Informal Science Education (ISE) Projects:
New England Aquarium:
The Thinking Gallery – NSF Grant
Out of Sight - microscopic marine life – Private donor
New York Aquarium:
Alien Stingers – Jellies – NSF Grant / City of NY Grant
Thinking About Dolphins Thinking – IMLS Grant
Fish That Go ZAP! - Electric Fishes – Con Edison Grant
Glover’s Reef – Belize in Brooklyn – NYC donors
Sharks Alive – NYC donors
Stars of the Sea – NY Corporate Partner
Seahorses – NYC Corporate Support
Bronx & NYCity Zoos
Tiger Mountain – Animal Interactives
Big Cats – Olfactory Enrichment
New England Aquarium:
The Thinking Gallery – NSF Grant
Out of Sight - microscopic marine life – Private donor
New York Aquarium:
Alien Stingers – Jellies – NSF Grant / City of NY Grant
Thinking About Dolphins Thinking – IMLS Grant
Fish That Go ZAP! - Electric Fishes – Con Edison Grant
Glover’s Reef – Belize in Brooklyn – NYC donors
Sharks Alive – NYC donors
Stars of the Sea – NY Corporate Partner
Seahorses – NYC Corporate Support
Bronx & NYCity Zoos
Tiger Mountain – Animal Interactives
Big Cats – Olfactory Enrichment
At the New England Aquarium, Dr. Boyle led completion of The Thinking Gallery, the first major public exhibit funded by the National Science Foundation. The exhibit was designed to spark learning of simple biological principles.
Under Boyle’s lead, the NY Aquarium designed exhibits to study informal science education in action. Collaborating with colleagues nationwide, they showed that visitors do learn and that repeat visits allow small experiences to grow into a comprehension of scientific concepts.
This work underscored the transformative role of museums, aquariums, zoos, and similar venues in forwarding public science learning, which now has been affirmed by the National Academies of Sciences.
ISE Research Collaborators |
| Paul Boyle, PhD Diana Reiss, PhD Sandra Elvin, PhD Johnny Fraser, PhD Joe Heimlich, PhD William Conway, HDS Steve Olson, MS Debi Luke, PhD Candace Dorsey, PhD Shelly Grow, MSc Les Kaufman, PhD Steve Feldman Paul Pearce-Kelly Philippe Vallette, DEA |
| Cynthia Vernon, MS Nette Pletcher, MA Steve Lenox, BFA Bill Mott, MES Don Moore, PhD Dennis Thoney, PhD Paul Loiselle, PhD Cynthis Reich Hans Walters, MS Martha Hyatt Ellie Fries Merryl Kafka, PhD Dennis Ethier Paul Heyer |