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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
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
Miami Science Museum Hosts “Green Planet” Tent at 2011 Miami Book Fair International
This year, Miami Science Museum hosted a tent called the “Green Planet” in the Children’s Alley at the Miami Book Fair International, an event that attracts approximately half a million people each year. Partnering with local green organizations, including the … Continue reading
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Tagged Green, Miami Book Fair International, Miami Science Museum, recycling
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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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Tagged Lunar Eclipse, Miami Science Museum, Star Gazers, WPBT2
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Miami Science Museum Reclaims Land for Nature
Last week, Museum staff and Upward Bound students helped restore the Reclamation Project wall at the Wildlife Center for another year. Each of the 1,111 seedlings that spent a year germinating on the wall were removed and replaced with new … Continue reading
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Tagged mangroves, Miami Science Museum, Reclamation Project
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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
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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Tagged ECHOS, University of Miami
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MiaSci’s Tony Lima Named a Miami Fellow by The Miami Foundation
Tony Lima, vice president of marketing, communications and sales at Miami Science Museum, has been recently named a Miami Fellow by the Miami Foundation for a Greater Miami. As a member of the foundation’s Miami Fellows Class VI, Tony will … Continue reading
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Upward Bound Barbeque
Over 100 students and their families gathered on Saturday to celebrate the beginning of Upward Bound’s 2011 academic year. And how better to celebrate than at a barbeque on the beach? Upward Bound was started by the US Department of … Continue reading
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If you really think about what makes a scientist, you’d have to agree that every young child is a scientist. Just like scientists, little ones are always asking that little one-word question: “WHY?” The Museum’s ECHOS program (Early Childhood Hands-On … Continue reading


