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Capturing our Colorful Cosmos, Part 2
One of the great things about the Museum is that it’s not only a place where you can try things and experiment with things, but it’s also a place where, in many cases, those “things” are the REAL things. With … Continue reading
Miami Eats: Miami Ate!
The Museum’s 1st annual Miami Eats: The Art and Science of How Miami Grows, Cooks, and Eats Food was a great success! Thanks to Museum staff, partners organizations, and over 60 volunteers, more than 700 visitors saw cooking demos, made their … Continue reading
Aquaponics
Aquaculture = the farming of fish and other marine life Hydroponics = growing plants in nutrient solutions in water, without soil Aquaponics = Aquaculture + Hydroponics We know that healthy fish need constantly filtered, clean water. And we know that … Continue reading
ECHOS Children Get a Head Start on Adventure at the Museum
Adventures at the Miami Science Museum are for all ages. Recently, ECHOS Head Start classrooms have come to the Museum on field trips, thanks to the Open Access Grant provided by the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, and buses provided by the … Continue reading
COMING SOON! Miami Eats: The Art and Science of How Miami Grows, Cooks, and Eats Food
If you love food, science, and art — or any one of the three — join us Saturday April 20 from 10am – 5pm for our first annual food festival! Miami Eats: The Art and Science of How Miami Grows, … Continue reading
Posted in In the Community, In the Museum
Tagged Bunch Farms, Ceramic League of Miami, Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management, Chapman Partnership, Chopped, Common Threads, Donna Torres, Eating House, Farm Share, Fish Meat, Fish Navy Films, FIU, Food Network, Giorgio Rapicavoli, Hydrofarm, hydroponics, Kat Duran, Miami Culinary Institute, Miami Eats, Museum Park, Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science, Susan Lee Chun, Vizcaya, Whole Foods, Yummy ChunBuns
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Your Brain Needs Exercise Too
The Museum’s annual Brain Fair is the perfect opportunity to flex your mental muscles. This free event is designed to teach children and adults about how the brain and spinal cord function, and what that means for our everyday lives. Of … Continue reading
An Insider’s Perspective: Volunteering at the Miami Science Museum
Working at a Museum is fun, rewarding, and challenging. And the Miami Science Museum runs on the energy of the people inside – visitors, employees, and our volunteers. One of our dedicated young volunteers, Carol, painted this picture of her … Continue reading
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The Science of Music
On Sunday, the Museum participated in the New World Symphony’s “A Family Affair,” and showed kids and families that music and science are actually very closely related. A spectacular concert performance by the symphony and Conducting Fellow Joshua Gersen celebrated … Continue reading
For Gifted Students
Teachers of the gifted spend two days at the Museum making salt dance, building and testing mousetrap cars, launching rockets, and more. Thanks to the GPEX Science Collaborative Curriculum Challenge Grant, funded by the Florida Department of Education, 25 teachers from gifted … Continue reading
Engineering for the Future
There are lots of different kinds of engineering – electrical, structural, mechanical, civil – and therefore, we need young people with lots of different interests and skills to fill those jobs for the next generation. And we especially want to … Continue reading
Posted in For Students, In the Museum
Tagged American Society of Civil Engineers, Association for Women in Science, Douglas Elliman, Engineering Day, Florida International University, Girl Scouts of Tropical Florida, GirlsRISEnet, IBM, Johnson Controls, MentorNet, Morgan Energy, National Engineers Week Foundation, National Science Foundation, Society of Women Engineers, Tau Beta Pi, United States Air Force, University of Miami, Vanessa Grout, Women in Engineering ProActive Network
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