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Unraveling the Mysteries: The MSU Science Festival
There is something for everyone at the MSU Science Festival. This annual event, established by Michigan State University in 2013, celebrates the many ways science, technology, engineering, art, and math touch our everyday lives and shape our future. The 2019 Festival...
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Science Festival Snippets: “Using a Community-Created Multisite Evaluation to Promote Evaluation Use Across a Sector”
Article: Using a community-created multisite evaluation to promote evaluation use across a sector What do we know? While a strength of multisite evaluation is the ability to build increased knowledge about a program, a limitation of this approach has been challenges...
Science Festival Snippets: “Does The Messenger Matter?”
Article: Does the messenger matter? Studying the impacts of scientists and engineers interacting with public audiences at science festival events What do we know? This study was designed to explore what impact an interaction with a scientist had on science festival...
Science Festival Snippets: “Debris, Diatoms, and Dolphins”
Article: Debris, diatoms, and dolphins: tracking child engagement at a public science festival. What do we know? Science festival environments can provide the opportunity for children to engage in a wide range of activities, however, there had been no research done on...
Science Festival Snippets: “Celebrating STEM in Rural Communities”
Article: Celebrating STEM in Rural Communities: A Model for an Inclusive Science and Engineering Festival What do we know? Research shows that opportunities for informal science learning are limited in rural communities when compared to urban ones.The Genome Science...
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