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Museum Staff Member Goes to Space Camp

Posted on August 30, 2012 by admin

The thought of Space Camp conjures up images of simulated missions on the Space Shuttle and the International Space Station, bulky NASA flight suits, and trying to concentrate while strapped in the multi-axis astronaut training chair, which spins you in … Continue reading →

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A New Year for ECHOS

Posted on August 22, 2012 by admin

A week before children headed back to school, Head Start teachers were already getting re-energized for ECHOS at the first workshop of the year. The Museum’s Early Childhood Hands-On Science (ECHOS) initiative, in collaboration with the University of Miami’s Department … Continue reading →

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Students Help Design Game for New Hurricane Exhibit

Posted on August 17, 2012 by admin

Have you ever been to a Museum and wondered how the exhibits are created? How do they decide what the interactive exhibit experiences should be? Who designs them? Do exhibits get tested before they officially open? Young people participating in … Continue reading →

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Go Green!

Posted on August 13, 2012 by admin

There are only so many hours in the day, but still, students in the second session of Digital WAVE this summer managed to build an entire 3D house in a virtual world in just 2 weeks. The goal was to … Continue reading →

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ROVs: Hold the Remote, Be the Operator, Control the Vehicle

Posted on August 5, 2012 by admin

What better way to honor the Museum’s S101 submarine exhibit (running from July 28 – August 12 thanks to the OceanGate Foundation), than to have visitors design and operate their own underwater remotely-operated vehicles? ROVs represent a vital aspect of understanding our … Continue reading →

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5, 4, 3, 2, 1….. Blast Off!

Posted on July 31, 2012 by admin

This summer, young people from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade are doing all kinds of things at the Miami Science Museum’s Summer Camp. From Kitchen Chemistry and Icky Sticky Goopy Glop, from Amusement Park Physics to Superhero Science, they are designing video games, investigating … Continue reading →

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The S101 Submarine Dives into the Museum!

Posted on July 27, 2012 by admin

It’s not a sentence you would expect to hear. A submarine dives into the Miami Science Museum! But this summer, from July 28 – August 12, the S101 submarine is on display at the Museum, thanks to a partnership with the OceanGate … Continue reading →

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Tell Us What YOU Want to Know about the New Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science!

Posted on July 18, 2012 by admin

The new Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science, opening in 2015 in Downtown Miami’s Museum Park, will be counted among the world’s most innovative and sustainable science museums. The building itself will harness energy from water, the Sun, wind, … Continue reading →

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ROVs Boldly Go Where Students Can’t Go

Posted on July 6, 2012 by admin

Underwater exploration is difficult for some obvious reasons, but it’s so important to understand marine environments. How does pollution affect marine life near the shore? What effect does temperature and salt levels have on the growth of seaweed? Does the … Continue reading →

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The Greenest (Virtual) House in Miami!

Posted on July 3, 2012 by admin

The Digital WAVE students have learned a lot this summer – building their own circuits powered by wind, water, and the Sun… following through the Energy Tracker exhibits at the Museum… meeting Martin Keeley, Education Director of the Mangrove Action … Continue reading →

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