For Students

The Museum is committed to providing inspiring educational experiences for students, including field trips and out-of-school programs. In these programs, students from pre-school to high school learn about science, technology, engineering and math. Young people from all backgrounds, including girls, first-generation college-bound students, and other traditionally underrepresented groups, participate in programs designed to provide additional learning and support beyond school and home. In collaboration with nearby research institutions, students work with real and current data, interact with scientists, collaborate as a team, utilize state-of-the-art technology, and make connections between science and their own lives and future careers.

Miami Science Museum Successfully Completes Four-Year ASPIRE Grant from AT&T

The Museum’s Upward Bound program is all about helping underprivileged youth aspire to great levels of achievement in education and in the workplace. Thanks to a generous grant and four-year partnership with the AT&T ASPIRE program, the Museum was able … Continue reading

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Wild Evening at Miami Science Museum

What does conservation mean to you? Does it mean taking action to save an endangered species? Protecting a threatened environment? Recycling? Visiting a local National Park to learn about your environment? Turning off the water while you brush your teeth? … Continue reading

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Upward Bound Showcases Student Talents

The Upward Bound program at the Museum is made up of lots of students who represent a wide variety of backgrounds, interests, personalities and career objectives—and as it turns out, a wide range of impressive talents. The Upward Bound Showcase was … Continue reading

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Miami Science Museum’s Amazon Voyage

Nearly 1.5 million visitors throughout the U.S. and Canada have enjoyed the Museum’s touring exhibition: Amazon Voyage: Vicious Fishes and Other Riches. Launched in 2005, with competitive funding from the National Science Foundation, the exhibition is currently at the Don … Continue reading

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All About Mangroves

This year in Digital WAVE, students are learning all about climate change and how it is related to south Florida environments – specifically mangroves. During class time they are using the same technology and software that scientists, animators, and designers … Continue reading

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Star Gazers “Keep Looking Up” With Live Lunar Eclipse

WPBT2’s Star Gazers will host a Live Lunar Eclipse Event from Reno, Nevada on Saturday, December 10th from 4:00-7:00 a.m. (PST) and 7:00-10:00 a.m. (EST). To view the eclipse and join the conversation, visit http://www.wpbt2.org/lunareclipse Star Gazers, a production of … Continue reading

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The IMPACT of Marine Conservation

Eighteen students in the Museum’s Upward Bound IMPACT program had the adventure of a lifetime, not to mention first-hand experience with nature’s food chain, when they went on an overnight expedition in August sponsored by the University of Miami’s Center … Continue reading

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ECHOS of the Future

Children are born to be scientists – both scientists and children spend a lot of their time asking, or wondering, “why?” So the Museum is collaborating with the University of Miami on a research study to understand the effectiveness of … Continue reading

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Miami, Meet Bogotá… Bogotá, Meet Miami.

Bogotá, Colombia is over 1500miles away from Miami on a different continent. But Digital WAVE students had the unique opportunity to interact via virtual worlds with students at the Maloka Science Museum in Colombia. Our two museums have a partnership … Continue reading

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A Herpetological Good Time at Miami Science Museum

Herpetologically inclined visitors flocked to the Museum on Saturday, November 5th for Reptile Day. Reptile lovers and those who simply wanted to learn more about the fascinating creatures spent the day seeing, touching and experiencing several different lizard, snake, turtle … Continue reading

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