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Title NASA's science activation program : achievements and opportunities / Margaret A. Honey, Kenne A. Dibner, and Tiffany E. Taylor, Editors ; Committee to Assess Science Activation, Board on Science Education, Division of Behavorial and Social Sciences and Education.

Publication Info. Washington D.C. : The National Academies Press, [2020]
©2020

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 146 pages) : illustrations (mostly color).
text file
Series Consensus study report
Consensus study report.
Contents Intro -- FrontMatter -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Vision and Objectives -- 3 Characterizing the Current Portfolio -- 4 Assessing the Science Activation Portfolio: STEM Learning and Leveraging NASA Assets -- 5 Assessing the Science Activation Portfolio: Broadening Participation and Networks -- 6 Recommendations for Science Activation -- References -- Appendix A: Science Activation Portfolio -- Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff -- Appendix C: Kristen Erickson's Presentation to the Committee
Summary "The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is one of the United States' leading federal science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) agencies and plays an important role in the landscape of STEM education. In 2015, NASA's Science Mission Directorate (SMD) created the Science Activation (SciAct) program to increase the overall coherence of SMD's education efforts, to support more effective, sustainable, and efficient use of SMD science discoveries for education, and to enable NASA scientists and engineers to engage more effectively and efficiently in the STEM learning environment with learners of all ages. SciAct is now transitioning into its second round of funding, and it is beneficial to review the program's portfolio and identify opportunities for improvement. NASA's Science Activation Program: Achievements and Opportunities assesses SciAct's efforts towards meeting its goals. The key objectives of SciAct are to enable STEM education, improve U.S. scientific literacy, advance national education goals, and leverage efforts through partnerships. This report describes and assesses the history, current status, and vision of the program and its projects. It also provides recommendations to enhance NASA's efforts through the SciAct program."-- Publisher's website
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
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Subject United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Administration.
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Administration.
Space sciences -- Study and teaching -- United States.
Space sciences -- Study and teaching.
United States.
Space sciences.
Earth sciences and state -- Study and teaching -- United States.
Earth sciences and state.
Science -- Study and teaching -- United States.
Science -- Study and teaching.
Technology -- Study and teaching -- United States.
Technology -- Study and teaching.
Management.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Education, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and.
Education, Board on Science.
Activation, Committee to Assess Science.
Taylor, Tiffany E.
Dibner, Kenne A.
Honey, Margaret A.
Other Form: Print version: NASA's Science Activation Program : Achievements and Opportunities. Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2020 9780309497343 (OCoLC)1149171889
ISBN 9780309497350
0309497353
9780309497343
0309497345
9780309497374 (electronic book)
030949737X (electronic book)