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Happy Holidays from
Two Museums Under One Roof
Sleigh bells ring, are you listening? December is awash with beautiful decorations, and the hustle and bustle of the holidays is all around us. The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame, and the School Services staff wish you a wonderful holiday.
Now showing at the Omni Theater, an IMAX dome
All aboard!
The Polar Express, the holiday favorite, has returned to the Omni Theater. You won’t want to miss this classic film. It will show through January 4. Check this link to find out about special happenings on Saturday, December 13 and 20:
The
Polar Events
Other IMAX films available for field trips include:
- Dinosaurs
Alive: Now through November 20,
2008 and Jan. 5 - Feb. 26, 2009;
Recommended Grade Level: 2 - Adult
- Mummies: Secrets of the
Pharaohs: Now through May 22, 2009;
Recommended Grade Level: 4 - Adult
- Deep
Sea: Now through May 22, 2009;
Recommended
Grade level: K - Adult
- Grand Canyon: River at
Risk: March 2 - May 22, 2009;
Recommended Grade Level: 3 - Adult
All films are available at 10 a.m., 11:05 a.m. and 12:10 p.m.
Learning Happens Here!
Field trips are in full swing at the Omni Theater and the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame, our temporary exhibits home during construction. If you haven’t yet booked your field trip, do so before the holidays to ensure your preferred choice of day and time. Options this year include a combined field trip to the Omni Theater and to the exhibits experience at “two museums under one
roof" at the National Cowgirl Museum. Of course, you can book an Omni-only field trip or an exhibits-only trip at the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame where you can explore exhibits from the Museum of Science and History plus the Cowgirl experience upstairs. Choose the option that best fits your needs. For more information about our
exhibits, IMAX films in the Omni Theater and field trip options, download our
School Program
Planner - PDF
To book your field trip, call Group Services at 817-255-9440 (8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday).
Outreach
If you can’t come to us, let us come to you! Our expanded outreach program offers some great options. Check out these fantastic opportunities to enhance science learning at your campus:
Discovery Labs on Wheels
Let the Museum’s high-energy team of educators bring the excitement of science learning into your classroom. Programs directly support the elementary TEKS and TAKS objectives.
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January Special Program:
Franklin
Fun, Grades 1-5
Help us celebrate Ben Franklin’s birthday, complete with party hats and cookies. Let us spark your students’ interest in one of America’s foremost scientists and inventors in this cross-disciplinary birthday extravaganza. Students will investigate the static electricity that made Ben famous and create their own lightning holders.
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Discovery Labs on Wheels
Discovery Lab on Wheels programs are a great way to keep your students engaged in science while working on TEKS and TAKS connections. To learn more about our programs that support physical and earth science click
here.
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Astronomy on Wheels
Astronomy on Wheels brings the “universe” to your classroom via the Museum’s portable planetarium, the “Noble Dome.” Unleash your students’ imagination while traveling through space with Museum staff. This experience is a great way to bring space science to life for your students.
For more information or to book a Discovery Labs on Wheels program, please call
817-255-9521.
Distance Learning
Let the Museum come to you… virtually! Now you and your students can connect and interact LIVE with the Museum’s team of experts without leaving your campus! Utilizing interactive distance learning in the classroom, your students can explore science, mathematics and history with our curators, staff and special guests from both museums. These 50-minute sessions correlate with the TEKS and are in partnership with the ESC Region XI Telecommunications Network.
Featured programs include: Ask the Expert: Forensic Science; Eggs Everywhere; Animals of the Mitten; Geometric
Transformations; All about Matter and more. For information about these and other Distance Learning programs, call
817-255-9521, please visit www.connect2texas.net
or e-mail Distance
Learning.
If you have any questions about our programs, please don’t hesitate to contact us. The School Services staff will be glad to answer any questions or help you plan a visit with us
- here at the Museum or in your classroom. Let us know how we can help you!
Combined
Exhibit Field Trips Return November 8!
Our exhibits
are located at the National Cowgirl Museum and
Hall of Fame and feature Top Secret: Mission
Toy through January 5, followed by Living
in Space opening January 17. Your
favorites of KIDSPACE and the Hands on
Studio will be on display through
May 22. The Cowgirl Experience at the
National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame is also
available for field trips.
Our School Services staff remains committed to bringing extraordinary learning experiences to your students and meaningful professional development to you. Please feel free to call us with any questions you have about our programs. We are look forward to hearing from you!
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