CBOWG Strategic Planning Retreat
Seattle, WA — August 17-18, 2006

Presentations | Materials and Resources | Affiliations

• What are a few of the major needs of OST programs with regard to STEM content and materials?
  • Cathy Jordan (SEDL): [web] | [ppt]
  • Jason Freeman (CSAS) [web] | [ppt]
  
  
• What sorts of OST programs, organizations and materials should NASA concentrate on in order to reach its goal of having a more diverse STEM workforce?
  • Maryann Stimmer (EEC) [web] | [ppt]
  
  
• What are some models for and major issues involved with evaluating the success of OST programs, particularly those with STEM content and themes?
  • Georgia Hall (NIOST) [web] | [ppt]
  
  
• What do SMD materials look like and what are a couple of examples of things that SMD has done with OST organizations?
  • Shari Asplund (NASA SMD) [web] | [ppt]
  
  
• Some current NASA work with CBOs: programs with the Girl Scouts
  • Leslie Lowes (NASA SMD) [web] | [ppt]

• NASA materials adapted by the AMNH for after school
• Science, Gender and Afterschool — Research Action Agenda
• After School Mathematics (including "Pass the Ball to NY")
• EEC's After School Science Plus
• EEC's After School Math Plus — still in development but to be released later this year
• Informal Learning and Science in After school study (ILSA): runs from 2006-2009. For information on current status of this project email .
• California Tomorrow — a resource for diversity
• NASA SMD Education Broker/Facilitators by region
• NASA SMD Education Forums

• National Afterschool Associations
• Afterschool Alliance
• Haas Center for Public Service
• The Exploratorium
• Coalition for Science After School
• National Institute on Out-of-School Time
• National Partnership for Quality Afterschool Learning
• 21st Century Community Learning Centers
• Girl Scouts
• MIT Kavli Institute
• Educational Equity Center
• American Museum of Natural History