All Informal Education resources

NSTA Press Book

Helping Students Make Sense of the World Using Next Generation Science and Engineering Practices

When it’s time for a game change, you need a guide to the new rules. Helping Students Make Sense of the World Using Next Generation Science and Engi...

By Christina V. Schwarz, Cynthia Passmore, Brian J. Reiser

Elementary Informal Education Curriculum Disciplinary Core Ideas Learning Progression NGSS Pedagogy Performance Expectations Science and Engineering Practices Teaching Strategies Three-Dimensional Learning Preservice Science Education Professional Learning old Teacher Preparation

NSTA Press Book

Big Data, Small Devices: Investigating the Natural World Using Real-Time Data

Now your students can transform their mobile phones and tablets into tools for learning about everything from weather to water quality. Big Data, Smal...

By Donna Governor, Michael Bowen, Eric Brunsell

Elementary High School Informal Education Middle School Computer Science Earth & Space Science Environmental Science Curriculum Instructional Materials Lesson Plans Phenomena Teaching Strategies Interdisciplinary Preservice Science Education

Journal Article

The Healthy Flea Market

Learn how rural students in Kentucky shared their classroom knowledge by presenting on health topics and new technologies at flea markets, swap meet...

By Robin Cooper, Kim Zeidler, Diane Johnson, and Jennifer Wilson

Informal Education

Journal Article

STEM Learning Across Boundaries

It’s important to acknowledge that words matter in research communities. Bronwyn Bevan discusses the language surrounding in-school and out-of-sch...

By Bronwyn Bevan

Informal Education

Journal Article

Modeling Collaboration for Learning

The Science Museum of Minnesota’s offers a well-developed model for implementing the Engineering is Elementary curriculum in Minnesota school dist...

By Lauren Causey, Shannon McManimon, and Emily Poster

Informal Education

Journal Article

SciGirls Strategies

SciGirls Strategies aims to increase the number of high school girls recruited to and retained in nontraditional, technical STEM pathways. The program...

By Rita Karl, Bradley McLain, and Alicia Santiago

Informal Education

Journal Article

Skynet Junior Scholars

Skynet Junior Scholars (SJS) is an online astronomy program that allows youth to conduct inquiry-based investigations. This article describes the SJ...

By Kathryn Williamson, Sue Ann Heatherly, Vivian Hoette, Eva Erdosne Toth, and David Beer

Informal Education

Journal Article

Professional Development Disguised as Museum Outreach

Exploration Place shows how its educators embedded professional development into elementary classrooms in Wichita, Kansas.  ...

By Jan Luth, Kimberly McDowell, and Laurel Zhang

Informal Education