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resource research Planetarium and Science on a Sphere

Poster: Is One More Successful than the Other? Comparing Evaluation Findings Across Beyond Spaceship Earth Project Components

This poster, which was presented at the Association of Science and Technology Centers Annual Conference on October 22, 2017, compares and contrasts evaluation findings across components of the Beyond Spaceship Earth project at The Children's Museum of Indianapolis. The project focuses on educating families and students about life and work aboard the International Space Station and generating interest in STEM topics and careers. Project components reviewed include an exhibit, a space object theater, and workshop-style programs focused on engineering and robotics for both families and school
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TEAM MEMBERS: Claire Thoma Emmons
resource evaluation Media and Technology

Eclipse 2017 Livestream – An evaluation report for NASA

The Exploratorium’s livestream of the August 2017 Total Solar Eclipse reached over 63 million people. Live programs in English and Spanish provided an informal learning experience outside the museum. Over 2.75 million people viewed on-demand videos on eclipse science. Sixty major media providers rebroadcast the livestream telescope feed. Edu, Inc. conducted a summative evaluation of the NASA-funded project. The study reveals that the Exploratorium successfully disseminated eclipse science and STEM content through media channels and a mobile app, delivering a museum experience to online
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TEAM MEMBERS: Douglas Spencer Jediah Graham Doug Pickering
resource research Public Programs

Library and afterschool partnerships: How afterschool providers are working together with public libraries

How do afterschool programs view their local public libraries? Are they working with them, and in what ways? These are the questions that the Afterschool Alliance, along with its partners at the Space Science Institute’s National Center for Interactive Learning (NCIL) and the American Library Association, wanted to answer. Overall, our goal is to build bridges between the afterschool and library fields, so that both can share knowledge and resources to better serve our youth. While our work together has primarily focused on science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education through
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TEAM MEMBERS: Afterschool Alliance Paul Dusenbery Robert Jakubowski Anne Holland Laine Castle Keliann LaConte
resource evaluation Public Programs

Fairchild Garden's Growing Beyond Earth: Year 1 Evaluation Report 2016-2017

During the school year of 2016-2017, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden (Fairchild) implemented the first year of a four-year project entitled: Growing Beyond Earth (GBE). NASA is providing funding support for project implementation as well as an external project evaluation. The evaluation activities conducted this year were focused on understanding project implementation and exploring project outcomes using data collected between September 2016 and May 2017. This report’s findings and accompanying recommendations inform next year’s project implementation and evaluation activities.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Catherine Raymond Amy Rubinson Carl Lewis Marion Litzinger Amy Padolf