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Journal Article

Evaluating Nature Museum Field Trip Workshops, an Out-of-School STEM Education Program

Out-of-school learning opportunities for students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) represent an important context in which students learn about and do STEM. Studies have shown that in- and out-of-school experiences work syn...

By Caroline Freitag, and Melissa Siska

Informal Education Administration STEM

Journal Article

Saturday Seminars for Urban Scholars Program

The K–16 academic journey to a career in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) is often described as having serious barriers, such as uninspired teaching, an unwelcome environment, and poor math and science preparation that lea...

By Michele W. McColgan, Robert J. Colesante, Albert G. Andrade, and Kenneth Robin

Middle School Informal Education STEM

Journal Article

Learning Design Experiments

Learning Design Experiments (LDEs), which take their name from design experiments in the learning sciences (Brown 1992), support educational innovation and progressive refinement of learning experiences by taking an evidence-centered design perspec...

By Peter Wardrip, Lisa Brahms, and Annie McNamara

Informal Education

NSTA Press Book

Natural Hazards, Grade 2: STEM Road Map for Elementary School

What if you could challenge your second graders to help communities prepare for disasters ranging from floods and wildfires to earthquakes and hurricanes? With this volume in the STEM Road Map Curriculum Series, you can!...

Elementary Climate Change Earth & Space Science Environmental Science STEM Curriculum Instructional Materials Lesson Plans Teaching Strategies Interdisciplinary

Journal Article

Different Strokes for Different Folks

By Mindy Gumpert and William McConnell