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  • Collaboration + Good Coffee = Connected Science Learning Success

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    A collaboration between two North Carolina state agencies allows in-school and out-of-school educators to share knowledge, engage students in in-school and out-of-school opportunities, and develop learning communities…

  • MIT BLOSSOMS

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    Showing how various math and science topics relate to the real world is the key to motivating youth to pursue STEM careers. This idea is essential to the MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) BLOSSOMS initiative…

  • Welcome to the Third Issue

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    Editor Dennis Schatz introduces the third issue, focused on how STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) learning surrounds us.   This issue features contributions on the theme of STEM Learning…

  • The Healthy Flea Market

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    Learn how rural students in Kentucky shared their classroom knowledge by presenting on health topics and new technologies at flea markets, swap meets, and specialty events such as car shows.   Students can…

  • STEM Learning Across Boundaries

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    It’s important to acknowledge that words matter in research communities. Bronwyn Bevan discusses the language surrounding in-school and out-of-school communities used in Connected Science Learning.   The goal of…

  • Modeling Collaboration for Learning

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    The Science Museum of Minnesota’s offers a well-developed model for implementing the Engineering is Elementary curriculum in Minnesota school districts for grades K–5, as well as a program for preservice teachers and…

  • Skynet Junior Scholars

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    Skynet Junior Scholars (SJS) is an online astronomy program that allows youth to conduct inquiry-based investigations. This article describes the SJS professional development model (SJS PD) that helps nonschool…

  • Professional Development Disguised as Museum Outreach

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    Exploration Place shows how its educators embedded professional development into elementary classrooms in Wichita, Kansas.   Have you ever been to a professional development (PD) session where you sat and…

  • Changemakers

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    Through a business funded collaborative, this Research Experience for Teachers program involves businesses, schools, and a museum to give teachers first-hand knowledge of what it’s like to do science in the corporate…

  • Working Together for Test Success

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    Sky Ranch Outdoor Education program shows how it collaborates with formal educators to enhance student test scores and achieve its program outcomes.   The Center for the Advancement of Informal Science Education…

  • From Curiosity to Conservation Careers

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    The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Conservation Connect, a freely available video series, connects learners to wildlife, technology, and careers.   Students find meaning and relevance in their learning when…

  • First Issue of Connected Science Learning a Great Success

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    CSL editor Dennis Schatz discusses the response to our first issue, the journal’s new serialized publication format, and this issue’s theme, professional development.   All of us associated with producing…

  • Noticing by NYSCI

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    Noticing by NYSCI is a project based at the New York Hall of Science that fosters deeper student learning and engagement through the use of five specialized, iPad-based mobile apps. Throughout the process of developing…

  • STEM Smart

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    STEM Smart meetings bring together educators, advocates, policy makers, and STEM thought leaders. The resulting Briefs allow all educators to learn about the meetings’ valuable takeaways.   Since 2011, the…

  • Zoo Academy

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    Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium and the Omaha Public School District partnered to form the Zoo Academy, a school-within-a-zoo model that relies on the successful collaboration between an informal science…

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