PROFILE

Amy Grack Nelson

Evaluation & Research Manager

Science Museum of Minnesota

Projects

Museums and Inclusion: Understanding Visitors' Sense of Belonging in Science and Natural History Museums RAPID: Addressing Families' Covid-19 Information and Education Needs Through Podcast Media Brains On! the Move: STEM Podcasts as Facilitators of Automobile-Based Family Learning Experiences

Brains On!: Investigating the Impact and Reach of Informal Audio STEM Learning iPAGE - Developing a Model for Broadening Participation in Informal STEM Institutions Collaborative Research: EvalFest (Evaluation Use, Value and Learning through Festivals of Science and Technology) Citizen Science Embedded Assessment Collaboration in the 21st Century (C2C): Measuring Essential Skills for the STEM Workforce DEVISE: Developing, Validating, and Implementing Situated Evaluation Instruments Building Informal Science Education: Supporting Evaluation of Exhibitions and Programs with an informalscience.org Research Network

Research

2021 Poster - All Are Welcome Here? Understanding Visitors' Sense of Belonging in Science and Natural History Museums 2021 Poster - RAPID: Addressing Families COVID-19 Information and Education Needs Through Podcast Media Children's STEM-Focused Podcasts as Promising Learning Experiences: Research Summary

Brains On! Exploratory Research: Impacts of Listening to a Children’s Science Podcast The Role of the Brains On! Podcast in Supporting Children and Their Families During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Research Summary Children’s Questions, Worries, and Information Needs Over the Course of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Research Summary Children’s Questions, Worries, and Information Needs A Year Into the COVID-19 Pandemic. A study based on listeners of the children’s science podcast Brains On. Executive Summary Children’s Questions, Worries, and Information Needs A Year Into the COVID-19 Pandemic. A study based on listeners of the children’s science podcast. Full Report. A Resource Guide for Talking to Children About COVID-19 Children’s questions, worries, and information needs during the COVID-19 pandemic. A study based on listeners of the children's science podcast Brains On! Executive Summary. Children’s questions, worries, and information needs during the COVID-19 pandemic. A study based on listeners of the children's science podcast Brains On! Brains On! Research: Secondary Data Analysis Report Brains On! Research: Listener Survey Report What is STEM Engagement? What is STEM Interest? What is STEM Identity? Shared Measures for Evaluating Common Outcomes of Informal STEM Education Experiences Development and Validation of a Survey to Measure Perceived Team Communication Skills in Middle and High School STEM Out-of-School Time Programs Building Evaluation Capacity in a Complex World: Practical Lessons for Organization and Project Leaders Evaluation Under Pressure: Balancing the Needs of the ISE Field with the Needs of Individual Projects Handout - Evaluation Capacity Building: Current initiatives and future directions Poster: Building the Field of Informal Science Education Through the Synthesis of Evaluation Reports on Informalscience.org Developing tomorrow's anglers and aquatic stewards: Formative evaluation of MinnAqua's Leaders' Guide Participatory Evaluation: A Case Study of Involving Stakeholders in the Evaluation Process Reporting with an Evaluator Audience in Mind: A BISE Synthesis Paper BISE Citations to Import into Mendeley BISE EndNote Library Exploring the BISE Project's Resources Worksheet Folder of BISE Reports Excel File of BISE Report Level Codes How To Use the BISE NVivo Database Building Informal Science Education (BISE) NVivo Database

Evaluation

Brains On Listener Survey Youth Teamwork Skills Survey: Manual and Survey Vaccine Buzz Summative Evaluation

Science on a Sphere Lobby Interview Report Touring Theater Program Feasibility Study Report Infectious Disease Exhibition: Examining Guided and Unguided Use of an Exhibition Case Water Exhibition Image Testing Brainstorming the Future: Community Based Science Organization Front-end Evaluation Report Big Back Yard Park Crew Summative Evaluation Science on a Sphere: Formative Evaluation Report Summative evaluation of MinnAqua's angling and aquatic education clinics Science on a Sphere Interpretive Features: Prototyping Report NISE Network Regional Workshop: Second Round of Workshops Formative Evaluation KAYSC IDEA Cooperative: Year Two Formative Evaluation Review of NISE Net Evaluation Findings: Years 1-5 IDEA Cooperative: Select Findings from the Invention Crew Exit Survey Process Evaluation of the Diversity, Equity, and Access Working Group's Partnership Pilot Project IDEA Cooperative: Select Findings From the Design Team Exit Survey NISE Network Program Evaluation Tools (package) Review of NISE Network Evaluation Findings: Years 1-5 NISE Net Exhibits & Programs Marketing Survey NISE Network Regional Workshops: First Round of Workshops Formative Evaluation Year Five Site Visits: Formative Evaluation Summative Evaluation of the Science Museum of Minnesota's Big Back Yard NanoDays Online Workshop: Formative Evaluation The Building Informal Science Education Project's Coding Framework KAYSC Podcast Crew: Evaluation Activities 2009 - 2010 Science On a Sphere: Front-End Evaluation Report Big Back Yard Studies: Summer 2006 Developing Tomorrow's Anglers and Aquatic Stewards: Formative Evaluation of MinnAqua's Leaders' Guide for Grades 3-5 Energy Connections: Student Survey Report