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Journal Article
The Great Lakes Stewardship Initiative (GLSI) is a statewide network in Michigan that promotes rigorous place-based education experiences for K–12 s...
By Sarah Waters, Brandon Schroeder, and Tracy D'Augustino
Journal Article
Cocreating Transformative Change
Leveraging community to create a mobile, cultural makerspace that travels to schools, powwows, and community events throughout a Native American reser...
By Holly Truitt, Ruth Swaney, William Swaney, Nick Wethington, and Nathalie Wolfram
Blog Post
Recently, my colleagues and I had an exchange with some teachers in one of our professional development programs. One teacher said, “I think I do a ...
Journal Article
Do Children Make Good Citizen Scientists?
Participating in citizen science—where members of the public collect data for use by scientists—has become popular over the past 5 to 10 years, ...
By Christine L. Goforth
Journal Article
Fabricating Fidgets to Support Inclusive Maker Education
With the goal of supporting an inclusive maker education learning experience, a science museum, university, and middle school partnered to engage st...
By Alexandria K. Hansen, Eric R. Hansen, and Danielle B. Harlow
Journal Article
Accessible Making and Tinkering
Maker spaces and programs offer tremendous opportunities for all learners to explore new materials, expand their practical skills, think creatively,...
By Charlotte Martin
Journal Article
The Maker Movement Is Everywhere, Including in the Current Issue of CSL
Editor Dennis Schatz welcomes you to the seventh issue of Connected Science Learning, focused on STEM learning experiences through making. ...
By Dennis Schatz
Journal Article
Taking the Maker Experience From a Local Phenomenon to National Implementation
MAKESHOP at the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh is open for all to experience hands-on building and tinkering, and their initiative has spread natio...
By Chip Lindsey, Lisa Brahms, and Kathryn Koffler
Journal Article
Educators from the Exploratorium Tinkering Studio and the Lighthouse Community Public Schools explored how out-of-school Making and Tinkering programs...
By Bronwyn Bevan, Jean J. Ryoo, Aaron Vanderwerff, Mike Petrich, and Karen Wilkinson
Journal Article
Science Investigation and Developing Students’ Science-Process Skills Through Citizen Science
It’s 7:15 on a Friday morning and the ‘early birds’ have arrived. Eager students don their binoculars for Ms. Vigeland’s before-school birdwat...
By Jennifer Fee
Journal Article
The Philly Scientists project engages underserved youth in grades 5–8 and their educators in a curriculum that includes a mobile application with ...
By Rasheda Likely, Magdalene Moy, and Nancy Songer
Journal Article
The Curiosity Machine Family Program at Iridescent Learning brings underserved families together over five weeks to do open-ended engineering design c...
By Wallace Louie, Tara Chklovski, Maggie Jaris, and Audra Torres
Journal Article
Connecting Fossil Clubs With K–12 Teachers
FOSSILs4Teachers! is a professional development workshop that allows K–12 educators and museum paleontologists to collaborate on fossil resources ...
By Jeanette Pirlo, Bruce J. MacFadden, Eleanor E. Gardner, Victor J. Perez, and Denise Porcello
Journal Article
Engaging Learners in Authentic Science With Environmental Data
Citizen science has long been touted as a way to engage in-school and out-of-school learners in authentic science, but the opportunities have largel...
By Daniel C. Edelson, Audrey Mohan, and Sean O'Connor