Learning Science in Informal Environments Webinar
September 9, 2010 2:00 p.m.

Welcome to the NSRC’s webinar featuring the National Research Council’s recent publication, Surrounded by Science: Learning Science Informal Environments by Marilyn Fenichel and Heidi A. Schweingruber!

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Informal environments provide a wealth of opportunities for learning and sparking interest in both everyday settings and designed settings such as museums and sciences.
 
The program will be hosted by Bill Watson, Chief of Onsite Learning at NMNH.  It features remarks from Sally Goetz Shuler, Executive Director of the National Science Resources Center and presentations from Martin Storksdieck, Director of the Board on Science Education, and Tricia Edwards, Education Specialist at the Lemelson Center in NMAH.

We encourage you to submit your comments in the box below the video during the discussion. They will be read aloud by a moderator.

To attend the webinar LIVE, please contact June Zhang at [email protected]

Mac users: If you have trouble viewing the video, please download the Flip4Mac plug-in.

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The video may also be accessed directly here:

http://livestreaming.si.edu/smithsonianlive