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Sarah Marcotte

  • What I do, where I work

  • I work as the Museum Services Representative for the Mars Public Engagement team at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. I give museums content, resources, images and data relating to the planet Mars.

Positions

  • Education Programs Manager at Kidspace Children's Museum

  • Education Outreach Coordinator at California Institute of Technology

  • Manager, School and Teacher Programs at Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Website(s)

  • More about me

  • Sarah S. Marcotte has been active in the informal science field for over 12 years. She got her start at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County where she worked extensively in outreach to schools and the community, first as Education Specialist in the Insect Zoo, and later as the Education Manager supervising an outdoor ecology program and the Mobile Education program, three tractor trailers with immersive teaching environments for students age 8 to 12. She focused on staff training and program development as Education Manager at Kidspace Children’s Museum, and is now the Museum Services Representative at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, responsible for creating partnerships to disseminate Mars content to museums. Sarah serves on the boards of the Museum Educators of Southern California, the Museum Education Roundtable, and the American Association of Museums’ Media and Technology standing professional committee. She holds graduate degrees in Museum Education and Education Technology, and not surprisingly, her areas of interest include science, family learning and technology.

Recent publications & presentations

  • "Connect with Tech! ."   Science Activities 43(2).

     2006

  • "Tech Talk for Digital Late Adapters."   AAM Annual Conference

     2008

  • "Museum Geeks: The Next Generation."   CA Association of Museums Conference

    February 2008

  • "Museum Studies Programs: That Was Then, This Is Now."   Museum Computer Network Conference

    November 2007

  • "That’s what science is all about: Inquiry based teacher professional development."   ASTC Annual Conference

    October 2007

  • "Teaming with the Front Line."   ASTC Annual Conference

     2007