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Team-Based Inquiry Guide (evaluation capacity building tool)
Professional development guide and evaluation tools for educators and researchers that explain each step of the Team-Based Inquiry (TBI) process and feature ways TBI is used in the NISE Network to improve educational experiences and professional practice.
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Exploring Science Practices: Early Explorations
In this activity, learners are given an opportunity to practice scientific ways of thinking that are developmentally appropriate for early learners.
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Museum Presentation: How TO and How NOT TO Interact with Visitors Video Guide
Professional development resources for educators from the Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network.
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Nano and Society Case Study of a Research-to-Practice Partnership between University Scientists and Museum Professionals (2014)
Publication conducted by SRI Education that examined how complex and potentially controversial science ideas are translated for the public through a research-to-practice partnership between university scientists and museum professionals, collaborating to address a problem of educational practice, with mutual benefits.
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Improv Exercises
Improv exercises can be used by professionals as icebreakers, getting-to-know-you activities, and as tools to empower educators to facilitate positive, learning conversations with visitors.
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