Research

A comprehensive list of our research sources, ranging from academic publications to past workshops that have helped to define our programs.

Publications

Bloom, N.E. & Clark, J. (2017). Assessing the Content and Instructional Needs of Out-of- School Time (OST) Educators for Teaching Integrated Science and Engineering Curricula. Center for Science Teaching and Learning, Northern Arizona University.

Bloom, N., Roberts, E. Clark, J., Rubino-Hare, L., Cunningham, C. & Archer, H. (2019, June). How Educators Implement Engineering Curricula in OST Settings [Conference paper]. Society for Engineering Education. Proceedings of the 2019 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Tampa, FL. https://peer.asee.org/how-educators-implement-engineering-curricula-in-ost-settings-fundamental.pdf

Clark, J., Bloom, N., Rubino-Hare, L., Barnes, C. & Ryan, S. (2021). Designing professional development resources to meet the needs of OST stem educators. Spring 2021 Afterschool Matters, National Institute on Out-of-School Time.

Elsayed, R., Clark, J. G., Daehler, K. R. & Bloom, N. E. (2022). A practical guide for out-of-school-time professionals to promote inclusion and engagement in STEM learning. PLANETS, Northern Arizona University, and WestEd.
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Kretzmann, H., Jackson, S., Dwyer, M., LeMer, J., Elsayed, R., Gruber, J., and Bloom, N. (2024). PLANETS: Space Hazards Beta Test Report. PLANETS, Northern Arizona University.

PLANETS (2019). Remote Sensing of Mars. Planetary science for out-of-school-time grades 6-8. A PLANETS Science Series curricular unit. https://www.planets-stem.org

PLANETS (2020a). Space Hazards: Planetary science for out-of-school-time grades 3-5. A PLANETS Science Series curricular unit. https://www.planets-stem.org

PLANETS (2020b). Water in the Solar System. Planetary science for out-of-school-time grades 6-8. A PLANETS Science Series curricular unit. https://www.planets-stem.org

San Antonio-Tunis, C., Clark, J. & Cunningham, C. (2019, June). [Conference paper]. Society for Engineering Interest and Attitude Development In Out-of-School Time Engineering Education. Proceedings of the 2019 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Tampa, FL. https://peer.asee.org/engineering-interest-and-attitude-development-in-out-of-school-time.pdf

Presentations

Barlow, N.G. (2016, September). PLANETS: Space Science Curricular Materials for Out-of-School-Time Programs [Conference session]. Western Region Space Grant Meeting, Bend, OR.

Bloom, N.E. & Clark, J. (2017, December). Assessing the Content and Instructional Needs of Out-of- School Time (OST) Educators for Teaching Integrated Science and Engineering Curricula [Conference session]. 2017 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

Bloom, N.E. & Clark, J. (2019, October). Supports for Out-of-School Time (OST) STEM Education. Presentation at the Navajo Nation Annual Research Conference, Window Rock, AZ.

Bloom, N.E., Rubino-Hare, L., Roberts, E. & Clark, J. (2019, December). Identifying supports for educators facilitating a planetary science and engineering out-of-school time program [Interactive poster presentation]. Annual meeting of American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA. https://agu2019fallmeeting-agu.ipostersessions.com/Default.aspx?s=AD-AD-E7-F8-9F-33-C1-13-4E-A2-85-DB-EB-C1-DF-76

Clark, J. (2018, March). Out-of-School Time STEM Is Out of This World! [Conference session]. National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) Atlanta National Conference, Atlanta, GA.

Clark, J. & Bloom, N.E. (2016, December). What Do Informal Educators Need To Be Successful In Teaching Planetary Science And Engineering?: Results From The PLANETS Out-Of-School Time Educator Needs Assessment [Conference session]. Annual meeting of American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA. https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm16/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/118916

Clark, J. & Bloom, N. (2017, December). Data driven professional development design for out-of-school time educators using planetary science and engineering educational materials (NASA NNX16AC53A) [Conference session]. 2017 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA. https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm17/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/218800

Clark, J., Hamlin, A., & Rubino-Hare, L. (2020). Supporting Youth Development Through STEM Curriculum [Conference session]. 2020 National AfterSchool Association Annual Convention, Washington, DC – presented virtually due to COVID-19.

Clark, J. & Rubino-Hare, L. (2018). Planetary learning that advances the nexus between engineering, technology, and science (PLANETS): Taking out of school time engineering education to new heights [Conference session]. Engineering is Elementary Symposium. Boston, MA.

Clark, J. & Rubino-Hare, L. (2020). PLANETS Out-of-school time resources for grades 3-5 [Presentation]. Solar System Exploration Public Engagement Institute, Houston, TX.

Clark, J., Rubino-Hare, L., Bloom, N., & San Antonio-Tunis, C. (2020). Core Values and Principles Guiding STEM in Out-of-School [Conference paper]. 2020 American Geophysical Union Annual Conference- presented virtually due to COVID-19.

Haden, C. (2017, November). Evaluating Partnerships & Networks: Using Mixed-Methods Evaluation to Keep STEM Collaborations on Track [Conference session]. American Evaluation Association meeting, Washington, DC.

Kesler, K. & Rumpf, E. (2019a, May). Inspiration Station: Free STEM Curriculum That is Out-Of-This World [Conference session]. Best Out Of School Time Conference, Palm Springs, CA.

Kesler, K. & Rumpf, E. (2019b, May). Camp Inspire: Free STEM Curriculum That is Out-Of-This World [Conference session]. Best Out Of School Time Conference, Palm Springs, CA.

Milazzo, M., Anderson, R. B., Edgar, L. A., Gaither, T. & Vaughan, R.G. (2017, December). A Subject Matter Expert View of Curriculum Development [Conference session]. 2017 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA. https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm17/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/280791

Rubino-Hare, L., & Clark, J. (2017). Integrated engineering and planetary science activities for out-of-school time programs [Conference session]. Space Exploration Educator Conference, Houston, TX.

Rubino-Hare, L., & Clark, J. (2019). Remote Sensing of Mars [Conference session]. Space Exploration Educator Conference, Houston, TX.

Rubino-Hare, L. & Clark, J. (2020). PLANETS Out-of-school time for grades 3-5: Engineering gloves to protect from space hazards [Conference session]. Space Exploration Educator Conference, Houston, TX.

Rubino-Hare, L. & Hamlin, A. (2019). In good hands: Designing space gloves to protect astronauts from space hazards [Conference session]. Annual meeting of Arizona Center for Afterschool Excellence, Phoenix, AZ.

Rumpf, M.E., Clark, J., Anderson, R.B., Vaughan, R.G., Rubino-Hare, L., Powers, J., Ryan, S., Glaspie, L.M. & San Antonio-Tunis, C. (2019, December). Space Hazards! A PLANETS Science Series Activity for Out of School Time [Conference session]. Annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA. https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm19/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/507676

Rumpf, M.E., Vaughan, R.G., Anderson, R., Edgar, L., Gaither, T., Milazzo, M., Rubino-Hare, L., Clark, J., Ryan, S. & Sokol, K. (2018, December). Planetary cards: An interactive card game for learning about water in the solar system [Conference session]. 2018 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Washington, DC. https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm18/prelim.cgi/Paper/452316

Rumpf, M.E., Vaughan, R.G., Anderson, R., Edgar, L., Gaither, T., Milazzo, M., Rubino-Hare, L., Clark, J., Ryan, S. & Sokol, K. (2019, February). Planetary Cards: A Fun and Interactive Card Game for Learning about Water in the Solar System [Conference session]. Women in Space 2019 Conference, Scottsdale, AZ.

Ryan, S. & Rubino-Hare, L. (2016, October). Inspire a bright future with engineering & planetary science [Conference session]. Annual meeting of Arizona Center for Afterschool Excellence, Phoenix, AZ.

Ryan, S. & Rubino-Hare, L. (2017). STEM changes everything [Conference session]. Annual meeting of National Summer Learning Association, Phoenix, AZ.

Posters

Anderson, R.B., Gaither, T., Edgar, L., Milazzo, M.P., Vaughan, R.G., Rubino-Hare, L., Clark, J.G. & Ryan, S. (2017). Remote Sensing Mars Landing Sites: An Out-of-School Time Planetary Science Education Activity for Middle School Students [Poster presentation]. 2017 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

Anderson, R.B., Rumpf, M.E., Clark, J., Vaughan, R.G., Pigue, L.M., Rubino-Hare, L., Ryan, S., Powers J.M., San Antonio-Tunis C., Bloom, N. & Haden, C. (2020). Out-of-school time engineering and planetary science units developed by the PLANETS project [Poster presentation]. Virtual annual meeting of the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, TX. https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2020/pdf/2177.pdf

Barlow, N.G. & Clark, J. (2017, October). Planetary Science Educational Materials for Out-of-School-Time Educators [Poster presentation]. Division for Planetary Sciences meeting, Provo, UT.

Barlow, N.G. & Clark, J. (2018, March). Planetary Science Curricular and Professional Development Materials for Out-of-School Time Educators [Poster presentation]. 49th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, TX.

Bloom, N.E., Clark, J., Roberts, E., Rubino-Hare, L. & Archer, H. (2018, December). Identifying Supports for Youth Development and Learning in a Planetary Science and Engineering Out-of-School-Time Program [Poster presentation]. 2018 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Washington, DC.

Bloom, N.E., Haden, C., Zecher, C. & Peery, E. (2020, October). Illuminating educator practices through evaluating out-of-school time STEM learning [Poster presentation]. American Evaluation Association, Portland, OR – presented virtually due to COVID-19.

Bloom, N.E., Rubino-Hare, L., & Clark, J. (2019, December). Identifying supports for educators facilitating a Planetary Science and Engineering Out-of-School Time Program [Poster presentation]. Annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA. https://agu2019fallmeeting-agu.ipostersessions.com/Default.aspx?s=AD-AD-E7-F8-9F-33-C1-13-4E-A2-85-DB-EB-C1-DF-76

Clark, J., Bloom, N.E. & Henderson, D. (2017, March). After School STEM is Out of This World! [Poster presentation]. National Afterschool Association, Dallas, TX.

Clark, J., Rubino-Hare, L. & Ryan, S. (2018, December). Engagement of out-of-school time educators in the design of on-line professional development (NASA NNX16AC53A) [Poster presentation].2018 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Washington, DC.

Edgar, L.A., Anderson, R.B., Gaither, T.A., Milazzo, M.P., Vaughan, R.G., Rubino-Hare, L., Clark, J. & Ryan, S. (2017, December). Water in the Solar System: The Development of Science Education Curriculum Focused on Planetary Exploration, Abstract ED53H-0226 [Poster presentation]. 2017 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

Haden, C. & Clark, J. (2019, December). Out of this world: evaluation of a remote sensing curriculum for out-of-school time learners [Poster presentation]. Annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA.

Milazzo, M.P., Anderson, R.B., Edgar, L., Gaither, T. & Vaughan, R.G. (2017, March). PLANETS: Planetary learning that advances the nexus of engineering, technology, and science: A subject matter expert view of curriculum development [Poster presentation]. 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, TX.

Milazzo, M.P., Anderson, R.B., Gaither, T. & Vaughan, R.G. (2016). Planetary Exploration Education: As Seen From the Point of View of Subject Matter Experts [Poster presentation]. Annual meeting of American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA.

Milazzo, M.P., Clark, J., Anderson, R.B., Gaither, T., & Vaughan, R.G. (2016, March). Planetary learning that advances the nexus of engineering, technology, and science [Poster presentation]. 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, TX.

Roberts, E., Bloom, N.E., Clark, J., Rubino-Hare, L., Archer, H., San Antonio-Tunis, C. & Lachapelle, C. (2019). Out-of-school-time educators linking youth funds of knowledge in a middle-school engineering and planetary science curriculum [Poster presentation]. Annual meeting of National Association of Research in Science Teaching, Baltimore, MD.

Vaughan, R.G., Edgar, L., Rumpf, M.E., Anderson, R., Gaither, T.A., Milazzo, M.P., Rubino-Hare, L., Clark, J., Ryan, S. & Sokol, K. (2018, December). Water in the solar system: A science education activity focused on planetary exploration [Poster presentation]. 2018 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Washington, DC.

Vaughan, R.G., Meyer, N., Sokol, K., Nolan B., Anderson, R.B., Edgar, L., Gaither, T., Milazzo, M. & Clark, J. (2017). Hazards in the Solar System: Out-of-School Time Student Activities Focused on Engineering Protective Space Gloves [Poster presentation]. 2017 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

Convened Sessions

Clark, J., Erickson, K., Young, A. & Mayo, L. (2019, December). Building STEM Learning Ecosystems to Maximize Impact for Diverse Learners [Oral and poster sessions]. American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

Milazzo, M., Vaughan, R.G., Boonstra, S.K. & Erickson, K. (2016, December). NASA Science Mission Directorate Science Education: Activation for STEM Learning I [Conference session]. Annual meeting of American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA.

Vaughan, R.G., Erickson, K., Milazzo, M., & Boonstra, S.K. (2017, December). Sharing the story, the science, and the adventure of NASA¹s scientific explorations [Oral and poster presentations]. 2017 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

Vaughan, R.G., Clark, J., Milazzo, M. & Erickson, K. (2018, December). Call to Action: NASA Science and Learning Collaborations [Oral and poster presentations]. 2018 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Washington, DC.

Workshops

Clark, J. & Ryan, S. (2017, June). PLANETS curriculum [Workshop presentation]. Arizona State University Mars Educator Workshop, Tempe, AZ.

Kesler, K. & Rumpf, M.E. (2019, April). PLANETS: Free STEM Curriculum That Is Out-Of-This World! [Conference Session]. Best Out Of School Time Conference, Palm Springs, CA.

PLANETS (2020, February). Universal Design for Learning [Workshop]. CAST – Museum of Science Boston, Boston, MA.

Rubino-Hare, L, & Clark, J. (2019). Middle school space science workshop, Grades 6-8. [Workshop presentation]. Northern Arizona University, Center for Science Teaching and Learning, Flagstaff, AZ.

Rubino-Hare, L., Hamlin, A. & Ryan, S. (2020). How to protect ourselves from hazards on Earth and in space [Conference session]. Annual meeting of Arizona Center for Afterschool Excellence, Phoenix, AZ.

Ryan, S. & Fitz-Kesler, V. (2017, October). PLANETS curriculum [Oral presentation]. Flagstaff’s Festival of Science, Flagstaff, AZ.

Ryan, S. & Rubino-Hare, L. (2016, October 22). PLANETS – Inspire a Bright Future with Engineering and Planetary Science [Conference session]. AZCASE Conference, Phoenix, AZ.

Ryan, S. & Rubino-Hare, L. (2016, November 19). PLANETS – Inspire a Bright Future with Engineering and Planetary Science [Oral presentation]. Arizona Science Teachers Association, Phoenix, AZ.

Ryan, S. & Rubino-Hare, L. (2017, October 28). Testing the Waters: Engineering and Planetary Science in OST [Conference session]. AZCASE Conference, Phoenix, AZ.

Working Sessions

Remote Sensing: Phoenix, AZ and Boston, MA (April 2018 and June 2018)
Water in Extreme Environments: Phoenix, AZ and Houston, TX (October 2018 and February 2019)
Space Hazards (Year 5): San Francisco, CA (December 2019)