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ROVs Boldly Go Where Students Can’t Go
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
Restoring Mangroves on Virginia Key
Being in south Florida, we are literally surrounded by precious natural environments – the ocean, the coral reefs, mangroves, the Everglades, to name a few. That means we are in a position to negatively affect our surroundings if we don’t … Continue reading
Posted in For Students, In the Community
Tagged Digital Wave, Fernando Bretos, Reclamation Project
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Miami Youth Offer Scenarios for Global Sustainability
Scientists gather all the time at conferences and meetings to share ideas, research, and discoveries. But how often do high school students get to actively participate in these meetings – especially ones with global consequences? This week, scientists and world leaders … Continue reading
Posted in For Students, In the Community, In the Museum, MiaSci at Large, Partnerships
Tagged ASTC, Chabot Observatory, Experimentarium, Fiocruz Foundation, Kankhomba Secondary School, Macau Science Center, Madatech, Maloka, MIDE, Museo della Scienza, Museu de Vida, Questacon, Rio+20, SCEnaRioS, Science Center Singapore, SciPort, TechnoMuses, UNESCO
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Digital WAVE – Family, Friends, and Cake
At the end of every Digital WAVE session, we celebrate the students’ accomplishment with students, Museum staff, invited families and friends … and of course, chocolate cake! At our recent Family Event at the end of this year’s spring session, students presented the … Continue reading
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Tagged Anne Kolb Nature Center, Annmarie Eldering, Arthur Mariano, Digital Wave, Maloka, NASA, RSMAS, SCEnaRioS
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Reclamation Project on Care2!
Art. Science. Mangroves. These three words are not usually put in the same sentence. But they are the core ideas behind the Museum’s Reclamation Project, which has a singular goal to help reclaim south Florida environments for nature. As part of the … Continue reading
Reclaiming Highland Oaks Park for Nature
There is a constant battle in many places between the environment and human activity, and south Florida is one of those places. But on Saturday May 12th, the Museum’s Reclamation Project took steps to help the environment win the battle. With the help … Continue reading
The Week of the Young Child
There is Mother’s day, Father’s Day, Plant a Flower Day, and even National Pancake Day. There seems to be a day dedicated to everything in life, big and small. But guess who gets a whole week dedicated to them. Young … Continue reading
Summer Camp Time!
What did you want to be when growing up? Or what about your kids? Are they scientists, explorers, conservationists or inventors? At Miami Science Museum’s summer camp, kids can explore lots of different fields. If they love roller coasters, they … Continue reading
Roughing It on the Upward Bound Camping Trip
“This was the best experience in my life. I can’t wait to do this next year!” This kind of response, from a 9th grade student who participated in her first Upward Bound annual camping trip, is what we live for … Continue reading
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Tagged Markham Park, Upward Bound Math & Science
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A Tripod Adventure
When you think about the purpose of a camera tripod, you probably think of words like stability or support. The Museum’s Tripod program, funded by the MetLife Foundation, lives up to that description as well. Recognizing the reality of family life … Continue reading



