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resource research Professional Development, Conferences, and Networks
This report presents the findings of a two-day invitational workshop held at MIT on September 23–24, 2013 as part of the Evolving Culture of Science Engagement Initiative, an ongoing collaboration between a new nonprofit organization, Culture Kettle, and several MIT departments led by the Program in Science, Technology & Society and the MIT Museum. The initiative explores a new wave of public science engagement activity that appears to be dissolving the once-bright line between science and popular culture.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Peter Linett David Kaiser John Durant Thomas Levenson Ben Wiehe
resource research Media and Technology
In 1831 Michael Faraday built a small generator that produced electricity, but a generation passed before an industrial version was built, then another 25 years before all the necessary accoutrements for electrification came into place—power companies, neighborhood wiring, appliances (like light bulbs) that required electricity, and so on. But when that infrastructure finally took hold, everything changed—homes, work places, transportation, entertainment, architecture, what we ate, even when we went to bed. Worldwide, electricity became a transformative medium for social practices. In quite
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TEAM MEMBERS: John Seely Brown
resource research Media and Technology
This poster was presented at the 2014 AISL PI Meeting held in Washington, DC. It discusses the second season of SciGirls, a multimedia project designed to encourage and empower more girls to pursue careers in STEM.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Twin Cities Public Television Rita Karl
resource research Public Programs
This poster was presented at the 2014 AISL PI Meeting in Washington, DC. It discusses a project that connects rural, underserved youth and families in Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho to STEM concepts important in sustainable building design.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Palouse Discovery Science Center Kathleen Ryan Christine Bervan Kathy Dawes Patty McNamara
resource research Professional Development, Conferences, and Networks
This poster was presented at the 2014 AISL PI Meeting in Washington, DC. It describes a project designed to increase informal learning opportunities for blind youth in STEM.
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TEAM MEMBERS: National Federation of the Blind Mark Riccobono
resource research Public Programs
This poster was presented at the 2014 AISL PI Meeting held in Washington, DC. It describes a project created to design, develop, implement, research, and evaluate a cyberlaboratory in a museum setting.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Oregon State University Shawn Rowe
resource research Exhibitions
This poster was presented at the 2014 AISL PI Meeting in Washington, DC. STAR Library Education Network (STAR_Net) is a national program led by the Space Science Institute’s National Center for Interactive Learning (NCIL). STAR stands for Science-Technology Activities and Resources (www.starnetlibraries.org). Core partners include the American Library Association, Lunar and Planetary Institute, and the National Girls Collaborative Project. Other partners include the National Academy of Engineering, Engineers Without Borders-USA, IEEE-USA, the National Renewable Energy Lab, American Geophysical
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TEAM MEMBERS: SPACE SCIENCE INSTITUTE/National Center for Interactive Learning Paul Dusenbery
resource research Media and Technology
This poster was presented at the 2014 AISL PI Meeting in Washington, DC. It describes the first year partnership to design and implement a social networking platform and digital badges with two science center programs.
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TEAM MEMBERS: University of Washington Carrie Tzou Theresa Horstman
resource research Public Programs
This poster shows the development of the project Scientists for Tomorrow during the three years of its implementation: two first years under the full funding of the NSF and the third year as a no-cost extension. Also the poster describes how the project was incorporating more community centers and with it more participants through the development of the "self-sustained" mode of implementation. The poster introduces also the next step of the project - the Scientists for Tomorrow - National Alliance.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Science Institute - Department of Science and Mathematics - Columbia College Chicago Marcelo Caplan Constantin Rasinariu
resource research Exhibitions
This poster was presented at the 2014 AISL PI Meeting in Washington, DC. It describes the Places of Invention exhibition project.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Smithsonian Institution Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation Monica Smith
resource research Public Programs
These posters about the Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network were presented at the 2014 AISL PI Meeting in Washington, DC.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Museum of Science, Boston Vrylena Olney
resource research Media and Technology
This poster highlights the learning outcomes and research questions of the Advancing Informal STEM Learning Through Scientific Alternate Reality Games project. It was presented at the 2014 AISL PI Meeting.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Brigham Young University Derek Hansen Kari Kraus