NPASS2

Documenting and Assessing Learning in Informal and Media-Rich Environments

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What is the role of informal science education in supporting the vision for K-12 science education?

What is the role of informal science education in supporting the vision for K-12 science... There can be a mistaken impression that the new vision for K-12 science education is only relevant to classroom science instruction. But youth frequently engage in powerful science and engineering activities that take place after or outside-of-school. They learn STEM content, engage in STEM practice…

And here is the press release about Charlie's award!

Co-author of Design It! and Explore It! Afterschool Curricula Receives 4-H Educator of the Year... Charlie Hutchison of Lexington, Massachusetts, Director of Active Science Learning, Inc. and Principal Investigator for the National Partnership for After-School Science project funded by the Natio...

Many of you know this already, but NPASS2's funding ended 12/31/14. While we are waiting to hear back on an NPASS3 proposal, we will be taking a hiatus from Facebook and Twitter (unless we come across something awesome to share). It's been great! Thank you to all our fellow NPASSers for making this program such a success. Fingers crossed for the new grant!

NPASS2: National Partnerships for After School Science | Taking NPASS to Scale NPASS2 conducts intensive Train the Trainer Institutes twice a year in each partner state. Over 100 NPASS Science Trainers are leading monthly workshops for afterschool staff in the nine NPASS states.