All Informal Education resources

Journal Article

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 groundwa...

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

Informal Education

Journal Article

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 scienc...

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

Informal Education

Journal Article

Science Action Club

Youth in Science Action Club (SAC) use citizen science to investigate nature, document their discoveries, share data with the scientific community, ...

By Laura Herszenhorn, Katie Levedahl, and Suzi Taylor

Informal Education

Journal Article

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 appr...

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

Informal Education

Journal Article

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 scien...

By Borgna Brunner

Informal Education

Journal Article

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 th...

By Amber Forrest, Jolie Pelds, and Renee Harmon

Informal Education

Journal Article

TeachEngineering Digital Library

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By Dua Chaker

Informal Education

NSTA Press Book

Adventures With Arthropods: Eco-Friendly Lessons for Middle School

If you’ve ever wished you could teach with tarantulas—or roly polys, or Madagascar hissing cockroaches—this is the resource for you. It tells ho...

By Ron Wagler

Informal Education Middle School Biology Life Science Lesson Plans

Journal Article

Increasing STEM Outcomes Through Quality Collaborations

Discover how early childhood faculty at the University of Memphis launched a new collaborative partnership with the Children’s Museum of Memphis to ...

By Shelly L. Counsell and Felicia Peat

Informal Education

Journal Article

SciToons

Brown University’s Science Cartoons (SciToons) series makes science fun, engaging, and easier to understand through the captivating power of story...

By Oludurotimi Adetunji

Informal Education