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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is one of the United States' leading federal science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) agencies and plays an important role in the landscape of STEM education. In 2015, NASA's Science Mission Directorate (SMD) created the Science Activation (SciAct) program to increase the overall coherence of SMD's education efforts, to support more effective, sustainable, and efficient use of SMD science discoveries for education, and to enable NASA scientists and engineers to engage more effectively and efficiently in the STEM learning environment with learners of all ages. SciAct is now transitioning into its second round of funding, and it is beneficial to review the program's portfolio and identify opportunities for improvement. NASA's Science Activation Program: Achievements and Opportunities assesses SciAct's efforts towards meeting its goals. The key objectives of SciAct are to enable STEM education, improve U.S. scientific literacy, advance national education goals, and leverage efforts through partnerships. This report describes and assesses the history, current status, and vision of the program and its projects. It also provides recommendations to enhance NASA's efforts through the SciAct program. Table of Contents Front Matter Summary 1 Introduction 2 Vision and Objectives 3 Characterizing the Current Portfolio 4 Assessing the Science Activation Portfolio: STEM Learning and Leveraging NASA Assets 5 Assessing the Science Activation Portfolio: Broadening Participation and Networks 6 Recommendations for Science Activation References Appendix A: Science Activation Portfolio Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff Appendix C: Kristen Erickson's Presentation to the Committee
At a time when scientific and technological competence is vital to
the nation's future, the weak performance of U.S. students in
science reflects the uneven quality of current science education.
Although young children come to school with innate curiosity and
intuitive ideas about the world around them, science classes rarely
tap this potential. Many experts have called for a new approach to
science education, based on recent and ongoing research on teaching
and learning. In this approach, simulations and games could play a
significant role by addressing many goals and mechanisms for
learning science: the motivation to learn science, conceptual
understanding, science process skills, understanding of the nature
of science, scientific discourse and argumentation, and
identification with science and science learning.
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