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Mining Science Capital

Journal Article

Mining Science Capital

“It was a perfect day. I was impressed with the students’ curiosity, questions, and seriousness about volcanic rocks and how engaged and focused t...

By Cristina Trowbridge

Informal Education Disabilities Inclusion Preservice Science Education

Journal Article

STEMing the Flow for All

Students with special needs traditionally have fewer opportunities to engage in hands-on learning during science class (Melber and Brown 2008). The ...

By Brent Gilles, Tim Hawig, Ashley Sutton, and Stacey Britton

Informal Education Disabilities Environmental Science Inclusion

Journal Article

Youth With Disabilities

Bold innovations in cybersecurity and artificial intelligence. Brilliant hacks for the digital divide. Breakthroughs in maternal health care to redu...

By Linda Kekelis

Informal Education Disabilities Inclusion STEM

Journal Article

Serving Youth With Special Needs

In the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) education community, we are well aware that “the representation of certain groups of peop...

By Beth Murphy

Informal Education Disabilities Equity Inclusion STEM

Journal Article

Middle School Girls Gain Confidence, Competence, and Interest Through Summer STEAM Camp

To combat the well-researched and documented drop in interest and confidence in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) that girls tend to...

By Tamar McPherson, Stephanie Reilly, and Colleen Smith

Middle School Informal Education STEM

Journal Article

KEYS High School Student Internship Program

By Marti Lindsey, Heather Ingram, and Bob Mittan

High School Careers STEM

Journal Article

Rosie's Girls STEAM Camps

Where can a middle school girl wield a chop saw or welder in one moment, and build her interpersonal and self-advocacy skills in the next? For 20 ye...

By Alison Lamagna

Informal Education Careers STEM

Journal Article

Imagine Your STEM Future

If you were walking down a hallway at Desert View High School in Tucson, Arizona, on an early morning last February, flying projectiles and excited ...

By Sara Kobilka, Shalane Simmons, and Michelle Higgins

Informal Education

Journal Article

STEMStarter

High school capstone courses—culminating educational experiences for seniors as they conclude their formal high school education—have become inc...

By Elizabeth A. Radday, Katherine A. Shields, Joshua Cox, and David Bamat

Informal Education Careers STEM

The National Girls Collaborative Project

Journal Article

The National Girls Collaborative Project

Girls start off strong in math and science, participating and achieving at similar rates as boys, but lose interest and confidence in their skills a...

By Karen Peterson

Informal Education Careers STEM

Journal Article

nPower Girls

In 2010 the American Association of University Women (AAUW) published Why So Few?, a research report that synthesized information on the dearth of w...

By Vickei Hrdina, Sue Bluestein, Erin Harwood, Pamela M. M. Jull, and Alexander G. Dimitrov

Informal Education Careers STEM

Promoting STEM Interest and Identity Through the 4-H STEM Ambassadors Program

Journal Article

Promoting STEM Interest and Identity Through the 4-H STEM Ambassadors Program

The Rutgers University 4-H STEM Ambassadors program is a collaborative partnership between New Jersey public schools in urban communities in Paterso...

By Janice McDonnell, Marissa Staffenova, Chad Ripberger, David Shernoff, Marycarmen Kunicki, Denise Bressler, and Christine Bean

Informal Education

Journal Article

Bridging the Divide Between Classrooms and Corporations

Two years ago, Minnesota STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) leaders from across the corporate, education, and government sectors came...

By Amanda Svedarsky, and Jennifer Granner

Informal Education Careers STEM

STEM Careers for the 21st Century

Journal Article

STEM Careers for the 21st Century

Welcome to the ninth issue of Connected Science Learning! Having spent most of my career building connections and supporting collaboration in STEM (...

By Beth Murphy

Informal Education Careers Equity Inclusion STEM

Journal Article

Integrating STEM Into Afterschool

In 2013 The Franklin Institute, a leading science museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, received a grant from the National Science Foundation (#1138...

By Suzanne Blanc, Tara Cox, Dale McCreedy, and Alexis Lee Clark

Informal Education STEM

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