Connected Science Learning, Volume 1, Issue 5 (2018)

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STEM Learning in Environmental Settings

Editorial

Editorial
A New Year for Connected Science Learning
Dennis Schatz
Article: 12420486
Published online: 17 Apr 2024
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Connecting Urban Families With Environmental Science
Marion Goldstein, Elizabeth Pierson, Jamie Kynn & Lisa Famularo
Article: 12420487
Published online: 17 Apr 2024
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The PLUM LANDING Explore Outdoors Toolkit is a new set of free, public media resources designed to help informal educators and parents infuse science learning into outdoor recreation.
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Science Action Club
Leveraging the Power of Partnerships to Impact Environmental Education at Scale
Laura Herszenhorn, Katie Levedahl & Suzi Taylor
Article: 12420488
Published online: 17 Apr 2024
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Youth in Science Action Club (SAC) use citizen science to investigate nature, document their discoveries, share data with the scientific community, and design strategies to protect the planet. Through collaborations with regional and national partners, SAC expands access to environmental science curriculum and training resources.
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Diversity and Equity

Promoting STEM Interest and Connections to Nature Through a Soundscape Ecology Camp for Students With Visual Impairments
Maryam Ghadiri, Dante Francomano, Kristen Bellisario & Bryan Pijanowski
Article: 12420489
Published online: 17 Apr 2024
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The Center for Global Soundscapes developed a five-day camp program for students with visual impairments that follows an inquiry-based learning approach to explore concepts fundamental to soundscape ecology.
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Emerging Connections

Enter the Nation’s First Student Chief Science Officers
Impacting STEM Education With Student Voice
Jeremy Babendure, Nagib Balfakih, Susan Farretta & Becky Hughes
Article: 12420490
Published online: 17 Apr 2024
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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 communities, or participate in local and state conversations on education and the workforce.
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Delving Below the Surface With the Montana Groundwater Academy
Beth Covitt, Agatha Podrasky, Deb Fassnacht, Rebecca Paquette & William Woessner
Article: 12420491
Published online: 17 Apr 2024
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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.
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Brief

Brief Report
CAISE
A Center of Resources Regarding Out-of-School STEM Learning
Jamie Bell & Ashley Gary
Article: 12420492
Published online: 17 Apr 2024
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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.
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Digital Observation Technology Skills
Incorporating Modern Digital Technology Into Outdoor Experiential Education
R. Justin Hougham, Marc Nutter & Caitlin Graham
Article: 12420493
Published online: 17 Apr 2024
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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 classical outdoor education by carefully selecting appropriate digital technology for educational purposes and by situating these tools in classical experiential pedagogy.
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Environmental Education and STEM (E-STEM)
A Selection of Resources and Opportunities Offered by NAAEE
Kristen Kunkle
Article: 12420494
Published online: 17 Apr 2024
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The (NAAEE) shares the programs and publications it developed to advance E-STEM—the integration of environmental education into STEM.
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“I Never Thought of Science as Something Like This”
Incorporating an Ecological Perspective Into Science Teacher Learning
Daniel Birmingham, Lara Smetana, Heidi Rouleau & Jenna Carlson
Article: 12420495
Published online: 17 Apr 2024
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Learn about how a university-based teacher preparation program, public schools, and local science-focused museums implement an ecological approach to STEM learning in Chicago.
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