Worlds of Connections (WoC; 2018-2023) was a University of Nebraska-Lincoln-led Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) that was funded by the National Institutes of Health. The project’s long term goals were to 1) enhance the diversity of the biobehavioral and biomedical workforce by increasing interest in network science among members of underrepresented minority communities and to 2) promote public understanding of the benefits of NIH-funded research for public health.

WoC aimed to provide quality educational after-school activities focused on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) for K-12 students in the Lincoln Public School District. Through these efforts, this project aimed to increase interest in and understanding of STEM topics for socio-economically disadvantaged students. WoC leveraged the framework of NE STEM 4U, a successful college student run and faculty guided near-peer-led out-of-school program for underserved youth, to form a new cross-campus collaboration that adds network science activities to the existing set of STEM topics.

The resources labeled “Network Science” are part of the WoC Activity Guides, a collection of resources for engaging youth with systems thinking and network science, provided by the WoC team.

These activity guides are supported by the Worlds of Connections SEPA [R25GM129836] at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, funded by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health. This content is solely the responsibility of the creators and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health or the University of Nebraska.

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2024

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Exploring the Associations of Afterschool Science Participation and Friendships with Science Identities, Patricia Wonch Hill, Grace M. Kelly, Julia McQuillan, Jorge Ledesma, Miranda Melson, and G. Robin Gauthier

2023

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Network Science: Activity Guide Introduction

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Network Science: Core Concepts

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NebrASKa Voices Survey Methodology Report; Including Missing Data Handling and Creating a Raked Weight Variable Using Iterative Proportional Fitting, Joseph C. Jochman, Julia McQuillan, Grace Kelly, Patricia Wonch Hill, and Meghan Leadabrand

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Decline Is Not Inevitable: Changes in Science Identity during the Progression through a U.S. Middle School among Boys and Girls, Julia McQuillan, Patricia Wonch Hill, Joseph C. Jochman, and Grace Kelly

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LPS–UNL Science Connector Directory 2023, Worlds of Connections SEPA

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Network Science: Eye Spy Networks, Worlds of Connections SEPA

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Network Science: Hoop Network. Activity guide for facilitators, Worlds of Connections SEPA

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Network Science: Me & My Network. Activity guide for facilitators, Worlds of Connections SEPA

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Network Science: String Network. Activity guide for facilitators, Worlds of Connections SEPA

2022

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Expanding Graduate Education and Career Placement through CER, Julia McQuillan, Patricia Wonch Hill, and Meghan Leadabrand

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Hands-On with NE STEM 4U: For budding STEMers in grades 4-8, NE STEM 4U Program

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Replicating or franchising a STEM afterschool program model: core elements of programmatic integrity, Nikolaus Stevenson, Amie S. Sommers, Neal Grandgenett, William Tapprich, Julia McQuillan, Michelle Phillips, Rachael Jensen, and Christine Cutucache

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Vaccinate: Posters from the COVID-19 Pandemic, Aaron Sutherlen, Judy Diamond, Meghan Leadabrand, Julia McQuillan, and St Patrick Reid

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Accuracy of COVID-19 Relevant Knowledge among Youth: Number of Information Sources Matters, Patricia Wonch Hill, Judy Diamond, Amy N. Spiegel, Elizabeth VanWormer, Meghan Leadabrand, and Julia McQuillan

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Network Science: Ecology, Worlds of Connections SEPA

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Network Science: Fish Supply, Worlds of Connections SEPA

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Network Science: Genealogy, Worlds of Connections SEPA

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Network Science: Play Dough Liaisons, Worlds of Connections SEPA

2021

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Developing Pandemic Comics for Youth Audiences, Judy Diamond, Amy Spiegel, Patricia Wonch Hill, Elizabeth VanWormer, judi m. gaiashkibos, Bob Hall, Aaron Sutherlen, and Julia McQuillan

2020

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Network Science: Insights for Pandemics, Julia McQuillan and Patricia Wonch Hill

2017

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Soc 898 Syllabus (Special Topics). Social Psychological Processes in the STEM Classroom: Activating STEM Identities Summer 2017, Patricia Wonch Hill and Julia McQuillan