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Online Workshop Recording: Creating Relevant and Meaningful STEM Experiences

Recording of online professional development workshop highlighting some of the principles of relevance in STEM, partner experiences in co-creation, and successful strategies for place-based learning in STEM ecosystems.

DESCRIPTION

This workshop was recorded on 4-15-2025


During this online workshop, we explored the importance of relevance in STEM learning experiences. We started with an introduction to the principles of relevance, sharing strategies found to be successful during a study of place-based learning in the NISE Network's STEM Learning Ecosystems project. We also talked about the process of approaching your community to find out what is truly relevant to your audiences. Finally, we heard from NISE Network partners already co-creating with their communities to engage audiences more meaningfully in STEM. 

 

Presenters included:

Darrell Porcello, Director of National STEM Networks, Children's Creativity Museum, San Francisco, CA

Allison Anderson, Research & Evaluation Associate, Museum of Science, Boston, MA

Peregrine Bratschi, Associate Program Manager: Humanity & Life Sciences, Museum of Life and Science, Durham, NC

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DESCRIPTION

This workshop was recorded on 4-15-2025


During this online workshop, we explored the importance of relevance in STEM learning experiences. We started with an introduction to the principles of relevance, sharing strategies found to be successful during a study of place-based learning in the NISE Network's STEM Learning Ecosystems project. We also talked about the process of approaching your community to find out what is truly relevant to your audiences. Finally, we heard from NISE Network partners already co-creating with their communities to engage audiences more meaningfully in STEM. 

 

Presenters included:

Darrell Porcello, Director of National STEM Networks, Children's Creativity Museum, San Francisco, CA

Allison Anderson, Research & Evaluation Associate, Museum of Science, Boston, MA

Peregrine Bratschi, Associate Program Manager: Humanity & Life Sciences, Museum of Life and Science, Durham, NC

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Credits

YEAR CREATED
2025
OWNING INSTITUTION

Arizona State University

FUNDING

This material is based upon work supported by NASA under cooperative agreement award number 80NSSC21M0007. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

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Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 3.0 United States (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US).
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