You’ve just found out you need to organize a food-based event or exhibit (or program!) at your museum… write your initial reaction. EXCITEMENT & NERVOUSNESS! 🙁 Lots of pressure/lots of things to consider Health & safety: can we do this in a sanitary way? Check for allergies Can it take place outside? Panic!! No food […]
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Walking into the final showcase of NeuroVivid camp, one saw a buzzing room of middle schoolers wearing Electroencephalogram (EEG) headsets and proudly demonstrating how their brain waves can power custom-made circuit creations. NeuroVivid camp was a program developed by TERC, New York Hall of Science, and Education Development Center to empower neurodivergent middle schoolers from […]
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By John Fraser, Martin Weiss, Beverly Sheppard, and Kate Flinner From Dimensions July/August 2013 Educators at science centers, zoos, and other informal science education institutions (ISE) work in distinct traditions. Yet, funders often lump them into a single class of ISE environments. Even science centers and zoos themselves may imagine that they compete for funds […]
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