This accession consists of the Smithsonian Science Education Center (SSEC) website as it existed on March 19, 2020. The website includes information about SSEC's programs,
resources, methods, and professional development opportunities for transforming science education. It also includes news, events, a game center, and the "STEMVisions" blog.
The blog, launched in 2012, was crawled separately from the website on March 27, 2020. Due to technical issues, games may be missing from this accession or may not function
properly. Materials are in electronic format.
This accession consists of websites and blogs maintained by the Smithsonian Science Education Center (SSEC). SSEC is jointly administered by the Smithsonian Institution
and the National Academies.
The primary SSEC website, crawled on January 6, 2016, includes information about the organization's history, mission, programs, resources, and staff as well as science
education in general. It also includes online games, links to teaching resources, and the "STEMVisions" blog. The blog, launched in 2012, was crawled separately from the website
on January 6, 2016. Due to technical issues, some content is missing from this accession or does not function properly.
The LASER i3 program website was crawled on January 4, 2016, shortly before it was taken down. It provides information about the grant-funded program to evaluate the effectiveness
of an inquiry-based science education model (Leadership and Assistance for Science Education Reform or LASER) as well as information about the partner schools and events.
In addition, the website also provides resources for professional learning communities. Due to technical issues, some content is missing from this accession or does not function
properly.
The SSEC Tumblr blog was crawled on June 14, 2016, and again on June 17, 2016. The blog features science education topics. The blog launched in July 2014 with several posts,
but was then dormant until July 2015. The blog became inactive again in September 2015 and was taken offline shortly after this crawl.
This accession consists of the main Smithsonian Science Education Center (SSEC) website as it existed on July 3, 2014. SSEC is jointly administered by the Smithsonian
Institution and the National Academies. The website replaced the former National Science Resources Center website when the office changed its name in 2013. The SSEC website
includes information about the organization's history, mission, programs, resources, staff, and Advisory Board as well as science education in general. It also includes online
games, links to teaching resources, and a blog, "STEMVisions," with posts dating to October 2012. Materials are in electronic format.