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resource research Media and Technology

Turning STEM into STREAM: Writing as an Essential Component of Science Education

There is a movement afoot to turn the acronym STEM—which stands for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics—into STEAM by adding the arts. Science educators have finally begun to realize that the skills required by innovative STEM professionals include arts and crafts thinking. Visual thinking; recognizing and forming patterns; modeling; getting a "feel" for systems; and the manipulative skills learned by using tools, pens, and brushes are all demonstrably valuable for developing STEM abilities. And the National Science Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts have gotten
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TEAM MEMBERS: Robert Root-Bernstein Michele Root-Bernstein
resource research Public Programs

NASA Summer of Innovation: Excellence in Summer Learning Benchmarking Study

This study conducted on NASA's Summer of Innovation programs identifies best practices for summer and afterschool programming.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Booz Allen Hamilton
resource research Public Programs

The Role of Informal Science Programs on Middle School Students’ Perceptions of Science and Engineering

This presentation from the August 2011 Colloquium on P-12 STEM Education Research focuses on two summer camps for middle school students. The study examines how the two programs affect student views and perceptions of scientists and engineers, how a single gender program compares to a co-educational program, and whether there are lessons to be learned for other informal agencies regarding the activities most likely to increase minority students' persistence in science and engineering.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Roxanne Hughes Kristin Molyneaux Pat Dixon
resource research Public Programs

Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network (NISE Net) presentation

Presentation on NSF funded Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network (DRL-0940143), presented at the CAISE Convening on Organizational Networks, November 17th, 2011.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Larry Bell Christine Reich
resource research Museum and Science Center Exhibits

STAR_Network: Library Education for Rural Communities presentation

Presentation on NSF grant DRL-1010844 (""STAR Library Education Network: A Hands-on Learning Program for Libraries and Their Communities"") presented at the CAISE Convening on Organizational Networks, November 17th, 2011.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Paul Dusenbery Christine Reich
resource research Public Programs

PISEC: Philadelphia/Camden Informal Science Education Collaborative presentation

Presentation on NSF grant DRL-0840230 (""Communities of Learning for Urban Environments"") presented at the CAISE Convening on Organizational Networks, November 17th, 2011.
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TEAM MEMBERS: ANGELA WENGER
resource research Professional Development, Conferences, and Networks

NISE Network General Overview Power Point Presentation

A Powerpoint presentation providing a NISE Network overview (June 2011 and October 2012).
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TEAM MEMBERS: NISE Network
resource research Public Programs

The Maker Movement: Encouraging the Hand-Mind Connection in the Classroom

In this article the authors discuss the importance of the use of natural instincts in teaching and studying science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) courses in U.S. middle and high schools. They present information on the Maker Movement, a campaign associated with the Maker Faire festivals and "Make" magazine, which encourages the use of creativity in STEM fields. Other topics include the importance of natural curiosity, building, and inventions in science education.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Margaret Honey Eric Siegel