ED010
Building STEM Learning Ecosystems to Maximize Impact
Session ID#: 81668
Session Description:
Engaging the public in STEM involves a plethora of methodologies, venues, programs, curricula, and opportunities to learn. Each component contributes to pathways that influence STEM literacy of individual learners. It is the combined impact of these factors that constitute a STEM learning ecosystem. The key to understanding the health, stability, resilience, and sustainability in an ecosystem is to identify and examine the interactions of its diversity and resources.
The purpose of this session is to provide a forum for sharing various components within a STEM learning ecosystem that broadens participation and quality of experience for all STEM learners. The session will leverage the strategies and approaches of NASA science activation, collaboration, and learning resources and initiatives. We hope to attract submissions from diverse contributors to this ecosystem that will help us define what has been produced, what have we learned, and what innovations are possible for our future collaborative efforts.
Index Terms:
0805 Elementary and secondary education [EDUCATION]
0815 Informal education [EDUCATION]
0840 Evaluation and assessment [EDUCATION]
0855 Diversity [EDUCATION]
Primary Convener: Joelle Clark, Northern Arizona University, Center for Science Teaching and Learning, Flagstaff, AZ, United States
Conveners: Kristen J Erickson1, Richard Gregory Vaughan2,3 and M. Elise Rumpf3,4, (1)NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, United States(2)US Geological Survey, Flagstaff, AZ, United States(3)USGS Astrogeology Science Center, Flagstaff, AZ, United States(4)University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, United States
Primary Liaison: Joelle Clark, Northern Arizona University, Center for Science Teaching and Learning, Flagstaff, AZ, United States
AEROKATS and ROVERs – Powered by STEAM (507026)
Geoff Bland1, Andy Henry2, Suzi Taylor3, Kay Rufty4, Sallie Smith4, David Bydlowski2 and The AEROKATS and ROVER Education Network (AREN) - a NASA SciAct Team, (1)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Wallops Flight Facility, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (2)Wayne County Regional Educational Service Agency, Wayne, MI, United States, (3)Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, United States, (4)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Space Hazards! A PLANETS Science Series Activity for Out of School Time (507676)
M. Elise Rumpf1, Joelle Clark2, Ryan B Anderson3, Richard Gregory Vaughan4, Lori Rubino-Hare2, Jayna Powers5, Sean Ryan2, Lori M Glaspie6 and Christopher San Antonio-Tunis7, (1)USGS Astrogeology Science Center, Flagstaff, AZ, United States, (2)Northern Arizona University, Center for Science Teaching and Learning, Flagstaff, AZ, United States, (3)United States Geological Survey, Flagstaff, AZ, United States, (4)US Geological Survey, Flagstaff, AZ, United States, (5)USGS Astrogeology Science Center, Student Contractor, Flagstaff, United States, (6)Northern Arizona University, Physics & Astronomy, Flagstaff, AZ, United States, (7)Museum of Science, Boston, Boston, United States
Engaging and Inspiring young women in STEAM: NASA SERVIR's contributions to the Women in Science (WiSci) STEAM Camps (540474)
Emily Caitlin Adams1, Phoebe Oduor2, Anastasia Mumbi Wahome2, Githika Tondapu3, Andi Brinn Thomas4 and Denis Macharia5, (1)University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, United States, (2)Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development, Nairobi, Kenya, (3)NASA SERVIR - USRA, Huntsville, United States, (4)HX5—Jacobs JETS Contract, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, United States, (5)Regional Center for Mapping Resources for Development, Nairobi, Kenya
Increasing STEM student success rates in Colleges by Peer Tutoring (541130)
Paige Inman1, Ana Garcia-Garcia1 and Katy Wilson2, (1)Monterey Peninsula College, Monterey, CA, United States, (2)Monterey Peninsula College, PRIE, Monterey, CA, United States
Igniting Communities to Advance Hydrologic Science Communication (580897)
Tyler J Smith, Clarkson University, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Potsdam, NY, United States, Benjamin Galluzzo, Clarkson University, Institute for STEM Education, Potsdam, NY, United States, Asher Pacht, Clarkson University, Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries, Beacon, NY, United States and Seema Rivera, Clarkson University, Department of Education - Capital Region Campus, Schenectady, NY, United States
Cross-disciplinary learning in environmental engineering and landscape architecture (588288)
Christine B Georgakakos, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States, Josh Cerra, Cornell University, Department of Landscape Architecture, Ithaca, United States, Shorna Broussard Allred, Cornell University, Department of Natural Resources, Ithaca, NY, United States, Kimberly Williams, Cornell University, Center for the Integration of Research Teaching and Learning (CIRTL), Ithaca, United States, Todd Walter, Cornell University, Biological and Environmental Engineering, Ithaca, NY, United States, Elizabeth LoGiudice, Resilience Communications, Kingston, NY, United States and Graham Smith, New York City Department of Environmental Protection, Kingston, NY, United States
Community Dialogues to Catalyze STEM Learning Ecosystems (589086)
Anne Holland1, Jen Jocz2, Paul Dusenbery1 and Keliann LaConte3, (1)Space Science Institute Boulder, National Center for Interactive Learning, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)Education Development Center, Waltham, United States, (3)Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX, United States
Public Libraries: Hubs for Community Science (623368)
Theresa G Schwerin1, Vivienne Byrd2, Cassie Soeffing1, Sara Quesenbury3 and Rachel Fite3, (1)Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Arlington, VA, United States, (2)Los Angeles Public Library, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (3)Pioneer Library System, Oklahoma City, OK, United States
The long way from an enthusiastic graduate teaching assistant to an aspiring STEM professor, ready for Generation Z: Preparing the future faculty through a teaching fellowship program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (623701)
Shahab Karimifard, University of Nebraska Lincoln, Civil Engineering, Lincoln, NE, United States and Tareq Daher, University of Nebraska Lincoln, Engineering and Computing Education Core, Lincoln, NE, United States
