Books

Science within Reach: A Manual for Teaching and Learning Science in Adult Literacy Programs
Rose Strohmaier. Edmonton, Alberta: Grass Roots Press, 1998.
Available at the ALRI Library. Contact: Sandra Darling, 617-782-8956

What Can You Do When You Don't Know the Answers to Your Children's Science Questions?
Massachusetts Parent Involvement Project/Museum Institute for Teaching Science
This little pamphlet offers useful suggestions to parents.
Contact: Joel Nitzberg, director, Parent Involvement Project, 781-338-3488

Science Night Family Fun from A-Z
Mickey Sarquis and Lynn Hogue. Middletown, OH: Terrific Science Press, 2000.
Miami University, Middletown
4200 East University Blvd., Middletown, OH 45042

Family Science
Portland State University, 1999.
6420 SW Macadam Avenue, Suite 208, Portland, OR 97201

Family Science, Technology/Engineering, and Math Toolkit Workshop
Massachusetts Parent Involvement Project
c/o The Alliance for Education
484 Main Street, Suite 400, Worcester, MA 01608

The Science Explorer
Pat Murphy, Ellen Klages, Linda Shore, and the Exploratorium. New York: Owl Books/Henry Holt, 1996.

Compendium of Lessons for Science
Boston: Museum Institute for Teaching Science, 2000.
This compendium offers 14 inquiry-based, hands-on lessons developed by teachers in the MITS Summer Institute in 2000. Though developed for K-8, teachers can adapt the activities for adults.

Breaking the Science Barrier: How to Explore and Understand the Sciences
Sheila Tobias and Carl Tomizuka. New York: College Entrance Examination Board, 1992.
Available at the ALRI library. Contact: Sandra Darling, 617-782-8956

The Alphabet of Trees: A Guide to Nature Writing
Edited by Christian McEwen and Mark Statman. New York: Teachers and Writers Collaborative, 2000.
Available at the ALRI library. Contact: Sandra Darling, 617-782-8956

Moon Journals: Writing, Art, and Inquiry Through Focused Nature Study
Joni Chancer and Gina Rester-Zodrow. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 1999.
Available at the ALRI library. Contact: Sandra Darling, 617-782-8956

Materials

Learning Things, Inc.
P.O. Box 1112, Olean, NY 14760
800-284 5688
Supplier of lenses, mirrors, and other hands on supplies. Recommended by the Parent Involvement Project.

Videos

Breakthrough: the Changing Face of Science in America
Profiles of African-American, Latino, and Native-American Scientists
Personal Stories of Discovery

Available at the ALRI library. Contact: Sandra Darling, 617-782-8956

Organizations

TERC
www.terc.edu
2067 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02140
617-547-0430
TERC is a non-profit research and development organization committed to improving mathematics and science learning and teaching. It supports inquiry-oriented, project-based learning. This Web site also features online editions of Hands On!, the semiannual TERC publication that reports on the organization's research and development activities.

CESAME
www.dac.neu.edu/cesame
Center for the Enhancement of Science and Mathematics Education
Northeastern University
716 Columbus Avenue, Suite 378, Boston, MA 02120
617-373-8380
CESAME is a non-profit K-12 mathematics and science education reform organization supported by the National Science Foundation, Northeastern University, and other public and private organizations. Their Web site has links to teacher and parent science education resources.

MITS
www.mits.org
Museum Institute for Teaching Science (MITS, Inc.), founded by a group of Massachusetts Museums in 1983, is a non-profit organization that promotes the teaching of science, mathematics, and technology, in an inquiry-based, hands-on, minds-on method of teaching. They sponsor summer institutes for teachers, professional development seminars, and a parent involvement project. They also participate in sponsoring the Northeast Informal Science Education Network (NISEN) where informal science educators learn from one another.

National Science Foundation
www.nsf.gov
4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230
703-292-5111