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Sad news. NPASS was not refunded by NSF. However, to stay in touch with Charlie, visit www.activesciencelearning.org!

Home Active Science Learning . advises and trains school districts and multi-site afterschool agencies to improve the quality and scope of their STEM [Science, Technology Engineering and Math] programs for elementary and middle school aged students. ASL can help you:

Documenting and Assessing Learning in Informal and Media-Rich Environments

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What is the role of informal science education in supporting the vision for K-12 science education?

What is the role of informal science education in supporting the vision for K-12 science... There can be a mistaken impression that the new vision for K-12 science education is only relevant to classroom science instruction. But youth frequently engage in powerful science and engineering activities that take place after or outside-of-school. They learn STEM content, engage in STEM practice…

Need a refresher on NPASS best practices? Don't forget about our videos!

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And here is the press release about Charlie's award!

Co-author of Design It! and Explore It! Afterschool Curricula Receives 4-H Educator of the Year... Charlie Hutchison of Lexington, Massachusetts, Director of Active Science Learning, Inc. and Principal Investigator for the National Partnership for After-School Science project funded by the Natio...

Charlie was selected NJ 4H Educator of the year! He's pictured here with Chad Ripberger, accepting his award.

The Connectory will become the largest directory of youth-serving STEM programs & opportunities in the country.Opens Spring 2015

The Connectory Increasing young people’s interest and participation in science, technology, engineering, and math with a comprehensive resource that connects families to opportunities near them and provider programs to partnership information to collaborate.

Many of you know this already, but NPASS2's funding ended 12/31/14. While we are waiting to hear back on an NPASS3 proposal, we will be taking a hiatus from Facebook and Twitter (unless we come across something awesome to share). It's been great! Thank you to all our fellow NPASSers for making this program such a success. Fingers crossed for the new grant!

NPASS2: National Partnerships for After School Science | Taking NPASS to Scale NPASS2 conducts intensive Train the Trainer Institutes twice a year in each partner state. Over 100 NPASS Science Trainers are leading monthly workshops for afterschool staff in the nine NPASS states.

2014 Milestones in informal STEM learning

The Year in Informal Science Education: Milestones in STEM Learning from 2014 || A blog post on... We witnessed a diversity of STEM learning milestones in 2014, from the White House Maker Faire to the Mechelen Declaration in Belgium. Here are some moments from a productive, high-profile year for informal science education...

Happy 2015!

NIOST paper on Leveraging Afterschool and Youth Development Trainers to Extend the Reach of STEM Programs

National Institute on Out-of-School Time | Paper Copters and Potential: Leveraging Afterschool... National Institute on Out-of-School Time

Miss Tuesday's webinar on Making the Case for Afterschool with America After 3PM? Check out the archived presentation.

Afterschool Alliance Webinars Research and compelling data can help afterschool programs make the case to parents, policy makers and their community that afterschool programs are essential to keep kids safe, inspire learning and support working families. Learn how you can use America After 3PM, Afterschool Alliance’s recently re…