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A message from the Director of Informal Education
Informal (Science) Education provides stimulating experiences for science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, learning outside of formal classroom environments through media, exhibits, and community-based programming. Its goals are to increase interest in, understanding of, and engagement with, STEM disciplines by individuals of all ages; to establish linkages between informal and formal education; and to stimulate parents and others to support their children's STEM learning endeavors and to become informed proponents for high-quality, universally available STEM Education.Our goals are to:
Our plans target the following results by 2008:
The Office of Education strives to ensure that underrepresented and underserved students participate in NASA education and research programs to encourage more of these students to pursue STEM careers.
NASA and Afterschool Programs: Connecting to the Future
NASA Education Pathfinder Initiatives
NASA-sponsored educational opportunities.
NASA Explorer Institutes
Informal Education Features and News
NASA-related educational resources and information.
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