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Tell the story of an important event that happened in your family. Tell the story of a place that is important to your family. Tell the story of how your family or the world will change in 10 years....
By Carrie Tzou, Daniel Rother, Ashley Braun, Elizabeth Starks, Meixi Ng, Enrique Suárez, Amanda Rambayon, Philip Bell, Don LaBonte, Amy Twito, Shawn Peterson, Sara Marie Ortiz, and Megan Bang
Journal Article
The Wings Over Water (WOW) collaboration began with ospreys....
By Allison De Jong, Jenélle Dowling, Erick Greene, and Sharon Leigh Miles
Journal Article
As a Connected Science Learning reader, you already know that collaboration is what this journal is all about. We strive to publish articles that highlight ways different organizations come together to connect in-school STEM (science, technology, e...
By Beth Murphy
Journal Article
A Tale of Two Partnership Models
Engaging in science at an early age cultivates foundational mindsets and practices for future learning, such as critical thinking, problem-solving, and curiosity (Hadani and Rood 2018; McClure et al. 2017). Science learning can be robust for young ...
By Jenny Ingber, Jacqueline Horgan, and Veena Vasudevan
Journal Article
Dealing With Disasters Through Emergency Response Teen Science Cafés
According to a 2012 United Nations report, many countries prioritize children’s learning about the genesis, prevention, and mitigation of natural disasters (Selby and Kagawa 2012); the United States, however, falls behind with respect to disaster...
By Jan Mokros, Michelle Hall, and Michael Mayhew
Journal Article
Engineering Explorations are curriculum modules that engage children across contexts in learning about science and engineering. We used them to leverage multiple education sectors (K–12 schools, museums, higher education, and afterschool programs...
By Danielle B. Harlow, Ron Skinner, Tarah Connolly, and Alexandria Muller
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Design Elements From a Rural, Multi-Organization Collaborative
On a Saturday afternoon last May in Hamilton, Montana, 150 people gathered in a college gymnasium for the Bitterroot Maker Fair. At tables around the room, student educators from the University of Montana (UM) spectrUM Discovery Area guided K–12 ...
By Beth Covitt, Vic Mortimer, Nick Wethington, and Nathalie Wolfram
Journal Article
Middle school is a critical time for fostering girls’ interest in science, as it is during these years that girls begin to identify with their strengths and weaknesses and start to decide what kind of person to be (Allen and Eisenhart 2017; Carlo...
By Alicia Santiago, Kristin Pederson, and Rita Karl
Journal Article
STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) mindset is critical to youths’ ongoing participation in STEM, as well as their functioning in today’s technology-rich world (e.g., Murphy 2019). This is true for all students, but it is e...
By Jeanna R. Wieselmann
Journal Article
Teen science café programs are a free, fun way for high school teens to explore advances in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Through lively conversations and hands-on activities with STEM professionals, teen science café ...
By Michelle Hall, and Michael Mayhew
Journal Article
Where Should Learners Struggle?
"I’ve had one cohort of kids…They were with me last year and then they came back and did a more advanced maker club this year, and so the way that they approached these challenges is so different. They have this mindset where they need to pla...
By Alice Anderson, Megan Goeke, Amber M. Simpson, and Adam V. Maltese