What is informal science education?
Informal science education supports people of all ages and walks of life in exploring science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
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By Gary Silverstein and Hannah PutmanWhile some of us are all "aTwitter" about our favorite social networking site, another website you might consider getting excited about is the freshly redesigned Informal Science Education (ISE) Online Project Monitoring System (OPMS). As many readers already know, the National ...[More]
1 comment | Posted September 16, 2011 at 10:32 am in ISE Online Project Monitoring System
October 20 - 21, 2011, University of Massachusetts Lowell Inn and Conference Center, Lowell, MA. Learning Science Any Time, Any Place! This conference will bring diverse communities together to examine the potential of Out of Home Media (mass transit, billboards, posters, smart phone apps., radio, ...[More]
1 comment | Posted September 16, 2011 at 10:46 am in Meetings and events
The 21st Century Learning in Natural History Setting Project will host two online ASTC Connect forums and a conference in order to share information, resources, evaluation and research results, and best practices, to identify and consider what we know about learning in natural history settings. The ...[More]
0 comments | Posted September 16, 2011 at 11:27 am in Meetings and events
The field of the learning sciences takes learning as its subject of scientific inquiry. How can museums directly engage the public with learning as phenomena? How can we apply methods of inquiry, interaction, and phenomena-based exhibits to this subject? Last spring the Center for Informal Learning and Schools (CILS) at ...[More]
0 comments | Posted September 16, 2011 at 12:12 pm in General
The American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), with funding from the New York State Department of Education and the National Science Foundation, have launched a pilot program for a Masters of Arts in Teaching. The 15-month program leverages the museum's scientific resources and history of leadership in teacher education and ...[More]
0 comments | Posted September 16, 2011 at 12:20 pm in Professional development opportunities
The document library includes approximately 450 recent reports, articles, and research papers sorted into multiple OST-related topics. This free online resource provides literature pertaining to art and science in afterschool, positive youth development, youth sports programming, health and safety standards, family engagement, city-wide systems, cultural inclusion, funding and fundraising, professional ...[More]
0 comments | Posted September 16, 2011 at 12:22 pm in General
At the Association of Science-Technology Centers' (ASTC's) Annual Conference, NSF program officers discussed the history, current status, and future directions of the ISE program in contexts of changing policy and field advances about theory and practice. This link includes the session ...[More]
0 comments | Posted November 2, 2011 at 11:35 am in About NSF
The CAISE website offers inquiry group reports, articles, reports from National Science Foundation (NSF) funded conferences and workshops, and information about working with NSF support. Here are some timely reading materials: articles about the NSF ISE Online Project ...[More]
2 comments | Posted November 2, 2011 at 12:01 pm in General
Held annually in San Francisco's Moscone West Convention Hall, Materials Research Society meetings are essential events for discovering and presenting the very latest developments in materials research. View the meeting website for more information. ...[More]
0 comments | Posted November 2, 2011 at 12:02 pm in Meetings and events
Here's a cosmic idea: start a science cafe in your community! NOVA, in conjunction with NASA and the National Institute of Aerospace have provided resources to find and organize themed science cafes. For more information, visit ScienceCafes.org. ...[More]
0 comments | Posted November 2, 2011 at 12:06 pm in Meetings and events