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The National Science Resources Center (NSRC) and museums work collaboratively to improve science education. Some of the museums are:
The NSRC also works with Smithsonian Institution museums, including:
Science Centers also work in collaboration with the NSRC's three Centers of Excellence. The Gulf Coast Explorium, in Mobile, Alabama, works the NSRC's LASER Center through its Alabama regional LASER site.
Museums and Science Centers work in concert with the NSRC to:
Partner With Local School Districts
Contribute to Higher Education Reform Programs
Participate in the Professional Development of Teachers
Act as Advocates
Partner With Local School Districts
- Work with local school districts to assess and improve their science programs based on research and best practices
- Serve as a faculty member at NSRC science education strategic planning institutes, working conferences, and workshops
Contribute to Higher Education Reform Programs
- Work to improve programs for teachers of science and the teaching of science
- Serve as a faculty member at NSRC institutes, working conferences, and workshops
Participate in the Professional Development of Teachers
- Collaborate with teacher leaders in professional development programs to learn about effective science learning, teaching strategies, and resources
- Assist with the design and delivery of professional development programs for current and future teachers of science
Act as Advocates
- Speak out as a key education leader on the need to improve how science is learned and taught
- Join in the nationwide learning network of more than 4,000 leaders working to improve science education programs based on research and best practices
- Develop articles for journals, newsletters, and other publications to advance science education reform nationally and internationally
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