Evaluation

Sunstones at The Lawrence

Youth Engaged in STEM and Service

Designed to support STEM identity development in female-identifying youth and youth of color in middle school, the new, hands-on summer program YESS offered culturally relevant and sustaining STEM programming focused on solar technology applications.

Children playing on the DNA sculpture at the Lawrence

Investigation of an Augmented Reality Exhibit for Family Learning Conversations

This study investigates the impact of an augmented reality (AR) exhibit, Bugtopia, on family learning conversations at The Lawrence Hall of Science.

Two children and a staff member are working together during a science activity.

Working Towards Equitable Organizations in Environmental Education

Working Towards Equitable Organizations Workshop Series is a collaboration between the Lawrence Hall of Science and an organization called Youth…

A student is outdoors examining nature through a magnifying glass

Improving Outdoor Science Teaching and Learning: The Implementation of a Capacity-Building Model in Outdoor Science Programs

This paper examines the role and value of professional learning and organizational capacity building in outdoor science education by investigating several questions analyzing the Better Environmental Education, Teaching, Learning, and Expertise Sharing (BEETLES) Project

The Lawrence Hall of Science

Positioning Youth for Success in Science: Studying the Malleability and Impact of Computational Thinking for Science

Researchers and curriculum designers at the Lawrence have been engaged in a three-year project (NSF STEM+C #1838992) that investigates computational…

Two Mississippi FIRST LEGO League competitors from Stokes-Beard Magnet Elementary School in Columbus urge their robots on during the annual tournament

FIRST

For Inspiration and Recognition of Science & Technology (FIRST® ) is a national and international nonprofit organization that seeks to…

Children playing on Pheena the Whale

Activation Lab

The Learning Activation Lab is a national research and design effort to dramatically strengthen learning in the United States and…

Students working together on an EBAYS project.

East Bay Academy for Young Scientists

Based at the Lawrence Hall of Science at UC Berkeley, the East Bay Academy for Young Scientists (EBAYS) serves youth…

Students in front of The Lawrence

BEETLES: An Evaluation of a Capacity Building Model to Support Outdoor Science Programs

This brief shares (1) the underlying goals and design principles for the BEETLES project, (2) a summary of the field-testing process, and (3) program leaders’ insights about how BEETLES supported their organizational capacity building to provide professional learning for their educational staff.

A young person looks through a telescope of the view at The Lawrence.

Service learning as a lever to support STEM engagement for underrepresented youth

Women and people of color are consistently underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields and careers. Though there are myriad factors underlying these gaps, one potential variable may be the extent to which these students feel connected to their STEM classroom experiences.