences.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Sue Allen Jan Mokros Jennifer Atkinson Scott Byrd Kate Kastelein
resource research Professional Development, Conferences, and Networks
The 60 million people who live in rural settings are often overlooked as a significantly underrepresented STEM audience. In Sept 2018, a small invited conference brought together innovators and experts in rural STEM learning outside of school, to share lessons learned and plan next steps.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Sue Allen Janice Mokros Tom Keller
resource research Public Programs
What if researchers and interpreters had a better way of eliciting, supporting and extending the interests that visitors bring with them to the park? This poster describing the iSWOOP project was presented at the 2019 NSF AISL Principal Investigators Meeting.
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resource research Public Programs
In partnership with the Digital NEST, students engage in near to peer learning with a technical tool for the benefit of a nonprofit that tackles issues the youth are passionate about. Youth build first from an 'internal’ Impactathon, to planning and developing an additional Impactathon for a local partner and then traveling to another partner elsewhere in the state. Participants range from 14 to 24 from UC Santa Cruz students to middle schoolers from Watsonville and Salinas. This poster was presented at the 2019 AISL Principal Investigators Meeting.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Amber Holguin
resource research Informal/Formal Connections
In the face of geographic isolation & turnover, how can informal STEM programs maintain community to change rural school culture? This poster was presented at the 2019 NSF AISL PI Meeting.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Susan Assouline Lori Ihrig Duhita Mahatmya