Building Math Capacity
January/February 2006 IN THIS ISSUE In March 2001, the last time this journal focused on informal mathematics education, ASTC was about to publish Mathematics in Science Centers, the report of a...
View ArticleMisunderstanding of Science: The Evolution Challenge
March/April 2006 IN THIS ISSUE With so many museum and science-related publications addressing the intelligent design/evolution controversy, what can ASTC’s journal contribute to the conversation?...
View ArticleBlockbusters: Asset or Liability
May/June 2006 IN THE ISSUE What have science centers learned in the past decade about the effect of blockbusters, those wildly popular traveling exhibitions and large-format films that drive attendance...
View ArticleBlogs, Podcasts and Wikis: Tapping the New Social Technologies
July/August 2006 IN THIS ISSUE More than a decade after the first museum web sites went online, a new revolution is sweeping the Internet. Driven by inexpensive and easy-to-use technologies, the...
View ArticleEyes on the Skies: Reconnecting Audiences with Astronomy
September/ October 2006 IN THIS ISSUE “Astronomical concepts and images have universal appeal, inspiring wonder and resonating uniquely with human questions about our nature and our place in the...
View ArticleEarth in Transition: Science Centers and Global Warming
November/December 2006 IN THIS ISSUE The start of the International Polar Year (IPY) in March 2007 marked the start of a major new undertaking for the science center community. ASTC’s “International...
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