What’s 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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Community Impact Research
by John Falk Published on February 24, 2010
This study examined the impact of one part of the ISE infrastructure, the California Science Center. Two random telephone sur......
Space-out
by Christopher Stapleton Published on February 26, 2010
When talking about space exploration, everybody has a dream from childhood. When the NASA program to venture to the MOON ......
Decision Making about Issues
by Erika Shugart Published on February 26, 2010
The Koshland’s inaugural exhibition on global warming features a computer interactive called “Consider the Alternatives” that......
What Girls Want
by Julie Benyo Published on February 26, 2010
Dot Diva is a national marketing and communications initiative that aims to create an exciting and relevant image of computin......
Working in an MMO
by Jodi Asbell-Clarke Published on February 26, 2010
Creating a hollywood caliber game in a brand new MMO is exciting and pushes new boundaries in what we can do as an educationa......
Parent Partners in School Science (PPSS) Overview
by Dale McCreedy Published on February 26, 2010
Parent Partners in School Science (PPSS), initiated in 2001, was designed to provide a proof-of-concept of the ways in which ......
REFLECTS
by Judith Lombana Published on March 01, 2010
REFLECTS is a locally field-tested, research-based, reflective practice, and teacher research professional development curric......
Culturally Relevant Science Education
by Michael Brody Published on March 01, 2010
Prior research and educational activities of Project Archaeology indicate that interdisciplinary archaeology lessons and acti......
Charlie and Kiwi's Evolutionary Adventure
by Martin Weiss Published on March 01, 2010
Join Charlie as he travels back in time to the age of the dinosaurs to discover the kiwi's ancestors and evidence of how evol......
Portal to the Public programs at Explora
by Kristin Leigh Published on March 02, 2010
After spending about nine months preparing with Explora educators and exhibit developers, local Albuquerque scientists facili......
Portal to the Public professional development at Explora
by Kristin Leigh Published on March 02, 2010
An integral part of Explora's Portal to the Public (PoP) program is a professional development workshop series for PoP scient......
Climbable Geometry
by Tom Rockwell Published on March 02, 2010
A girl does a victory dance after building a miniature replica of a geometric structure she was just climbing on. A family gr......
Light a Fire
by Carol Lynn Alpert Published on March 02, 2010
Let's join hands with our natural partners - active researchers - to open up spaces for sharing science and technology in our......
Brighter Futures
by Laurie Fink Published on March 02, 2010
Through programs (including over 100 community conversations), a 1,500 square foot exhibition opening in January 2011, and re......
Sailboat Science
by Diane Carlson Published on March 02, 2010
Around the Americas is a clockwise circumnavigation of the North and South American continents. We partner with organizations......
Find, Share, Connect
by Marti Louw Published on March 02, 2010
InformalScience.org is a growing online community site that strives to support knowledge-sharing, collaboration and the growt......
Connecting Citizen Scientists and Building Bird Habitat One Yard at a Time
by Janis Dickinson Published on March 02, 2010
User-friendly citizen science is the name of the game here. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology is working to develop the first da......
Use of Multiple Media Enhances Learning
by Frances Nankin Published on March 02, 2010
Cyberchase, the informal mathematics project on PBS KIDS GO!, recently completed a study, Children’s Learning from Multiple M......
Evolution Day at North Museum
by Margie Marino Published on March 02, 2010
On February 27, 2010, over 500 visitors were welcomed to the North Museum of Natural History & Science to experience the best......
A Gigantic Adventure
by Deborah Raksany Published on March 03, 2010
Dinosaurs Alive is a 40-minute giant screen documentary, merging modern-day paleontology with highly detailed, scientifically......
Creating Wonder!
by James Bell Published on March 15, 2010
At Petrosains: The Discovery Center in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia elementary school-aged "Science Scouts" become excited about sc......