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Education programs and field trips at the NASCAR Hall of Fame
| 11/27/2011
Everyone understands that an education is a passport for success. In recent economic times, it’s very difficult to find a steady job, and even harder to find one if you didn’t graduate from college or high school. Many working adults are registering for adult education programs because they understand the value of a quality education. Enrolled college students are partaking in internships because hands-on experience is vital for young people entering into the work force. Read More...
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Connection to science at the Smithsonian
DAVID MARSLAND | 03/21/2011
Who could have guessed that a gift from an illegitimate son of an English lord would lead to the formation of the world’s most famous museum and research complexes, one that is situated in Washington DC and is visited by millions of excited visitors each year? The bequest of $580,000, a fortune when it was donated in 1846, was made by James Smithson, a member of Britain’s Royal Society. Smithson was an analytical chemist of some repute in Europe. The institution his fortune provided for was, of course, the Smithsonian Institution — its goal was the “diffusion of knowledge.” Read More...
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Students ‘do’ science at the Viginia Living Museum
VIRGINIA GABRIELE | 03/21/2011
At the Virginia Living Museum in Newport News, students experience science discoveries that simply can’t be duplicated in a school classroom. The Virginia Living Museum is the mid-Atlantic region’s premier science education facility where science and nature really come to life. Nowhere else can your students explore all of Virginia’s physiographic regions in a day, and encounter more than 250 living native species of animals and plants exhibited in their natural habitats. Read More...
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See, touch and feel nature at Virginia Living Museum
| 11/19/2010
Students of all ages see, touch and experience science like never before at the Virginia Living Museum, the mid-Atlantic region’s premier science education facility. The museum introduces students to more than 250 living species native to Virginia through exhibits, discovery centers and interactive hands-on activities. All of the museum’s exhibits correlate with and reinforce Virginia’s Standards of Learning for Science (SOLs) and national science standards. While taking a tour of the geographic regions of Virginia, students can observe: Read More...
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Museum and Schools Creating Successful Community Collaborations
DENA BUSH | 03/31/2010
The West Florida Historic Preservation, Inc. (WFHPI) announces its second annual regional conference, “Celebrate Our Civic, Community and Cultural Heritage,” to be held in Historic Pensacola Village on April 24, 2010. Historic Pensacola Village is a museum complex located in the heart of downtown Pensacola, which hosts tens of thousands of students on annual field trips each school year. WFHPI education staff consistently seeks ways to enhance visitation, especially during the current economic climate and in an environment of high-stakes testing. I am sure that schools and other museum sites throughout the country find themselves in similar ... Read More...
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Moneypalooza Provides Students with Dollars and Sense
| 03/31/2010
Benjamin Franklin coined the saying, “A penny saved is a penny earned;” an aphorism that resonates far and wide these days. Over the past two years Marbles Kids Museum, located in downtown Raleigh, has worked with the local banks of North Carolina to create an exhibit that would bring to life the importance of establishing healthy money habits through innovative and high-energy activities. The result is Moneypalooza, a colorful world of money where kids play with smart ways to spend and save while having a wealth of fun learning to earn. Read More...
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Megalodon, Largest Shark that Ever Lived Exhibits at the Virginia Living Museum this fall
VIRGINIA GABRIELE | 11/20/2009
You may have seen the movie Jaws,but you’ve never seen jaws like these.They belonged to a behemoth 60 feet long, whose giant mouth bristled with 276 teeth. Read More...
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Setting the Stage for Learning They’ve never seen Shakespeare quite like this
JENNIFER CHAMBERS | 11/20/2009
During the 2009/2010 school year, Hampton Roads and Southeastern Virginia students will have a unique opportunity through the Virginia Arts Festival’s WorldClass Education Program to experience the Bard’s plays — all 37 of them in just 97 whirlwind minutes — in a way that’s sure to have them laughing and learning at the same time. Read More...
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The Mountain Arts Center Music and Education in the Mountains
Khrys Varney | 09/03/2009
What do you do if music comes as naturally to you as breathing? If you’re one of those in eastern Kentucky who sings or plays an instrument (as many do), you travel the winding roads through the hills to Prestonsburg. It is there that the Mountain Arts Center, surrounded by the rugged beauty of the mountains, stands as a purveyor of dreams and giver of music education. After all, that is why it is there – the result of one woman’s dream and the promise of dreams yet to be fulfilled. Read More...
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Wonderlands of Adventure at Florida Museums
LILLIAN SPENCER | 09/03/2009
For many, the Sunshine State is all about the many wonders of the outdoors, with great weather and gorgeous beaches. Visit Florida museums and you will find wonderlands of adventure and knowledge. Read More...
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Museums Are in The Business of Preserving Magic
FORD W. BELL | 09/03/2009
Most of us likely recall a school field trip during which the light went on. For some of us it may have come as our introduction to museums. For others, a particular exhibit or specimen may have ignited dormant passions, leading to a lifelong pursuit. Eminent scholars such as the late Joseph Campbell — the man who brought the power of myth home to America through his PBS specials with Bill Moyers — were inspired by visits to museums, in Campbell’s case the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. For generations, students at all levels of education have benefited from school field trips to museums. But that time honored aspect of... Read More...
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Children’s Museums + School Field Trips = 21st Century Learners
DIANE KOPASZ | 09/03/2009
There is growing interest for educators to teach 21st century skills and STEM learning, which proponents suggest must be incorporated into our children’s education to ensure the future workforce and global competitiveness of the United States. What are 21st century skills and STEM learning and what resources are there for schools to reinforce them? Read More...
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Monsters of the Deep Mississippi Museum of Natural Science
| 09/03/2009
You won’t believe your eyes. You won’t believe their size. The Mississippi Museum of Natural Science will host the “Monsters of the Deep” exhibit, developed by PaleoFun, Inc., from June 13, 2009 – January 8, 2010. The Museum was recently named the state’s Travel Attraction of the Year by the Mississippi Tourism Association and Jackson’s Travel Attraction of the Year by the Jackson Convention and Visitors Bureau. Read More...
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