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An Integrated STEM and Computing Curriculum for the Human-Technology Frontier
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Evaluation of Computing Workshops at the Science Museum
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Using Computational Thinking and Modeling to Build Water and Watershed Literacy
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Learning STEM by Building Airplanes
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A Tale of Two Partnership Models
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Engaging in science at an early age cultivates foundational mindsets and practices for future learning, such as critical thinking, problem-solving, and curiosity (Hadani and Rood 2018; McClure et al. 2017). Science…
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Dealing With Disasters Through Emergency Response Teen Science Cafés
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According to a 2012 United Nations report, many countries prioritize children’s learning about the genesis, prevention, and mitigation of natural disasters (Selby and Kagawa 2012); the United States, however, falls…
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Tell the story of an important event that happened in your family. Tell the story of a place that is important to your family. Tell the story of how your family or the world will change in 10 years. With these prompts…
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The Wings Over Water (WOW) collaboration began with ospreys. Anyone who’s seen one of these highly specialized fishing raptors plummeting from high above the water to catch a fish knows how captivating this species is…
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Building Community With Educators
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After a string of successes in our teacher professional development programs at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science (DMNS), I recently began to notice a disconcerting trend: Teachers stopped coming. Despite…
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Engineering Explorations are curriculum modules that engage children across contexts in learning about science and engineering. We used them to leverage multiple education sectors (K–12 schools, museums, higher…
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Confusing Science Vocabulary: When Negative Is Positive!
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Evaluating Information: The Impact of Major, Class Standing, and Experience With Primary Literature
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Social media platforms and other internet sites may propagate inaccurate or misleading information. This misinformation encourages speculation, rumors, and mistrust in established science. In the current study, we…
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High school students grew up online and in video games. FLEET is a free ship-design simulator that reaches students in their native environment—video games. It is also a physics simulator that applies content first…
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“Plants do photosynthesis and animals do cellular respiration.” At some point in our science classes many of us have had this statement uttered to us by a teacher or said it to help students remember one of the key…
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