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Youth Capture the Colorful Cosmos
We’ve all seen the amazing images from the Hubble Space Telescope. The details in the colors and swirling patterns are not just beautiful – they also tell a story about what is happening there. Is that cloud of gas and … Continue reading
Observation Beehive
Recently, the Junior League of Miami wanted to support a new project at the Museum targeted for young children. The idea of a bee hive was agreed upon, and as luck would have it, we later discovered a beehive in an avocado tree … Continue reading
Posted in In the Museum, Partnerships
Tagged apiary, beekeeping, Bunch Farms, Junior League of Miami
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Clubhouse Fun
For lots of kids, the idea of a clubhouse is a special place that feels like it belongs only to you, and where you and your friends have the freedom to play whatever games you can imagine. At the Computer … Continue reading
Posted in MiaSci at Large, Partnerships
Tagged Computer Clubhouse, MIT Lab, Museum of Science Boston, Scratch
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ASPIRE!
Students and facilitators of the Upward Bound Program, President and CEO of the Miami Science Museum Gillian Thomas, and Vice President of Education Dr. Judy Brown accept the AT&T ASPIRE Program Award check from AT&T Executive, JC Flores to support … Continue reading
Posted in For Students, In the Community, Partnerships
Tagged AT&T Aspire, Upward Bound Math & Science
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Beep Beep! Special Delivery!
Let ECHOS Year 2 begin! In the second week of September, just in time for back to school, ECHOS staff delivered 38 material kit sets to 38 classrooms at 21 Head Start childcare centers. Teachers of local Head Start centers … Continue reading
Posted in For Students, For Teachers, In the Community, Partnerships
Tagged ECHOS, Head Start
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A New Year for ECHOS
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
ROVs: Hold the Remote, Be the Operator, Control the Vehicle
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
Posted in In the Museum, Partnerships
Tagged MATE Center, OceanGate Foundation, S101 Submarine, Sea Lab
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The S101 Submarine Dives into the Museum!
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
Posted in For Students, In the Museum, MiaSci at Large, Partnerships
Tagged Digital Wave, OceanGate Foundation, S101 Submarine, Summer Camp
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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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How to Build a Remotely Operated Vehicle
Museum staff always work really hard to find ways to inspire young people, and our visitors, in science and the world around them. But we love being inspired by someone teaching us something new too. Recently, Erica Moulton of the … Continue reading
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Tagged ITEST, MATE Center, National Science Foundation, ROV
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