@BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", editor = "Tina Masciangioli", title = "Chemistry in Primetime and Online: Communicating Chemistry in Informal Environments: Workshop Summary", isbn = "978-0-309-18770-1", abstract = "It is critical that we increase public knowledge and understanding of science and technology issues through formal and informal learning for the United States to maintain its competitive edge in today's global economy. Since most Americans learn about science outside of school, we must take advantage of opportunities to present chemistry content on television, the Internet, in museums, and in other informal educational settings.\nIn May 2010, the National Academies' Chemical Sciences Roundtable held a workshop to examine how the public obtains scientific information informally and to discuss methods that chemists can use to improve and expand efforts to reach a general, nontechnical audience. Workshop participants included chemical practitioners (e.g., graduate students, postdocs, professors, administrators); experts on informal learning; public and private funding organizations; science writers, bloggers, publishers, and university communications officers; and television and Internet content producers. Chemistry in Primetime and Online is a factual summary of what occurred in that workshop.\nChemistry in Primetime and Online examines science content, especially chemistry, in various informal educational settings. It explores means of measuring recognition and retention of the information presented in various media formats and settings. Although the report does not provide any conclusions or recommendations about needs and future directions, it does discuss the need for chemists to connect more with professional writers, artists, or videographers, who know how to communicate with and interest general audiences. It also emphasizes the importance of formal education in setting the stage for informal interactions with chemistry and chemists.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/13106/chemistry-in-primetime-and-online-communicating-chemistry-in-informal-environments", year = 2011, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", editor = "Sarah Michaels and Andrew W. Shouse and Heidi A. Schweingruber", title = "Ready, Set, SCIENCE!: Putting Research to Work in K-8 Science Classrooms", isbn = "978-0-309-10614-6", abstract = "What types of instructional experiences help K-8 students learn science with understanding? What do science educators, teachers, teacher leaders, science specialists, professional development staff, curriculum designers, and school administrators need to know to create and support such experiences?\nReady, Set, Science! guides the way with an account of the groundbreaking and comprehensive synthesis of research into teaching and learning science in kindergarten through eighth grade. Based on the recently released National Research Council report Taking Science to School: Learning and Teaching Science in Grades K-8, this book summarizes a rich body of findings from the learning sciences and builds detailed cases of science educators at work to make the implications of research clear, accessible, and stimulating for a broad range of science educators.\nReady, Set, Science! is filled with classroom case studies that bring to life the research findings and help readers to replicate success. Most of these stories are based on real classroom experiences that illustrate the complexities that teachers grapple with every day. They show how teachers work to select and design rigorous and engaging instructional tasks, manage classrooms, orchestrate productive discussions with culturally and linguistically diverse groups of students, and help students make their thinking visible using a variety of representational tools.\nThis book will be an essential resource for science education practitioners and contains information that will be extremely useful to everyone \u00ef\u00bf\u00bdincluding parents \u00ef\u00bf\u00bddirectly or indirectly involved in the teaching of science.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/11882/ready-set-science-putting-research-to-work-in-k-8", year = 2008, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", editor = "Marilyn Fenichel and Heidi A. Schweingruber", title = "Surrounded by Science: Learning Science in Informal Environments", isbn = "978-0-309-13674-7", abstract = "Practitioners in informal science settings\u2014museums, after-school programs, science and technology centers, media enterprises, libraries, aquariums, zoos, and botanical gardens\u2014are interested in finding out what learning looks like, how to measure it, and what they can do to ensure that people of all ages, from different backgrounds and cultures, have a positive learning experience. \n\nSurrounded by Science: Learning Science in Informal Environments, is designed to make that task easier. Based on the National Research Council study, Learning Science in Informal Environments: People, Places, and Pursuits, this book is a tool that provides case studies, illustrative examples, and probing questions for practitioners. In short, this book makes valuable research accessible to those working in informal science: educators, museum professionals, university faculty, youth leaders, media specialists, publishers, broadcast journalists, and many others.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/12614/surrounded-by-science-learning-science-in-informal-environments", year = 2010, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" }