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Enter the Nation’s First Student Chief Science Officers

Students vote for one of their peers to become a STEM advocate in their school. These Chief Science Officers select and promote STEM programming, connect with STEM organizations to bring STEM programming to their communities, or participate in loca...

By Jeremy Babendure, Nagib Balfakih, Susan Farretta, and Becky Hughes

Informal Education

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CAISE

The Center for Advancement of Informal Science Education hosts resources for designers, evaluators, and researchers of informal STEM learning experiences and settings....

By Jamie Bell and Ashley Gary

Informal Education

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Delving Below the Surface With the Montana Groundwater Academy

The Montana Groundwater Academy is a high school program that integrates classroom and field-based experiences to teach the fundamentals of groundwater science.    ...

By Beth Covitt, Agatha Podrasky, Deb Fassnacht, Rebecca Paquette, and William Woessner

Informal Education

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Connecting Urban Families With Environmental Science

The PLUM LANDING Explore Outdoors Toolkit is a new set of free, public media resources designed to help informal educators and parents infuse science learning into outdoor recreation.    ...

By Marion Goldstein, Elizabeth Pierson, Jamie Kynn, and Lisa Famularo

Informal Education

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Science Action Club

Youth in Science Action Club (SAC) use citizen science to investigate nature, document their discoveries, share data with the scientific community, and design strategies to protect the planet. Through collaborations with regional and national partn...

By Laura Herszenhorn, Katie Levedahl, and Suzi Taylor

Informal Education

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Promoting STEM Interest and Connections to Nature Through a Soundscape Ecology Camp for Students With Visual Impairments

The Center for Global Soundscapes developed a five-day camp program for students with visual impairments that follows an inquiry-based learning approach to explore concepts fundamental to soundscape ecology.    ...

By Maryam Ghadiri, Dante Francomano, Kristen Bellisario, and Bryan Pijanowski

Informal Education

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PEEP and the Big Wide World

PEEP and the Big Wide World is a public television show and website devoted to engaging preschool-aged children in developmentally appropriate science. PEEP’s newest effort is to address the needs of home-based, family childcare educators, who pr...

By Borgna Brunner

Informal Education

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Preschool in a Science Center

The Science Center of Iowa in Des Moines began an on-site preschool shortly after its doors opened in 1970, inspired by the founders’ belief in the importance of science education for early childhood learners.  ...

By Amber Forrest, Jolie Pelds, and Renee Harmon

Informal Education

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TeachEngineering Digital Library

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By Dua Chaker

Informal Education