Parents Shaping Children's Science Imaginations in a Family Meteorology Workshop

• In Event: AERA Virtual Poster Session 9
  In Poster Session: Informal Learning Environments Research SIG Poster Session

Abstract

This paper presents data from a study examining 22 families’ science imaginations related to weather across seven meteorology workshops where each family prototyped a weather station for local community stakeholders. Our video-based analysis revealed how parents engaged children in making weather imaginations by drawing upon family’s prior experience, questions, and material resources. The study contributes to the literature on informal learning and imagination in science learning.

Authors

• Yu-Chen Chiu, The Pennsylvania State University

• Heather Toomey Zimmerman, The Pennsylvania State University