Jamie LaFolletteJamie LaFollette
Executive Director
Emerald Coast Science Center
Lucy KirshnerLucy Kirshner
Manager - Discovery Spaces
Museum of Science, Boston
Rose HoneyRose Honey
Doctoral Student
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Angelique RickhoffAngelique Rickhoff
Senior Interactive Media Designer
Adler Planetarium
Janis DickinsonJanis Dickinson
Associate Professor, Director of Citizen Science
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Christine SchmitzChristine Schmitz
Education Curator
Utah's Hogle Zoo
Kasey McCrackenKasey McCracken
Evaluation Associate
David Heil & Associates, Inc.
Dan NortonDan Norton
Lead Designer
Filament Games

  • Summative :: Sanford, C. (2009). How People Make Things Summative Evaluation. [UPCLOSE] Children's Museum of Pittsburgh.
  • Formative :: Giusti, E. (2009). Research and Rolling Exhibits (RARE). NY Hall of Science.
  • Summative :: Giusti, E. (2009). Early Childhood Science Learning . NY Hall of Science.
  • Summative :: Giusti, E. (2009). Teacher Training and Impact Utilizing Health Science Portable Laboratories . Ny Hall of Science.
  • Summative :: Serrell, B. (2009). Beautiful Science Summative Evaluation. [Serrell & Associates] The Huntington Library, Art Collections, & Botanical Gardens.
  • Summative :: Serrell, B. (2009). Yuungnaqpiallerput (The Way We Genuinely Live): Masterworks of Yup'ik Science and Survival. [Serrell & Associates] Anchorage Museum.
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    February 18-22, 2010
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    This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. ESI-0610348. Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.