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Citizen Science, Civics, and Resilient Communities (CSCRC) Summative Evaluation Report

This project builds off prior work conducted for the Science Center Public Forums project (NA15SEC008005) where eight forums were held at different sites across the US related to four climate hazards (drought, sea level rise, extreme heat, and extreme precipitation).
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TEAM MEMBERS: Sunewan Paneto Elizabeth Kollmann
resource research Professional Development, Conferences, and Networks

Roads Taken: Long-Term Impacts of STEM Youth Programs

The Roads Taken Conference Report provides information and results from the virtual conference held in October and November 2016. Representatives from ten long-standing youth programs, experts in out-of-school time (OST) youth programming, and researchers participated in the Roads Taken virtual conference in October and November 2016, funded by the National Science Foundation (DRL-1644479). Participants collaboratively developed a Program Profile template with dual purposes: a tool for practitioners and a tool for researchers. As the first phase the three-part plan, Program Profiles will
TEAM MEMBERS: Christine (Kit) Klein Carey Tisdal Wendy Hancock Sue Allen
resource research Exhibitions

Utilizing Museums to Promote Public Understanding of Science: Early Adolescent Misconceptions about AIDS Prevention

From the Proceedings of the 1992 Annual Visitor Studies Conference. Reviews a study, conducted as part of a formative evaluation of an HIV/AIDS exhibit developed by the New York Hall of Science, which was designed to investigate two issues: 1) What is the current state of youth awareness of the mechanisms by which condoms help prevent the spread of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases; and 2) Which of two exhibit designs most efficiently communicates concepts related to HIV sexual transmission prevention. A copy of the survey used in the study is included in the appendix of this report.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Science Learning, Inc. John H Falk martin weiss