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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Engineering is Elementary® Team (2017a) Testing the Waters: Engineering a Water Reuse Process, Copyright 2016-2017 by the Museum of Science, Boston, MA. https://www.eie.org/water-reuse-testing-waters

Engineering is Elementary® Team (2017b). Worlds Apart: Engineering Remote Sensing Devices, Copyright 2016-2017 by the Museum of Science, Boston, MA. https://www.eie.org/remote-sensing-worlds-apart

Engineering is Elementary® Team (2019). In Good Hands: Engineering Space Gloves. Copyright 2016-2019 by the Museum of Science, Boston, MA. https://www.eie.org/good-hands-engineering-space-gloves

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. (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.

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

Austin, TX (2024)

Boston, MA (2018)

Chicago, IL (2022)

Denver, CO (2024)

Flagstaff, AZ (2022, 2023, 2024)

Houston, TX (2019, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)

Las Vegas, NV (2022)

New Orleans, LA (2021, 2024)

Orlando, FL (2023)

Phoenix, AZ (2018, 2020, 2021)

Portland, OR (2022)

Rapid City, SD (2024)

San Francisco, CA (2019, 2023, 2024)

Seattle, WA (2024)

Spokane, WA (2023)