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resource evaluation Community Outreach Programs
Kera Collective explored teachers’ and students’ experiences in Green-Wood Cemetery’s new Urban GreenSpace program focusing on environmental education. Overview In 2022, Kera Collective partnered with Green-Wood Cemetery to evaluate their new Urban GreenSpace program, which focused on environmental education programs for local middle school students. As a new pilot program, we focused on exploring which aspects of the program were successful at supporting and expanding students’ interest and learning in environmental science as well as which aspects of the program might need to be
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TEAM MEMBERS: Emily Skidmore Hannah Heller Stephanie Downey
resource evaluation Museum and Science Center Exhibits
Kera Collective evaluated the response of youth ages 10-14 to prototypes of a new paleontology exhibition being developed by the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. Overview In 2022, Kera Collective partnered with NCMNS to evaluate two exhibit prototypes–DinoLab Tools and Meet the Team–for the museum’s new Dueling Dinosaurs exhibition. The exhibition aims to spark youth’s interest in paleontology by exploring the questions and mysteries surrounding the Dueling Dinosaur fossils–Triceratops and Tyrannosaurus rex–that are among the most complete skeletons ever discovered of their
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TEAM MEMBERS: Emily Skidmore Stephanie Downey Ebony Bailey
resource research Resource Centers and Networks
The National Network for Ocean and Climate Change Interpretation [NNOCCI] is a Community of Practice [CoP] dedicated to advancing the conversation on climate change, based on the principle that wide-scale training with proven communication techniques can change the national discourse around climate change to be more productive, creative, and solutions-focused. NNOCCI CoP is a network of individuals and organizations in formal and informal education, the social sciences, climate sciences, and public policy. By 2018, the community represented more than 184 institutions in 38 states, and over
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TEAM MEMBERS: John Fraser
resource evaluation Public Programs
Federal support for museums through the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is based on the premise that museums are valuable community organizations providing rich opportunities for learning and civic engagement. Yet, until recently, there has been a paucity of systematic and evidence-based research on the public impact of museums. Therefore, since 2005, the IMLS Office of Museum Services has funded research projects under the auspices of the National Leadership Grant program. These grants support projects that ‘raise the bar’ in museum research and practice. Funded projects have
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TEAM MEMBERS: John H Falk Kerry Bronnenkant Cynthia Vernon Joseph Heimlich