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Science  outside  of  school  Easy  ways  to  integrate  science  into  your  family  ac3vi3es!  

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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  

 

 

 

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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    

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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.  

   

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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.  

 

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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.  

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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  

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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!  

 

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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