Karen Hammerness
@drkarenhammerness.bsky.social
Learning and teaching/ museums and schools/science education/climate change ed/equity/ and the intersection of all those! Senior Director of Ed. Research and Evaluation at AMNH, I lead Dept of Research and Evaluation.
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Celebrating 10 years of research in our R&E department at the American Museum of Natural History! Much of our work has been in collaboration with youth, young adult and teacher co-researchers; we are learning so much. Excited to build community here with others looking at similar questions.
Reposted by Karen Hammerness
Thanks to Christal Brown, a remarkable dance performance amongst the solar panels at @middleburycollege.bsky.social Middlebury College to help launch Sun Day in the best possible way
September 21, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Thanks to Christal Brown, a remarkable dance performance amongst the solar panels at @middleburycollege.bsky.social Middlebury College to help launch Sun Day in the best possible way
Reposted by Karen Hammerness
Come one come all! Our new #BINHM exhibit is up at the #AMNH! @blackinnhms.bsky.social www.amnh.org/exhibitions/...
Black in Natural History Museums | AMNH
Black in Natural History Museums highlights 17 modern and historical Black scientists, artists, and curators.
www.amnh.org
September 19, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Come one come all! Our new #BINHM exhibit is up at the #AMNH! @blackinnhms.bsky.social www.amnh.org/exhibitions/...
Reposted by Karen Hammerness
Stop by the Museum from Friday, September 19, through Monday, September 29, to see how eight dioramas have been transformed.
Explore our full slate of Climate Week NYC programs which are supported by Wellcome Trust, bringing health to the heart of #ClimateWeekNYC.
Explore our full slate of Climate Week NYC programs which are supported by Wellcome Trust, bringing health to the heart of #ClimateWeekNYC.
September 19, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Stop by the Museum from Friday, September 19, through Monday, September 29, to see how eight dioramas have been transformed.
Explore our full slate of Climate Week NYC programs which are supported by Wellcome Trust, bringing health to the heart of #ClimateWeekNYC.
Explore our full slate of Climate Week NYC programs which are supported by Wellcome Trust, bringing health to the heart of #ClimateWeekNYC.
Reposted by Karen Hammerness
Mark your calendars: From Friday, 9/19, through Monday, 9/29, join us at the Museum during #ClimateWeekNYC! Details: bit.ly/4nf1sgn
🖼️Throughout the week, eight Museum dioramas are being transformed to highlight the effects of climate change on our planet.
Photos: Alvaro Keding & Daniel Kim/© AMNH
🖼️Throughout the week, eight Museum dioramas are being transformed to highlight the effects of climate change on our planet.
Photos: Alvaro Keding & Daniel Kim/© AMNH
September 15, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Mark your calendars: From Friday, 9/19, through Monday, 9/29, join us at the Museum during #ClimateWeekNYC! Details: bit.ly/4nf1sgn
🖼️Throughout the week, eight Museum dioramas are being transformed to highlight the effects of climate change on our planet.
Photos: Alvaro Keding & Daniel Kim/© AMNH
🖼️Throughout the week, eight Museum dioramas are being transformed to highlight the effects of climate change on our planet.
Photos: Alvaro Keding & Daniel Kim/© AMNH
Excited for the first of many events this #ClimateweekNYC @amnh.org. I'll be on the floors today talking with visitors about their big ideas about #climatechange. Maybe I will see you there?
www.amnh.org/explore/clim...
www.amnh.org/explore/clim...
Climate Week NYC - September 19-26, 2025 | AMNH
Find out about a slate of programs held in conjunction with Climate Week NYC.
www.amnh.org
September 20, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Excited for the first of many events this #ClimateweekNYC @amnh.org. I'll be on the floors today talking with visitors about their big ideas about #climatechange. Maybe I will see you there?
www.amnh.org/explore/clim...
www.amnh.org/explore/clim...
At #ASTC2025, stop by and say hi: on Saturday at this session; I’ll be sharing about our research @amnh.org on visitors’ sensemaking about #climatechange and #culturalstorytelling
September 5, 2025 at 5:08 PM
At #ASTC2025, stop by and say hi: on Saturday at this session; I’ll be sharing about our research @amnh.org on visitors’ sensemaking about #climatechange and #culturalstorytelling
Headed to #ASTC2025 in San Francisco. Even with a (very) delayed flight...still in NYC, I’m very much looking forward to being with colleagues and learning together!
September 5, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Headed to #ASTC2025 in San Francisco. Even with a (very) delayed flight...still in NYC, I’m very much looking forward to being with colleagues and learning together!
Why do we call out-of-school learning an “opportunity yield”?
➡ out-of-school mentored research generates multiple opportunities to engage in science practices. Read about this study of mentored research here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
➡ out-of-school mentored research generates multiple opportunities to engage in science practices. Read about this study of mentored research here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
From opportunity gap to opportunity yield: The benefits of out-of-school authentic mentored research for youth from historically marginalized communities in STEM
Our longitudinal, mixed methods study explores the experiences of over five hundred youth in long-term mentored research experiences outside of school…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 24, 2024 at 5:32 PM
Why do we call out-of-school learning an “opportunity yield”?
➡ out-of-school mentored research generates multiple opportunities to engage in science practices. Read about this study of mentored research here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
➡ out-of-school mentored research generates multiple opportunities to engage in science practices. Read about this study of mentored research here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Celebrating 10 years of research in our R&E department at the American Museum of Natural History! Much of our work has been in collaboration with youth, young adult and teacher co-researchers; we are learning so much. Excited to build community here with others looking at similar questions.
November 24, 2024 at 5:14 PM
Celebrating 10 years of research in our R&E department at the American Museum of Natural History! Much of our work has been in collaboration with youth, young adult and teacher co-researchers; we are learning so much. Excited to build community here with others looking at similar questions.