Museum Educators

Program Title(s): teacher workshops

Museum Educator: Lorie Moffat

The Franklin Institute; 222 N. 20th St.; Phila., PA 19103; (215)448-1307 (voice);

(215)448-1219 (fax); [email protected] (e-mail)

Program Overview(s): approximately 2 hours in length, teachers participate in hands-on activities based on components in The Greatest Places trunk. These activities will use the artifacts in the trunk as well as activities from the Imax film teachers guide.

Program Goals: To give teachers authentic experiences in using hands-on materials, to understand the importance of place, of diversity, to connect the activities with their own places.

Program Dates: fall & winter 1998

Implementation Procedure: arrange selected materials from trunk at stations in a classroom, set up multiple copies of selected activites from teachers guide for teachers’ tables. Teachers will try out the activities from the teachers guide in cooperative groups as well as investigate materials from the trunk.

Time Needed: 2 hour long session held on a weekday after school, plus hour preparation time and hour clean up time

Materials: trunk materials and materials from selected Teachers Guide activities

Location: The Franklin Institute

Program Audience: Philadelphia area teachers (Philadelphia and surrounding counties)

Internal Contacts: coordinate with Molly McLaughlin, Director of Teacher Development, Carol Parsinnen, Vice President of the Innovation Center

External Contacts: Selma Shituleni, Ongwediva Senior Primary School, P.O. Box 88, Oshakati, Namibia; University of Pennsylvania Department of African Studies, Phila., PA; African American Museum, Phila., PA; other local colleges or universities

Possible Financial Support: grant funded or fee based

Venue Dates for The Greatest Places: September 1998 through February 1999

Timeline for Planning and Implementation: February 1998 plan for March or April 1998 implementation; workshop repeated in fall 1998

Evaluation: participant fill-in worksheet

Museum Educators

Program Title(s): The Greatest Places demonstrations

Museum Educator: Lorie Moffat

The Franklin Institute; 222 N. 20th St.; Phila., PA 19103; (215)448-1307 (voice);

(215)448-1219 (fax); [email protected] (e-mail)

Program Overview(s): concepts from the Imax film and The Greatest Places trunk in informal demonstrations for Museum visitors. Demonstrations presented by Museum interpretive services volunteers and paid floor staff.

Program Goals: to allow Museum visitors to make connections from the greatest places and their own personal place using river concepts

Program Dates: September 1998 through February 1999

Implementation Procedure: scheduled 20 minute demonstrations for Museum visitors in selected locations. These demonstrations will be advertised within the Museum on the daily activites board as well as slides in the Omni theater itself. On a table or cart set up near the Omni theater entrance, informal museum visitor/staff interactions with items from the trunk. Also within the Changing Earth exhibit, a river delta, falls creation demonstration at the stream table, connected to local rivers and falls (i.e. Schulkyll River, Delaware River, East Falls).

Time Needed: 20 minutes for demonstration (additional time for preparation and clean up)

Materials: selected from The Greatest Places trunk, Museum’s steam table exhibit including supplemental demonstration pieces and related devices (sediment tubes, wave/beach making tank), selected teachers guide activities (contour map activity)

Location: demonstration cart near Omni theater entrance, Changing Earth exhibit hall

Program Audience: Museum general public visitors (families and school groups)

Internal Contacts: coordinate with Linda Cairnes, Manager of Program Development; Janet Kamien, Vice Present of the Science Center

External Contacts: Selma Shituleni, Ongwediva Senior Primary School, P.O. Box 88, Oshakati, Namibia; University of Pennsylvania Department of African Studies, Phila., PA; African American Museum, Phila., PA; other local colleges or universities

Venue Dates for The Greatest Places: September 1998 through early February 1999

Timeline for Planning and Implementation: Demonstration development in December 1997 and January 1998, supplemental plastic pieces for stream table constructed January 1998

Evaluation: informal interviews with demonstration audience members

Museum Educators

Program Title(s): The Greatest Places family guides

Museum Educator: Lorie Moffat

The Franklin Institute; 222 N. 20th St.; Phila., PA 19103; (215)448-1307 (voice);

(215)448-1219 (fax); [email protected] (e-mail)

Program Overview(s): family guides made available to visiting families at the Box Office and the Information desk

Program Goals: provide more information and activities to families visiting the Museum and attending the Omni film

Program Dates: September 1998 through February 1999

Implementation Procedure: produce desk tent signs for advertising guides; have available copies of family guides for distribution

Materials: copies of family guides

Location: Information desk and Box Office

Program Audience: families visiting the Museum

Internal Contacts: coordinate with Polly MacIntyre, Box Office manager

External Contacts: Becky Kirkpatrick, Film Distribution Coordinator, Science Museum of Minnesota

Possible Financial Support: Sunoco (Omni film sponsor) for additional copies of guides

Venue Dates for The Greatest Places: September 1998 through February 1999

Timeline for Planning and Implementation: receive guides for film opening and have enough copies available for run of film, design department creates tent signs before film premiers

Museum Educators

Program Title(s): the greatest places tours

Museum Educator: Lorie Moffat

The Franklin Institute; 222 N. 20th St.; Phila., PA 19103; (215)448-1307 (voice);

(215)448-1219 (fax); [email protected] (e-mail)

Program Overview(s): dates, times, and itineraries for touring greatest places

Program Goals: provide Museum members with SMM’s tour information to visit the greatest places

Program Dates: to be determined by Science Museum of Minnesota beginning in 1999

Implementation Procedure: individuals book the trips themselves

Time Needed: varied for each trip

Materials: logistical information for trips printed in Museum’s membership brochure and also available at the Information desk

Location: each of the 7 greatest places

Program Audience: Museum members, other interested visitors

Internal Contacts: coordinate with Eric Marshall, Director of Membership

External Contacts: B. Allen, Adult Programs, Science Museum of Minnesota

Venue Dates for The Greatest Places: September 1998 through February 1999

Timeline for Planning and Implementation: copy to membership department for inclusion in 1998, 1999 brochures for Museum members

Museum Educators

Program Title(s): Omni theater queue line activities

Museum Educator: Lorie Moffat

The Franklin Institute; 222 N. 20th St.; Phila., PA 19103; (215)448-1307 (voice);

(215)448-1219 (fax); [email protected] (e-mail)

Program Overview(s): activities for visitors waiting in line for the show

Program Dates: September 1998 through February 1999

Time Needed: less than 3 minutes (repeated through the line)

Materials: simple, hands-on activities (i.e. Greenland string game; hand-out sheets with phrases in native languages; simple "place" activity - visitors in line check their purses or pockets for items that represent their personal place; display near Omni entrance where visitors vote on their favorite place)

Location: The Franklin Institute Omni theater queue line

Program Audience: general Museum audiences, all ages

Internal Contacts: coordinate with Val Gonzalas, Manager Tuttleman Omniverse Theater; Linda Cairnes, Manager of Program Development; Janet Kamien, Vice Present of the Science Center

Venue Dates for The Greatest Places: September 1998 through February 1999

Timeline for Planning and Implementation: determine logistics for presenting activites by either floor staff and/or Omni ushers

Museum Educators

Program Title(s): lecture series

Museum Educator: Lorie Moffat

The Franklin Institute; 222 N. 20th St.; Phila., PA 19103; (215)448-1307 (voice);

(215)448-1219 (fax); [email protected] (e-mail)

Program Overview(s): guest lectures from area colleges and universities

Program Goals: provide Museum audiences with direct contact to some of the greatest places through individuals who have visited the areas

Program Dates: monthly during run of Omni film

Implementation Procedure: contact local speakers and schedule events for inclusion in 1998 membership brochure, have available necessary equipment such as video equipment or overhead projector

Time Needed: half hour to 45 minute programs

Materials: varied, but may include video, overhead equipment

Location: The Franklin Institute, Musser Theater or Stearns Science Auditorium

Program Audience: general Museum audiences

Internal Contacts: coordinate with Linda Cairnes, Manager of Program Development; Janet Kamien, Vice Present of the Science Center

External Contacts: University of Pennsylvania Department of African Studies, Phila., PA; African American Museum, Phila., PA; other local colleges or universities

Venue Dates for The Greatest Places: September 1998 through February 1999