The Museum actively participates in numerous key partnerships, including with six of the nation's leading science museums, seven children's museums, and the Exploratorium in San Francisco.
DISTANCE LEARNING
Now you and your students can connect and interact LIVE with the Museum’s collections and team of experts without ever leaving your campus. Your students will explore science and mathematics with curators, staff and special guests through interactive videoconferencing. Our programs align with Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills and the National Science Education Standards and are customized to fit your grade level curricular needs.
Here are a few of our more popular program options:
- Eggs Everywhere - Learn about oviparous animals and their life cycles in this totally immersive that will have your students observing predicting and comparing.
- Adaptation Exploration: Owls - Examine the form, functions and adaptive characteristics of owls. Your students will investigate owl pellets to learn about owls’ diets.
- Snails Study - Using these simple animals, your students will hone observation and questioning skills and you’ll have the start of your own snail colony.
- All About Matter - Bubbles, eyedroppers, dry ice and liquid nitrogen….this incredibly interactive program focuses on states and properties of matter.
- Icy Science - Looking for a "chilling" experience with one of the oddest substances on the planet? Freeze some water, grab some salt and get involved in explorations that emphasize observation and questioning skills.
- Geometric Transformations - Ready for a mind-bending, shape-shifting, totally interactive approach to geometry? We'll build simple loops that, when cut along lines of symmetry, make surprising shapes.
ASK THE EXPERT SERIES
This series brings experts in their field to your classroom. After a short overview, they will take your students’ questions.
- CSI: The Experience - Forensic Science
Meet experts in the field and learn about real careers in forensic science. - Astronomy in the News and Sky Watch
Learn about the latest events in the sky -- eclipses, meteorite showers, transits and other stellar activity -- from our planetarium experts.
DON'T MISS OUR NEW PROGRAMS FOR 2010!
Check out our latest offerings by visiting www.connect2texas.net Choose Search Programs and select our Museum as your provider. New programs are being developed throughout the year
To register: Visit www.connect2texas.net to register for our programs
Fees: Fees range from $75-140 The website will give specific fees for each program.
Questions? We welcome your calls and emails. 817-255-9521 or distancelearning@fwmsh.org
The Museums Distance Learning programs are generously underwritten by
