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A student voice rubric... might be of interest to Intersections projects focused on increasing student voice in informal spaces

blog post that raises questions about what is content in museums. probably a great read for intersections teams as a way to think/talk/write about their work together. (thanks Kim Douillard)

ASDC Report that shows how science and discovery centers effectively engage underrepresented groups. Philadelphia and Fort Collins, this seems particularly pertinent to your Intersections work.

Glasslab has been producing these "Developer Diaries" about their process of making educational video games. Intersections teams working with young people to make games may find these a valuable research to share with educators and young people learning to make games

Effect of encouragement/discouragement on elementary school students' later pursuits. Might be of interest to AZ Intersections team

This is a call for crowdfunding "the think tank" a mobile cognitive science lab that will travel to HSs to teach students about cognitive science and help them design and carry out their own inquiries. might be a cool sample project for Intersections

Can we grow a garden on Mars? would students like to research and write about this question? Maybe an idea or an idea stimulator for an intersections project?

this is a resource that annotates science research for students and offers other activities (such as the opportunity to play with data from scientists' papers). THis might be a great resource for Intersections teams

"Partnering with Icelandic singer andartist Björk, and the New York Public Library, CMOM presents Biophilia, a suite of nine musical compositions with accompanying games, images and videos that encourages users to explore the connections between music, nature and technology. Using provided iPads, CMOM educators will conduct workshops, guiding families through the Biophilia apps to foster creativity and inspire children to tap into their own musical creativity. Children and families will explore the themes of Biophilia while enjoying hands-on science experiments, movement, dance and even music theory."

Cool! Was just talking about Bjork inspirations while playing with other Charlotte Intersections peeps at a music/sound exhibit at Discovery Place.

This sonnet to science by Edgar Allan Poe made me think of my Intersections community -- How else might we personifiy science?

This new family science website aimed at kids 6-9 might be of interest to Intersections teams building projects for youth in this age group. It includes an app that allows students to take photos and upload them in COPPA safe ways

How science writers might use pinterest might be a great resource for our summer institute: it connects writing for the public, social media, writing as curating/

Predicting Future Technologies: Keeping in mind that prediction is more of an art than a science, CNN spoke to a host of design and technology experts -- from academics to magazine editors -- in search of what might well just be the shape of things to come.

Today, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Chris Hadfield passed command of the International Space Station to cosmonaut Pavel Vinogradov. Hadfield's command has been so much fun, because he not only plays guitar and tweets prolifically; he also gamely answers almost any kind of question in a series of space FYI videos.

This pod cast features Neal Stephenson (who will be a keynote at ASTC's fall conference) and Tim Wu discussing whether we are living in the future...

At age 12, Freeman Hrabowski marched with Martin Luther King. Now he's president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), where he works to create an environment that helps under-represented students -- specifically African-American, Latino and low-income learners -- get degrees in math and science. He shares the four pillars of UMBC's approach.

Help with harnessing the inner scientist in us all

I LOVE this piece. thanks for sharing it!

Lots of collaborations might be thinking about how to 'reinvent' the field trip or exhibit visit. Here are some app-based ideas...but could also imagine youth building apps. 

a possible reading for our summer institute, this theoretical chemist explains why writing, using metaphors and teaching undergraduates improve his science.

argues that storytelling should be a part of science, so that students, especially female students, see why/how science is important in the world.