The Greatest Places
Museum Educator Action Plan
Reuben H. Fleet Space Theater and Science Center
San Diego, California

Program Title Teacher Programs

Museum Educator Aly Evans, Education Specialist
Reuben H. Fleet Space Theater and Science Center
P.O. Box 33303
San Diego, CA 92163
Phone (619) 238-1233 ext. 847
FAX (619) 231-8971
E-mail aevans@rhfleet.org

Overview : Teacher programs will provide for a variety of museum based programs linking geography, math, science and technology with other areas of California curriculum. Teacher programs will serve to highlight the wealth of resources found in Balboa Park in relation to the areas of geography, science ad math. Many programs will be museum based, while Leadership Institue Teacher being involved with planning and implementation of some programs indicated below.

Components
Conference Sessions - Concurrent sessions, or presentations will be designed to be conducted at San Diego County area educator conferences, i.e., Math Conference, San Diego Science Educators Conference, Geography Day and other related meetings. Actual sessions will be done by museum educator or teacher partner, depending on the scope of the particular conference. For example, museum educator will present to the science teachers, while teacher partner will conduct presentations to geography educators. Each session will present hands on ways for teachers to form their own local links between The Greatest Places and the subject of the conference.

Connections between The Greatest Places and local and national standards will be presented to teachers in attendance. Depending on the date of film screening, this portion of the Action Plan may be scaled down to include a booth presence at area conferences to share lesson ideas at "Make-It and Take-It" booths, or informational booths at conferences.

Teacher Sneak Preview - A Teacher Sneak Preview will be planned, free of charge, for teachers, before the opening of the film. This will provide teachers with the chance to see The Greatest Places film, experience the trunk and receive related educational material. Possible program agenda (based on past Sneak Preview events) could include a behind-the-scenes look at the OMNIMAX( dome theater, an educational speaker related to the film, demonstration/lecture in Lecture Hall, and time in the Exhibit Galleries. Tables may be set up in the Exhibit Galleries to highlight The Greatest Places trunk or other materials.

Teacher Workshop - A single-day workshop will be developed in conjunction with the San Diego Chapter of the Geography Alliance, San Diego Zoo and Wild Animal Park, San Diego Museum of Man, and San Diego Museum of Natural History. We will work together to provide local connections to the major themes of The Greatest Places film/trunk, and local places and those found in the film. PROPOSED workshop may include behind-the-scenes tours of the educational institutions involved, and related lectures by scientists working with plants, animals or artifacts from film locations. Teachers will also screen The Greatest Places OMNIMAX( film.

Possible agenda items for the workshop could include: film screening and visits to two Balboa Park institutions in the morning, a bag lunch outdoors and visits to two other Balboa Park institutions. Groups of teachers may be broken into two groups and would rotate through the sessions held at each institution. Each workshop would highlight the plant and animal life, both native and introduced, relative to the places highlighted in the film. This will provide teachers with information needed to link similarities and differences between their local place and those found in The Greatest Places film.

This type of workshop may be extended to become more of an institute and could include college credit. This form of workshop could be extended to several days, possibly every Saturday for one month, and would provide more The Greatest Places practical teaching strategy for immediate classroom use. This type of program would require the support of the local universities and the Geography Alliance of San Diego. NOTE: Both of these types of Teacher Programs would require the efforts of The Greatest Places leadership teacher.

Program Goals - Teacher programs will provide a variety of programs, at different content and commitment levels as teacher resources. Teachers can choose to become involved with The Greatest Places content and materials as a part of hands-on conference sessions, in-depth teacher workshops or simply attend informational gatherings related to the film and its concepts. In the event of a lengthy delay in the film's opening in San Diego, the informational booths and talks will be presented. The goal of these types of programs is to "plant seeds" of interest in the educational arena for The Greatest Places film project.

Implementation Procedures
Fleet Center Education Department briefing to inform staff of The Greatest Places themes and relevant connection to the mission of the Fleet.
Begin initial contact with community groups and Geography Alliance of San Diego to set guidelines and proposed curriculum for the teacher workshop.
Work with Multimedia Services and printers to design all written materials for programs, including flyers, brochures and program guides or curriculum.
Work with Fleet Center Education and Marketing staff to promote events and perform reservation duties.

Program Audience - The Teacher Program Action Plan will be developed to link upper Elementary, Junior High, and High School teachers with the valuable resources found in the Balboa Park area.

Internal Contacts - Education Coordinator, Fleet Center for advertisement in up coming brochures and flyers, and room arrangements. Exhibit Developers and Mangers to find appropriate links with program content and exhibits on the floor or those proposed to be developed. Education Specialist for program development, content and guidelines.

External Contacts - Education Department and possibly science staff, or curators, from San Diego Zoo and Wild Animal Parks, San Diego Museum of Man, San Diego Natural History Museum, San Diego Geography Alliance contacts, San Diego State University, University of San Diego, and The Greatest Places teacher, Stephen Prendergast.

Venue Dates for The Greatest Places - Estimated time of program implantation is June of 1999. Some somponents could begin as soon as Fall 1997.

Timeline for Planning and Implementation - A minimum of 5 months will be needed to plan and implement the one-day portion of the Teacher Program Action Plan. The Sneak Preview component will require a minimum of 4 months to plan and implement. The more involved, multi-day teacher institute, will require an estimated 12 to 20 months to plan and implement, due to the number of outside entities involved, primarily the universities.


The Greatest Places
Museum Educator Action Plan
Reuben H. Fleet Space Theater and Science Center
San Diego, California

Program Title - Museum Trunk Programs and Demonstrations

Museum Educator - Aly Evans, Education Specialist
Reuben H. Fleet Space Theater and Science Center
P.O. Box 33303
San Diego, CA 92163
Phone (619) 238-1233 ext. 847
FAX (619) 231-8971
E-mail aevans@rhfleet.org

Overview : Provide additional educational experiences to patrons to the museum, school students who visit the museum and those who participate in Fleet Center outreach programs.

Components
Science Discovery Days - The materials to be sent to the Fleet Center via The Greatest Places museum trunk may be developed into an outreach program targeting the annual Science Discovery Day programs throughout San Diego County. Programs that will be able to fit the SDD format will be developed while the trunk is housed at the Fleet Center, and during the run of the film. If the materials and the program warrants, additional trunk materials may be purchased from SMN for extended use at the Fleet. The primary purpose of this component is to experiment with ways to put the museum trunk idea to use in our region, and judge the educational impact of this type of resource for our area.

Trunk Demonstrations - In-house, table-top, or cart demonstrations may be developed to accompany The Greatest Places film, once it is playing at the Fleet Center and our building expansion is complete. Demonstrations to take place in the Lobby or areas of the Exhibit Galleries can illustrate The Greatest Places themes, activities and links between science and technology, math, and other educational area. Demos would be done by volunteers on a regular basis and would utilize trunk materials such as place artifacts. Simple activities may also be adapted from the teacher guide for the demo program.

Trunk Rental - A rental arrangement may be arranged once The Greatest Places museum trunk arrives at the Fleet Center. Teachers will be able to rent the museum trunk to be used for one week at a time. Cost of rental and replacement charges will be decided by appropriate Fleet Center staff. Use and actual outcome of The Greatest Places trunk will be noted by Education Specialist, as will the usefulness of this type of ancillary educational materials to our particular museum.
Program Goals - To utilize the wealth of resources provided to the Fleet Center with The Greatest Places museum trunk and to provide another resource for teachers to link the geography components of the film's subject matter to math, science and technology, and other areas of their curricula.

Program Implementation - NOTE: To implement the components of thisAction Plan, strong relationships will be developed between staff members from several departments. In order for these components to work effectively the entire Fleet Center staff must have buy-in.
Begin implementation by sharing ideas, themes and concepts of The Greatest Places film project with all Fleet Staff.
Introduce the components of the film project to illustrate the depth of project goals.
Allow staff to experiment with the materials found in the museum trunk to give them familiarity with the contents.
Work with staff to design carts for demos, find effective locations for demos, and provide support for program changes.
Devlop Demo program and train Voluneers to present programs, daily.

Program Audience - The audience for the first component of this Action Plan would be targeted toward the increasing number of schools calling to schedule Science Discovery Day speakers. The audience for the trunk demos would include the patrons who pay to attend The Greatest Places , other OMNIMAX( theater shows, or to the Exhibit Galleries.

Internal Contacts - Programming staff to determine the schedule for The Greatest Places film, Education Coordinator and Marketing staff to advertise trunk demos in house, Education Outreach staff, to be trained by Education Specialist, to present Science Discovery Day Outreach programs. Visitor Services and Engineering for cart creation and use (electrical needs) and lobby issues. Volunteer Coordinator, to be hired, will recruit and hire volunteers to perform cart demos.

External Contacts - Venders for cart creation, supplies for demo and outreach programs, teacher contacts from past Science Discovery Day programs.

Venue Dates for The Greatest Places - Estimated Fall 1999 .

Timeline for Planning and Implementation - Programs can actually begin once The Greatest Places Trunk is in house. Planning and implementation can begin as soon as a concrete list of trunk content and materials is generated and an estimated time is given for film release. Once a concrete list of trunk contents is made public and a copy of the teacher materials is distributed an outreach program and cart demo can be developed fairly quickly, approximately 3 to 4 months. The Demo cart will take more time, approximately 6 months due to the cart proto-typing and lobby location experimentation. Final Demo Cart programs will not take place until a Volunteer Coordinator is hired and the building expansion plans have been completed.


The Greatest Places
Museum Educator Action Plan
Reuben H. Fleet Space Theater and Science Center
San Diego, California

Program Title - Family Days

Museum Educator - Aly Evans, Education Specialist
Reuben H. Fleet Space Theater and Science Center
P.O. Box 33303
San Diego, CA 92163
Phone (619) 238-1233 ext. 847
FAX (619) 231-8971
E-mail aevans@rhfleet.org

Overview - Family Days will provide families the chance to learn about Fleet Center resources as a family unit. Special demonstrations, handouts, The Greatest Places OMNIMAX( film screening and community family organizations are proposed highlights. The Family Guide to the film project can be introduced to this target group and can serve as an evaluation tool for this type of educational materials that accompany large-format films.

Program Goals -The Family Day goals are to bring family units to the Fleet Center, introduce The Greatest Places Family Guide to families, and illustrate, via short demonstration/workshops, understanding and connection with place. Another goal of this type of event is todevelop a relationship between the Fleet Center and families, showing them how to heighten their OMNIMAX( expereinces. Parents,grandparents, etc. can learn ways to use the Fleet Center as a resource for family science education in relation to films, ExhibitGallerie, Lectures and other science relationships.

Implementation Procedure -
Date(s) and times will be set that are appropriate for families, weekend mornings, or during school holidays.
The Greatest Places film will be screened at the start of the event.
Trunk material and hands-on activities will be presented to families to show them ways to bring the connections to the film home with them.
Exploration time will be given to each family group to allow for museum connections to be made between the film, family lives and the Fleet Center Exhibit Galleries.

Program Audience - Family Days will be targeted to family units from throughout San Diego County. Advertisement of the event will be done in San Diego Family Magazine and other publications geared to family education. Children aged 4-13 will be invited to attend the event .

Internal Contacts - Education Coordinator will be contacted to make room arrangements. Flyers and posters will be contracted with graphics, via Education Coordinator. Education Specialist will develop content and activities for the event, and will present the Family Day.

External Contacts - San Diego Family Magazine, San Diego Parent Magazine. Children's Hospital may be a financial sponsor and also a contributor, as would other children advocate organizations.

Venue Dates for The Greatest Places - Estimated in 1999 . Family Days would take place as film opening component, close to the opening date of the film. Trunk and film materials must be at the Fleet Center in order to complete this Action Plan.

Timeline for Planning and Implementation - At least 4 months will be needed to arrange press coverage and advertisement of this new program. During this time, activities for event, materials for give-a-way table will be assembled, contacts at children's advocate groups will be arranged.
The Greatest Places
Museum Educator Action Plan
Reuben H. Fleet Space Theater and Science Center
San Diego, California

Program Title - Classes

Museum Educator - Aly Evans, Education Specialist
Reuben H. Fleet Space Theater and Science Center
P.O. Box 33303
San Diego, CA 92163
Phone (619) 238-1233 ext. 847
FAX (619) 231-8971
E-mail aevans@rhfleet.org

Overview - Upon the completion of the Fleet Center expansion plan, computer lab classrooms will be available for GIS and other related classes to be taught by Stephen Prendergast. The three hour hands-on classes will develop the relationships between The Greatest Places , geography and science activites that can be taught in a classroom.

Program Goals - The goal of this Action Plan will be to further the reach of The Greatest Places film to those students who register for Fleet Center classes. By providing exciting links between geography and science, the first connections for the Fleet Center, we can begin to serve them in a capacity that better serves the community in a variety subject matter. Stronger relationships between the other related organizations in Balboa Park will be developed to create educational partnerships for the good of all human-kind.

Implementation Procedure -
Develop class curriculum.
Arrange room and computer use.
Publish class in Fleet Center brochures.
Begin registration for class.
Assemble materials for class.
Teach class.

Program Audience - Target age groups are grades 4 though 6 for classes of 20 students. Fleet Members will receive registration information, as will the Education Mailing list generated by the Fleet Center Education Department. Students will also be solicited through press releases and advertisements in area family publications.

Internal Contacts Education Coordinator to arrange room, advertise classes in brochure. Education Assistant for registration process. Education Specialist for curriculum review.

External Contacts - Stephen Prendergast to teach class. Possible contacts to be guest speakers in class are the discretion of Mr. Prendergast.

Venue Dates for The Greatest Places - Film estimated to show in 1999. Class would be more appropriate to present in conjunction with the screening of the film. Class may be taught the season prior to the screening of the film, if all components are in place.

Timeline for Planning and Implementation - A total of six months will be needed to plan program, develop curriculum, and advertise event. This Action Plan is dependent on the completion of the expansion plan of the Fleet Center.
The Greatest Places
Museum Educator Action Plan
Reuben H. Fleet Space Theater and Science Center
San Diego, California

Program Title - School Programs

Museum Educator - Aly Evans, Education Specialist
Reuben H. Fleet Space Theater and Science Center
P.O. Box 33303
San Diego, CA 92163
Phone (619) 238-1233 ext. 847
FAX (619) 231-8971
E-mail aevans@rhfleet.org

Overview -School Programs for The Greatest Places project will include school field trips. This Action Plan will provide a filed trip destination for school groups linking all areas of the curriculm, not just science.

Program Goals - The Fleet Center will make The Greatest Places film available to students in grades 4 through 12. Due to the broad over-arching themes of The Greatest Places , it is a goal of this Action Plan to attract students and teachers who are involved with area of the curriculum, other than science. Students will view the program in the OMNIMAX( theater during mornings designated for school groups. Students will view the program and visit the Exhibit Galleries during their field trips. Students will then gather information about the places in the film, their local place and relate them to the key concepts to whatever subject they are studying. Because of the shift in the type fo teacher targeted for this film, the teacher guide may be used more often to prepare students than in the past. Field trips will provide the large format visual experience and an serve to wrap-up or introduce the film's global major concepts. This Action Plan is strongly related to the Teacher Programs Action Plan as teachers who have attended The Greatest Places workshop will have vested interest in the film and will bring students on field trips and will prepare their students better for these trips.

Implementation Procedure -
Secure film dates.
Write show descriptions for The Greatest Places to be added to annual Educational Resources Brochure.
Secure Museum trunk and educational packets for teachers.
Write an Exhibit Gallery Guide that relates to the film.

Program Audience - The Greatest Places film will be targeted for grades 4-6 on Thursdays and grades 7-12 on Fridays, during the school year. Shows will take place at 9:30 a.m.and 10:30 a.m. for school field trips to see The Greatest Places . Teachers will be receiving teacher materials for the film prior to the visit in order to prepare students. NOTE: Other films will play on other days, and other months in the OMNIMAX theater. Teachers will make arrangements to screen The Greatest Places according to an approved show schedule.

Internal Contacts - Secure film screening dates and contracts with Deputy Executive Director. Develop materials for Educational Materials brochure with Education Coordinator. Arrange show schedule with Projectionists, Console and Visitor Services.

External Contacts - Teachers who have attended The Greatest Places teacher workshop will be contacted to arrange field trip dates. Teachers who deal with areas other than science will be invited to bring classes to view the film. The Fleet Center already has high representation from science teachers. The Greatest Places project will bring in teachers from Geography, foreign languages, and other Social Sciences.

Venue Dates for The Greatest Places - Estimated date for field trip use is Fall of 1999 .

Timeline for Planning and Implementation - At least six months will be needed to plan for the arrival of The Greatest Places . The themes of the film will be places on the cover of the brochures to be sent out to all teachers. Mailing lists of non-science teachers will be secured and informational flyers will be sent out. Once field trips are in place the program will be self-sufficient.