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  • Beyond Spaceship Earth Summative Evaluation Report
    Date: 12/31/2017
    Resource Category: Summative
    Beyond Spaceship Earth is a multi-faceted project at The Children's Museum of Indianapolis that includes an immersive permanent exhibit about the International Space Station, the Indianan Astronaut Wall of Fame, the Schaefer Planetarium and Space Object Theater; museum theater and facilitated programs throughout the exhibit; complementary ... »
  • Swinomish Indian Tribal Community: Developing an Informal Environmental Health Education Model - Evaluation
    Date: 12/31/2017
    Resource Category: Evaluation Reports
    In 2015, the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community (SITC) received a two-year NSF-AISL Pathways Grant (#1516742) entitled “Developing an Informal Environmental Health Education Model in Tribal Communities,” designed to develop a process model and curriculum for community-based environmental health outreach, grounded in cultural values and practices. ... »
  • World Biotech Tour: Findings from an International Science Center and Museum Program
    Date: 12/31/2017
    Resource Category: Summative
    The Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC) aims to help member institutions inform and educate the public about science through a global lens. The World Biotech Tour (WBT) was a three-year initiative designed to not only promote a greater understanding of biotechnology through public outreach and programming led by science centers and ... »
  • iSWOOP Report 2017
    Date: 12/31/2017
    Resource Category: Report
    This is the Advisors' Report for 2017 for the iSWOOP (Interpreters and Scientists Working on Our Parks) project. It discusses broad issues across project sites, provides park by park overviews, and highlights results of the research. ... »
  • Science communication as an academic discipline: an Indian perspective
    Date: 12/25/2017
    Resource Category: Peer-reviewed article
    Scientific ignorance can be a potential obstacle in the journey of India becoming a developed nation and a knowledge economy. Such ignorance can also be the cause of various myths, superstitions and blind faiths which can further hinder the development agenda of any nation. Science Communication can potentially dissipate scientific ignorance in ... »
  • Season 3: Citizen SciGirls Outreach Evaluation
    Date: 12/20/2017
    Resource Category: Summative
    A three day TTT session was held in May 2015 at Twin Cities PBS in St. Paul, MN to train nine representatives from NGCP State Collaboratives in the SciGirls Seven and Citizen SciGirls project materials (episodes, activities). NGCP chose the nine leaders (from nine states) through an application process specifically targeting regions who had not ... »
  • A Design-Based Research Study of Staff-Facilitated Family Learning at Interactive Math Exhibits
    Date: 12/18/2017
    Resource Category: Peer-reviewed article
    Staff facilitators in museums and science centers are a critical but often overlooked component of the visitor experience. Despite assertions about the important role they play in visitor learning, there continues to be almost no research to understand staff facilitation in these settings or identify effective practices. To address these gaps, we ... »
  • Designing Our World Summative Evaluation Year 4
    Date: 12/15/2017
    Resource Category: Summative
    Designing Our World (DOW) was a four-year NSF-funded initiative in which the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) sought to promote girls’ pursuit of engineering careers through community-based programming, exhibition development, and identity research. The overarching aim of DOW was to engage girls ages 9–14 with experiences that ... »
  • NSF INCLUDES DDLP: Math FACESS (Families & Communities Empowering Student Success in Mathematics)
    Date: 12/15/2017
    Resource Category: Project Descriptions
    This NSF INCLUDES Design and Development Launch Pilot will improve math achievement among elementary school students of color in public schools in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Recognizing the need to coordinate efforts related to students' math and science achievement, key stakeholders formed the NM STEM Ecosystem, a dynamic network of cross-sector ... »
  • Science communication practices at the National Autonomous University of Mexico
    Date: 12/13/2017
    Resource Category: Peer-reviewed article
    The National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) is one of the world's single largest employers of science communicators, with over 350,000 students and 40,000 staff. Its science communication activities include five museums (Universum, Museo de la Luz, the Geology Museum, Museo de la Medicina Mexicana and Musem of Geophysics), botanical ... »

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