All Informal Education resources

NSTA Press Book

Creating a STEM Culture for Teaching and Learning

This is the book that will flip the way you think about STEM from “not me” to “I’m in!” Author Jeff Weld is the director of the acclaimed Io...

By Jeff Weld

Postsecondary Elementary High School Informal Education Middle School STEM Technology Curriculum Teaching Strategies Inclusion Interdisciplinary Preservice Science Education Professional Learning old Research Teacher Preparation

Journal Article

Informal Science Learning in Online Affinity Spaces

Affinity spaces are online forums in which participants, including informal science education professionals, share with one another teaching and lea...

By Richard Hudson

Informal Education

Journal Article

The Billion Oyster Project

In the Billion Oyster Project, middle school students study and conduct field research of New York Harbor and its watershed to support restoration o...

By Lauren Birney

Informal Education

Journal Article

A Museum Without Walls

The Ohio Valley Museum of Discovery strives to provide a hub for play-based science, technology, engineering, art, and math (STEAM) learning experienc...

By Jennifer Parsons, Sara L. Hartman, Jennifer Hines-Bergmeier, and Christie Truly

Middle School High School Informal Education

Journal Article

Holistic STEM Learning

Free reports from the National Research Council and the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine can help practitioners bridge in-s...

By Jay B. Labov

Informal Education

Journal Article

Facilitating Formal–Informal Connections in Rural STEM Ecosystems

“STEM Guides” serve as human brokers to connect 10- to 18-year-old youth from rural Maine in STEM education opportunities that already exist in ...

By Jan Mokros, Jennifer Atkinson, Sue Allen, Alyson Saunders, and Kate Kastelein

Informal Education

Journal Article

Collaboratory = Collaborate + Laboratory

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By Peggy Harris Willcuts, and Cathleen Kennedy

Informal Education

NSTA Press Book

Picture-Perfect STEM Lessons, 3-5: Using Children’s Books to Inspire STEM Learning

"Teachers in our district have been fans of Picture-Perfect Science for years, and it’s made a huge impact on how they fit science into their school...

By Emily Morgan, Karen Ansberry

Postsecondary Elementary Informal Education STEM Assessment Curriculum Instructional Materials Inquiry Lesson Plans Teaching Strategies Interdisciplinary Literacy New Science Teachers Preservice Science Education Teacher Preparation

Journal Article

Seeding the Future

Learn how to create opportunities for young people from low-income, ethnically diverse communities to learn about growing food, doing science, and how...

By Amie Patchen, Andrea Aeschlimann, Anne Vera-Cruz, Anushree Kamath, Deborah Jose, Jackie DeLisi, Michael Barnett, Paul Madden, and Rajeev Rupani

Informal Education

Journal Article

Collaboration + Good Coffee = Connected Science Learning Success

A collaboration between two North Carolina state agencies allows in-school and out-of-school educators to share knowledge, engage students in in-sch...

By Debra T. Hall, Benita B. Tipton, Lisa Tolley, and Marty Wiggins

Informal Education

Journal Article

MIT BLOSSOMS

Showing how various math and science topics relate to the real world is the key to motivating youth to pursue STEM careers. This idea is essential t...

By Elizabeth Murray and Richard Larson

Informal Education