This blog was co-authored with Tracey Wright , Senior Researcher & Developer at TERC. Merson is a Project Director at TERC and coordinates the National Science Foundation-funded project ... »
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October 16, 2018Good science storytelling is a powerful way to bring public attention to remote areas like the polar regions. Stories about the changing poles are common, but don’t capture the complexity of the data ... » -
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October 16, 2018With thanks to the National Science Foundation (NSF) for a small conference grant, the Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC) is partnering with the ICS Group , a project management ... » -
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October 09, 2018This guest post was written by Dan Barstow, Senior Education Manager at the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS). Orbiting Earth every 92 minutes, the International Space Station ( ... » -
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October 08, 2018This blog was co-written with Eve Klein , Program Director at the Institute for Learning Innovation. Portal to the Public (PoP) helps informal learning organizations connect public audiences with ... » -
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September 25, 2018The National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program supports a range of projects within the field of informal science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) ... » -
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September 24, 2018Do the exhibits, programs, and other activities you develop, implement, or evaluate have science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) identity as a learning goal or desired outcome? If so ... » -
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September 21, 2018The World Biotech Tour was a three-year initiative supported by the Biogen Foundation and managed by the Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC). The project was designed to promote a ... » -
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September 05, 2018The NSF 2026 Idea Machine is a competition to inform the U.S. agenda for fundamental science, engineering, and STEM education research by proposing new “Big Ideas” for future investment by the ... » -
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August 29, 2018By Sunshine Menezes, Executive Director of the Metcalf Institute for Marine & Environmental Reporting at the University of Rhode Island It’s no secret that practitioners and scholars often view ... » -
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August 28, 2018By Lesley Markham, Margaret Glass, Kris Morrissey, Dennis Schatz, Joe Heimlich, Martin Storksdieck, Nancy Staus, and Cat Stylinski We’ve all seen amazing people who got into the science center and ... »