| Chapter 18: Become a public educator
General references and opportunities for involvement
- AAAS annual meeting
- AAAS Center for Public Engagement with Science and Technology
- Adopt-a-Physicist
- Apple iTunes U
- Association for Women in Science
- Association for Women in Science, A Hand Up: Women Mentoring Women in Science (New version: Getting the Most out of Your Mentoring Relationships)
- Association of Science and Technology Centers
- Center for Informal Learning and Schools
- Chittenden, David; Farmelo, Graham; and Lewenstein, Bruce V. (eds), Creating Connections, Museums and the Public Understanding of Current Research, AltaMira Press, 2004
- Cool Science, HHMI Science Education Resource
- Earthwatch Institute
- Exploratorium resource page
- Falk, John H.; and Dierking, Lynn D., The Museum Experience, Whalesback Books, 1992
- Harvard Longwood seminars
- Harvard Science in the News lectures
- Heffernan, Virginia, "The
Camera-Friendly, Perfectly Pixelated, Easily Downloadable Celebrity Academic,"
The New York Times, September 19, 2008
- HHMI education grants
- National Science Teachers Association
- NIH National Institute for General Medical Sciences School Resources
- NIH Office of Science Education, Free Resources for Science Teachers
- NIH Office of Science Education, Scientists in Science Education, January 2008
- NIH Science Education Partnership Awards
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Science Education Web site
- National Science Board, Science and Engineering Indicators 2008
- National Science Board, Science
and Engineering Indicators 2010
- NSF Broader Impacts Review Criterion
- NSF Directorate for Education and Human Resources
- Neuroscience
for Kids
- PhET, online simulations in physics, chemistry,math, biology, and earth science
- Project Exploration youth research programs
- Salk Institute public education programs
- Science cafés
- Science and Entertainment Exchange of the National Academy of Sciences
- Sigma Xi chapter programs
- Supercourse a global repository of lectures on public health and prevention
- TeacherTube an online community for sharing educational videos
- TryScience gateway to science and technology centers, including opportunities for researcher involvement.
- Understanding Science, resource for teachers from the Coalition on the Public Understanding of Science
- Under the Microscope Web site for women in science
- Virtlab:A Virtual Laboratory
- The X-Change Files blog of the Science and Entertainment Exchange
  
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