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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
Posted in For Students, For Teachers, In the Community, Partnerships
Tagged Lunar Eclipse, Miami Science Museum, Star Gazers, WPBT2
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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
Posted in For Students, For Teachers, In the Community, Partnerships
Tagged ECHOS, University of Miami
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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
SCEnaRioS at The 6th Science Center World Congress
What is the first thing that comes to mind when you think of a science center? There can be lots of answers. Some might say it’s a place to learn something new, have fun with your family or classmates, or … Continue reading
Posted in MiaSci at Large, Partnerships
Tagged 6SCWC, ASTC, Maloka Museum, SCEnaRioS
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The Museum Goes to Washington
Dr. Judy Brown, the Museum’s Senior Vice President of Education, was recently an invited guest speaker at the Smithsonian Affiliations National Conference, which is held every year in Washington DC. Judy’s presentation, entitled Success with Science: New Approaches for New … Continue reading
Sharks!
The definition of lucky: Nine students in the Museum’s Upward Bound program, along with 1 mentor and Upward Bound staff, getting to meet with Neil Hammerschlag of the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science. He is … Continue reading
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Tagged Neil Hammerschlag, RSMAS, shark, Upward Bound Math & Science
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What is Sclerochronology?
Most everyone was told growing up about how when a tree is cut down, you can look at the tree rings to figure out the tree’s age, and also how much the tree grew each year. Dendrochronology deals with this … Continue reading
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Tagged Digital Wave, Kevin Helmle, NOAA AOML, RSMAS
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Using Virtual Worlds to Inspire Youth in STEM
The Girls RISE Museum Network (http://girlsrisenet.org/ works to strengthen the professional capacity of informal science educators to engage and motivate minority girls to explore and pursue science and engineering careers. On May 6-7, teams from the California Academy of Sciences, COSI, … Continue reading
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Tagged avatar, Girls RISE, Joanna Haigh, Virtual World
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Calling All Girls!
At the 2011 National Science Teacher Association (NSTA) conference, Museum staff presented a session entitled Building Skills for Raising Girls’ Interest in Science and Engineering. The presentation focused on the Museum’s GirlsRISE program, which is in partnership with the … Continue reading


