Connected Science Learning, Volume 1, Issue 2 (2016)

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Professional Development: Building the capacity of STEM educators to enhance collaboration between in-school and out-of-school environments

Editorial

Editorial
First Issue of Connected Science Learning a Great Success
Dennis Schatz
Article: 12420453
Published online: 17 Apr 2024
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A Hub for STEM Learning
Julie H. Yu & Sara C. Heredia
Article: 12420454
Published online: 17 Apr 2024
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The Exploratorium Teacher Institute leverages a network of teachers, education researchers, practicing scientists, and informal education staff to address the professional learning needs of secondary science teachers.
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Noticing by NYSCI
Formal and Informal Educators Partnering for Professional and Student Growth
Amanda Solarsh, Gina Tesoriero, Michaela Labriole & Tara Chudoba
Article: 12420455
Published online: 17 Apr 2024
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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 these Noticing Tools, a cohort of classroom educators helped NYSCI staff design the initial concepts, test the apps, create curriculum, and ultimately shape and facilitate online professional development modules for other educators.
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Brief

Brief Report
From Curiosity to Conservation Careers
Conservation Connect Links Wildlife, Technology, and Careers With In- and Out-of-School Learning
Maria Parisi
Article: 12420456
Published online: 17 Apr 2024
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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.
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Diversity and Equity

Promoting Equitable Access to STEM in a Summer Herpetology Fieldwork Program
Aerin Benavides, Amy Germuth, Catherine E. Matthews, Heidi B. Carlone, Lacey Huffling & Mary Ash
Article: 12420457
Published online: 17 Apr 2024
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The HERP (Herpetology Education in Rural Places and Spaces) Project links in-school and out-of-school learning spaces by offering summer programs that engage high school students, scientists, and educators. The authors share the strategies they used to identify and serve a diverse set of participants.
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Professional Development Disguised as Museum Outreach
Jan Luth, Kimberly McDowell & Laurel Zhang
Article: 12420458
Published online: 17 Apr 2024
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Exploration Place shows how its educators embedded professional development into elementary classrooms in Wichita, Kansas.
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Skynet Junior Scholars
Professional Development to Support STEM Exploration in a Variety of Settings
Kathryn Williamson, Sue Ann Heatherly, Vivian Hoette, Eva Erdosne Toth & David Beer
Article: 12420459
Published online: 17 Apr 2024
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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 educators to work in the formal school environment. The model uses a modified Technological Pedagogical Content (TPACK) framework to characterize the professional development training. Included are adaptations and lessons learned, as well as three case studies that illustrate how the SJS PD prepared nonschool educators to develop pathways to bridge in-school and out-of-school STEM learning.
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Research to Practice, Practice to Research

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Working Together for Test Success
Insight From a Successful Collaboration of Formal and Informal STEM Educators
Dan Carpenter & Todd Witt
Article: 12420460
Published online: 17 Apr 2024
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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.
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Changemakers
STEM Education Coming to Life Through Collaborative RET Partnerships
Robert Payo & Meg John
Article: 12420461
Published online: 17 Apr 2024
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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 research world by giving them the opportunity to work with scientists in their labs. The museum partner assists the teachers to translate what they do in the research lab into their classroom practice, building student understanding of science, creating experiences for students to think and work like scientists, and highlighting potential pathways to STEM-related careers.
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Brief Report
The Healthy Flea Market
Robin Cooper, Kim Zeidler, Diane Johnson & Jennifer Wilson
Article: 12420462
Published online: 17 Apr 2024
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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.
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Emerging Connections

SciGirls Strategies
Using Gender-Equitable Teaching Strategies and STEM Video Narratives to Engage Girls in Nontraditional STEM Fields
Rita Karl, Bradley McLain & Alicia Santiago
Article: 12420463
Published online: 17 Apr 2024
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SciGirls Strategies aims to increase the number of high school girls recruited to and retained in nontraditional, technical STEM pathways. The program provides career and technical education teachers with professional development focused on gender-equitable teaching strategies and role modeling.
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Editorial

Editorial
STEM Learning Across Boundaries
Bronwyn Bevan
Article: 12420464
Published online: 17 Apr 2024
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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.
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Modeling Collaboration for Learning
Selected Models of Educator Professional Development from the Science Museum of Minnesota
Lauren Causey, Shannon McManimon & Emily Poster
Article: 12420465
Published online: 17 Apr 2024
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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 teens called Linking Educators, Youth, and Learners in Computational Thinking.
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