Scienceoutsideofschool · 2019. 3. 18. · Games,%Ac3vi3es%and%Adventures%!...
Transcript of Scienceoutsideofschool · 2019. 3. 18. · Games,%Ac3vi3es%and%Adventures%!...
Science outside of school Easy ways to integrate science into your family ac3vi3es!
Games, Ac3vi3es and Adventures
! Build, build, build! Building works on spa3al reasoning, planning and implementa3on-‐ Important in understanding math concepts, chemistry and physics ! LEGO ! Catapult kits, solar car kits (check 5 Below) ! Blanket forts, blocks, puzzles
Read About Science
! Subscribe to kids science magazines-‐ great for early readers and upper elementary school. ! Na3onal Geographic Kids ! Scholas3c Science (Super Science, Science World) ! Muse Magazine, Odyssey (cricketmedia.com) ! Kids Discover Magazine ! Non-‐fic3on science books, Magic School Bus series, Bill Nye
Area Ac3vi3es
! Na1onal Building Museum (hQp://www.nbm.org/families-‐kids/) Washington, DC ! Everyday Ac3vi3es at the Museum-‐ Family Tool Kits, Amazing Arches, Discovery Carts, and more are available
almost every day. Check out the newest Family Tool Kit: House & Home
! Children’s Science Center (www.childsci.org) Fair Oaks Mall ! The Children’s Science Center Lab is an interac3ve explora3on center where children, families, and school groups
can learn about and experience fun science, technology, engineering, and mathema3cs (STEM) principles. Designed and fabricated by children’s museum and science center experts, the Lab includes both tradi3onal interac3ve exhibits and dynamic plaZorms for learning with ac3vi3es that change frequently.
! The Lab experience focuses on children ages 2 and up via collabora3ve learning within a family or a school group. The facility is especially focused on preschool and elementary aged visitors, but also great fun for a playful, inquisi3ve, hands-‐on oriented tween, or teen.
! Na1onal Geographic Museum (hQp://events.na3onalgeographic.com/na3onal-‐geographic-‐museum/) Washington, DC
! Explore the world and all that's in it at the Na3onal Geographic Museum. The museum is great for all ages and features a wide range of changing exhibi3ons, from interac3ve experiences to stunning photography exhibi3ons featuring the work of Na3onal Geographic explorers, photographers, and scien3sts.
Area Ac3vi3es
! Smithsonian Conserva1on Biology Ins1tute (hQp://na3onalzoo.si.edu/scbi/aboutus/frontroyal/) The Smithsonian Conserva3on Biology Ins3tute, which launched on January 25, 2010, serves as an umbrella for the Smithsonian’s global effort to conserve species and train future genera3ons of conserva3onists. The SCBI is headquartered in Front Royal, Virginia, at the facility previously known as the Na3onal Zoo’s Conserva3on and Research Center. Check the website for hours
! Kid Museum Bethesda, Maryland (hQp://kid-‐museum.org/) KID Museum is a new kind of museum serving children and families in the Washington, D.C. area. KID Museum offers unique, interac3ve experiences for elementary and middle school-‐aged children that integrate hands-‐on science, technology, engineering, art and math learning with an explora3on of world cultures and global ci3zenship.
! Meadowlark Botanical Gardens Vienna, VA (hQps://www.nvrpa.org/park/meadowlark_botanical_gardens) Conserva3on and plant diversity displays in the Visitor Center invite guests of all ages to explore the natural world. The Atrium’s indoor tropical garden seeng is a popular mee3ng, recep3on, wedding and workshop loca3on. Interpre3ve displays accompany a restored 18th-‐century cabin.
Ci3zen Science
! Scien%fic work undertaken by members of the general public, o:en in collabora%on with or under the direc%on of professional scien%sts and scien%fic ins%tu%ons
! Journey North (app) hQps://www.learner.org/jnorth/ Seasonal change is all around us. We see it in the length of a day, in the appearance of a flower, in the flight of a buQerfly. Journey North engages students and ci3zen scien3sts around the globe in tracking wildlife migra3on and seasonal change. Par3cipants share field observa3ons across the northern hemisphere, exploring the interrelated aspects of seasonal change.
! Backyard Bark Beetles hQp://www.backyardbarkbeetles.org/ Par3cipants help to advance our understanding of bark and ambrosia beetles, which will help us to protect forests and the species that depend on them. This project has been designed as an easy and fun ac3vity to teach kids and adults about these amazing and important creatures.
Ci3zen Science
! Frog Watch USA hQps://www.aza.org/frogwatch/
! Audubon Society hQp://www.hummingbirdsathome.org/
! The Cornell Lab hQp://content.yardmap.org/
! Project Noah (app)
! iNaturalist (app)
! The Great Brain Experiment (app) games
! Na1onal Geographic Fieldscope Data collec3on
Why Is All Of This Important?
! Science literacy is the artery through which the solu3ons of tomorrow's
problems flow. Neil deGrasse Tyson
! Encouraging science in your children keeps op3ons open. For every “I don’t like science” or “I am not good at math” another door to an opportunity closes.
! Science does not look like what happens in most classrooms – go to the
museums!
Science Lab Philosophy
“Kids should be allowed to break stuff more onen. That's a
consequence of explora3on. Explora3on is what you do when
you don't know what you're doing.” -‐ Neil deGrasse Tyson