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Spring
2004
CONTENTS
1-COME SEE US AT NSTA
2-SCIENCE OF MUSIC
3-TRAVELING EXPLORATORIUM EXHIBIT OPENS IN HARRISBURG, PA
4-BATTER UP! THE SCIENCE OF BASEBALL
5-FEATURED PATHWAY: LOOING WITHOUT SEEING
6-TREASURES FROM K-12 INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIA CENTER: FAMILY LEARNING
COMMUNITIES
***COME SEE US AT NSTA
See inquiry in action at our booth (#2555) at NSTA, April
1-4, 2004,in Atlanta. New and classic Exploratorium Web online
resources will be demonstrated. In addition, you can attend
the following presentation given by Modesto Tamez of the Exploratorium's
Teacher Institute: Multicultural Share-a-Thon: An NSTA Multicultural
Committee and Association of Multicultural Science Education
(AMSE) Workshop, April 2, 12:30 pm-2:30 pm
***SCIENCE
OF MUSIC
http://www.exploratorium.edu/music/index.html
What is music? Is birdsong music? How about the tap-tap-tap
of a hammer, or the wail of a creaking door? Is playing a
garbage can different than playing a drum? Explore the science
of music through online exhibits, movies, and questions. Along
the way, you can compose, mix, dance, drum, experiment, and,
above all, listen.
***TRAVELING
EXPLORATORIUM EXHIBIT OPENS IN HARRISBURG,
PA
http://www.whitakercenter.org/science/traits.asp
Traits of Life features twenty-four exhibits showcasing a
variety of organisms--living, virtual, and dead--that invite
visitors to explore different aspects of life and discover
some of the fundamental characteristics common to all living
things.
Through
a program called the Exploratorium Network for Exhibit-Based
Teaching (ExNET)
http://www.exploratorium.edu/exhibit_services/ebtp/,
we are offering our exhibitry and educational expertise to
a growing number of science centers nationwide. Current ExNET
partners include the American Museum of Natural History in
New York City; the California Science Center in Los Angeles;
the Museum of Discovery and Science in Fort Lauderdale; the
Rochester Museum and Science Center; the Reuben H. Fleet Science
Center in San Diego; GWIZ (Gulfcoast Wonder and Imagination
Zone) in Sarasota, Florida; the Fort Worth Museum of Science
and History; the Explor@dome in Paris; the Museo Sol Del Nio
in Mexicali, Mexico; and COSI-Toledo (Center of Science and
Industry) in Toledo, Ohio.
You
can also check out the Exploratorium's Traits of Life Web
site at http://www.exploratorium.edu/traits/
or see the exhibition at the Exploratorium.
***BATTER UP! THE SCIENCE OF BASEBALL
http://www.exploratorium.edu/baseball/
Spring training is in full swing. Join in the action at our
Science of Baseball site. Can you hit a 90-mph fastball? Want
to learn about baseball in Japan? Or take a look at the Time
Machine, where you move a player through time and see how
his stats change. Check out the Girls of Summer, women who
played baseball in skirts and high-button shoes. Then learn
how to throw a curveball, slider, screwball, and fastball.
***FEATURED
PATHWAY: LOOKING WITHOUT SEEING
http://www.exploratorium.edu/pathways/guided/looking_teacher.html
This Pathway uses exhibits to investigate how we see things.
Some exhibits, such as Seeing Details and Peripheral Vision,
investigate how we sense the world. Other exhibits, such as
Count the Bounces, explore how we interpret the world. However,
there are still many things we don't understand about what
we see or don't see, as demonstrated in the exhibit Disappearer.
For further understanding of how we see, visit our Seeing
Web site http://www.exploratorium.edu/seeing/,
a companion to our revitalized and expanded Seeing collection.
Pathways are collections of support and assessment materials
for teachers who bring their students to the Exploratorium.
However, the principles in the Pathways can also be used with
our online Snacks, scaled-down versions of our museum exhibits,
which you can find at http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/
Each
Pathway has two versions: one for teachers and one for students.
The teacher's version includes links to state science standards
and provides additional support materials, as well as sample
answers to the worksheet questions.
***TREASURES
FROM K-12 INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIA CENTER: FAMILY LEARNING COMMUNITIES
http://www.k12imc.org/pg59.cfm
Strong
families contribute to strong schools. Here you will find
links about parental support, tips for parental involvement,
projects and interactive sites for parents and kids, and local
cable television services. This special section includes challenging
experiments, science backgrounders, and other resources that
can be enjoyed by the whole family.
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benefits of becoming an Educator
or Family/Educator Member. Questions?
E-mail us at member@exploratorium.edu
or call 415-561-0302.
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