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Summative Evaluation of Soundprint’s Out of This World Project

October 1, 2011 | Media and Technology, Public Programs
This report presents an evaluation study of Soundprint Media's project, Out of This World (#0741737), which was funded by the National Science Foundation's Informal Science Education Program. The mission of the project was to introduce adult radio listeners and youth participants in museum events to the historical context and challenges faced by African-Americans and women who were involved as professionals in the United States' space program in the 1960's. The project website, capecosmos.com, included an interactive menu of activities set within the context of a NASA mission control center, an archive of the radio programs, video portraits of some of African American engineers or women featured in the radio programs, and activities introducing some science principles involved in the space program (e.g., launching a rocket). The project resulted in a number of positive impacts for listeners who participated in the evaluation and participants at museum events combining live or video interviews with related hands-on events. Reports from event coordinators indicated that, overall, the events had a positive impact on the sponsoring organizations.

TEAM MEMBERS

  • 2013 10 14 Russellhead
    Evaluator
    Informal Learning Solutions
  • Soundprint Media
    Contributor
  • Citation

    Funders

    NSF
    Funding Program: AISL
    Award Number: 0741737
    Funding Amount: 932149
    Resource Type: Summative
    Discipline: Education and learning science | Engineering | Space science
    Audience: Elementary School Children (6-10) | Middle School Children (11-13) | Youth/Teen (up to 17) | Adults | General Public | Museum/ISE Professionals | Evaluators
    Environment Type: Media and Technology | Broadcast Media | Websites, Mobile Apps, and Online Media | Public Programs | Museum and Science Center Programs
    Access and Inclusion: Women and Girls

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