All Informal Education resources
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NASA eClips Videos: Extremophiles
Are we alone in the Universe? Join NASA eClips in the search for answers to this question and many others about life in our solar system....
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 hi...
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, ...
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 ...
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 leve...
By Danielle B. Harlow, Ron Skinner, Tarah Connolly, and Alexandria Muller
Journal Article
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 th...
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 str...
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 functionin...
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...
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 ...
By Alice Anderson, Megan Goeke, Amber M. Simpson, and Adam V. Maltese
Journal Article
Defining and Measuring STEM Identity and Interest in STEM Learning
A growing number of educators are focused on increasing students’ interest in and developing their identity in relation to science, technology, en...
By Jamie Bell, Kevin Crowley, Martin Storksdieck, John Besley, Matthew A. Cannady, Amy Grack Nelson, Tina Phillips, Kelly Riedinger, and Melissa Ballard
Blog Post
Out-of-School Time (OST) organizations play a vital role in our education system by providing youth with ways of discovering and exploring the world o...
By Dr. Irene Porro
Blog Post
The Wade Institute for Science Education has long valued the power of informal institutions to create precisely the kind of student-led inquiry-based ...
By Angela Damery
Blog Post
Helping Educators Develop Young Ocean Problem-Solvers
Myrtle, the green sea turtle. Photo credit: W. Chappell Informal science centers are in perfect alignment to provide rich NGSS supports usi...
By Corrine Steever