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resource evaluation K-12 Programs

Summative Analysis for the Bell Museum Planetarium Show and Corresponding Toolkit Activity

In fall 2019, the Bell Museum received funding via a NASA TEAM II grant to create Mars: The Ultimate Voyage, a full-dome planetarium show and accompanying hands-on activities that focus on the interdisciplinary roles that will be needed to send humans to Mars. This report from Catalyst Consulting Group presents the findings from the summative evaluation completed in March–May 2023.
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TEAM MEMBERS: VERONICA DEL BIANCO Maren Harris Karen Peterman
resource research Exhibitions

Moral Motives & STEM-informed Action | Motivos morales y acción basada en STEM

The open-access proceedings from this conference are available in both English and Spanish.
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TEAM MEMBERS: John Voiklis Jena Barchas-Lichtenstein Uduak Grace Thomas Bennett Attaway Lisa Chalik Jason Corwin Kevin Crowley Michelle Ciurria Colleen Cotter Martina Efeyini Ronnie Janoff-Bulman Jacklyn Grace Lacey Reyhaneh Maktoufi Bertram Malle Jo-Elle Mogerman Laura Niemi Laura Santhanam
resource research Media and Technology

T is for Transmedia: Learning through Transmedia Play

In recent years, transmedia has come into the spotlight among those creating and using media and technology for children. We believe that transmedia has the potential to be a valuable tool for expanded learning that addresses some of the challenges facing children growing up in the digital age. Produced by the USC Annenberg Innovation Lab and the Joan Ganz Cooney Center, this paper provides a much-needed guidebook to transmedia in the lives of children age 5-11 and its applications to storytelling, play, and learning. Building off of a review of the existing popular and scholarly literature
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TEAM MEMBERS: Becky Herr-Stephenson Meryl Alper Erin Reilly
resource research Media and Technology

Cyberlearning Community Report: The State of Cyberlearning and the Future of Learning With Technology

The cyberlearning community in the United States brings computer scientists and learning scientists together to design and study innovative learning technologies. The Cyberlearning Community Report: The State of Cyberlearning and the Future of Learning With Technology highlights examples of the exciting work our community is engaged in as we integrate the latest innovations in learning science and computer science into new research designs and methods. This work is also driving the need for new learning sciences in areas such as embodied cognition, identity, and affect, and requires advances
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TEAM MEMBERS: June Ahn Jodi Asbell-Clarke Matthew Berland Catherine Chase Noel Enyedy Judith Fusco Shuchi Grover Erica Halverson Kemi Jona H Chad Lane Wendy Martin Emma Mercier Tom Moher Amy Ogan Nichole Pinkard Joseph Polman Jeremy Roschelle Patricia Schank Katie Headrick Taylor Michelle Wilkerson Marcelo Worsley
resource research Media and Technology

STEM Pathways: Building a STEM Learning Ecosystem

STEM Pathways is a collaboration between five Minnesota informal STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education organizations—The Bakken Museum, Bell Museum of Natural History, Minnesota Zoo, STARBASE Minnesota, and The Works Museum—working with Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) and advised by the Minnesota Department of Education. STEM Pathways (logo shown in Figure 1) aims to provide a deliberate and connected series of meaningful in-school and out-of-school STEM learning experiences to strengthen outcomes for students, build the foundation for a local ecosystem of STEM
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TEAM MEMBERS: Steven Walvig Beth Murphy Melanie Peters Abby Moore