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  • Some Reflections on Designing Construction Kits for Kids
    Date: 01/01/2005
    Resource Category: Conference Proceedings
    This paper presents ten guiding principles for designing construction kits for kids: design for designers; low floors and wide walls; make powerful ideas salient - not forced; support many paths, many styles; make it as simple as possible - and maybe even simpler; choose black boxes carefully; a little bit of programming goes a long way; give ... »
  • Planning Grant for "Imagine That!" Career Explorations in Science, Technology, and Engineering for Students and Families
    Date: 06/01/2004
    Resource Category: Project Descriptions
    Chabot Space and Science Center seeks support to engage in a six-month planning process for "Imagine That!," a multi-faceted science and technology career exploration program. In partnership with the Columbia River Exhibition of History, Science & Technology (CREHST) and the American Museum of Science & Energy (AMSE), Chabot proposes to ... »
  • Community Science Workshops: Beginning a National Movement
    Date: 09/15/2001
    Resource Category: Project Descriptions
    Community Science Workshops: Beginning a National Movement is an extension of a successful, NSF-funded project that created a network of community science centers in California. The San Francisco State University will now take this successful venture to a national level by working with the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS ... »
  • The PIE Network: Promoting Science Inquiry and Engineering through Playful Invention and Exploration with New Digital Technologies
    Date: 03/10/2001
    Resource Category: Project Descriptions
    The MIT Media Laboratory, in collaboration with six museums, will develop the "Playful Invention and Exploration (PIE) Network," with the goal of engaging a broader audience in science inquiry and engineering by enabling more people to create, invent and explore with new digital technologies. PIE museums will integrate the latest MIT technologies ... »
  • Community Science Workshops for California
    Date: 08/15/1995
    Resource Category: Project Descriptions
    San Francisco State University is collaborating with MESA of California to replicate the Mission Science Workshop (MSW) model for informal science education to establish 10 self-supporting interactive Community Science Workshops (CSW's) throughout California. The overriding theme for activities at the CSW's is to let children and parents "be" ... »

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