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Fabricating Fidgets to Support Inclusive Maker Education
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With the goal of supporting an inclusive maker education learning experience, a science museum, university, and middle school partnered to engage students diagnosed with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)…
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Accessible Making and Tinkering
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Maker spaces and programs offer tremendous opportunities for all learners to explore new materials, expand their practical skills, think creatively, and exercise social-emotional skills such as problem-solving and…
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The Maker Movement Is Everywhere, Including in the Current Issue of CSL
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Editor Dennis Schatz welcomes you to the seventh issue of Connected Science Learning, focused on STEM learning experiences through making. Everywhere I visit, STEM (science, technology, engineering,…
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Through My Window is multimedia curriculum for grades 4–8 that integrates engineering, technology, literacy, and the arts. Through My Window introduced our students to engineering. It not only…
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The Philly Scientists project engages underserved youth in grades 5–8 and their educators in a curriculum that includes a mobile application with a digital badging reward system. In 2014 the Obama…
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Connecting Fossil Clubs With K–12 Teachers
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FOSSILs4Teachers! is a professional development workshop that allows K–12 educators and museum paleontologists to collaborate on fossil resources and standards-aligned lesson plans about fossils. Since…
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Engaging Learners in Authentic Science With Environmental Data
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Citizen science has long been touted as a way to engage in-school and out-of-school learners in authentic science, but the opportunities have largely been limited to collecting data. FieldScope from BSCS Science…
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With support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), SciStarter 2.0 was launched to enhance, diversify, and validate participant engagement in scientific research in need of the public’s help. SciStarter’s…
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Engaging Youth in Citizen Science
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Happy Citizen Science Day: April 14, 2018 Please join us in celebrating Citizen Science Day, which falls this year on Saturday, April 14th. This issue of Connected Science Learning is dedicated to highlighting…
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Numbers in Nature, Math on the Mountain
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Data are the workhorses of the scientific endeavor and their use is rapidly evolving (Haendel, Vasilevsky, and Wirz 2012). Ask almost any scientist about their work, and the conversation will involve the data they…
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Environmental Education and STEM (E-STEM)
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The North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) shares the programs and publications it developed to advance E-STEM—the integration of environmental education into STEM. The North…
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Digital Observation Technology Skills
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Digital Observation Technology Skills (DOTS) is a framework for integrating modern, mobile technology into outdoor, experiential science education. DOTS addresses longstanding tensions between modern technology and…
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Enter the Nation’s First Student Chief Science Officers
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Students vote for one of their peers to become a STEM advocate in their school. These Chief Science Officers select and promote STEM programming, connect with STEM organizations to bring STEM programming to their…
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The Center for Advancement of Informal Science Education hosts resources for designers, evaluators, and researchers of informal STEM learning experiences and settings. The Center for Advancement of Informal Science…
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Delving Below the Surface With the Montana Groundwater Academy
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The Montana Groundwater Academy is a high school program that integrates classroom and field-based experiences to teach the fundamentals of groundwater science. According to the U.S. Geological Survey…
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