La Brea Tar Pits Mobile Museum

October 1st, 2019 - October 31st, 2021 | PROJECT

The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County will design and fabricate the La Brea Tar Pits Mobile Museum to provide kindergarten to 2nd grade students with hands-on, immersive experiences based on its Ice Age fossil collections. The traveling exhibition will reach 20 underserved schools and 7,500 students annually. Programming will use early childhood play-based models. These models allow students time to explore and observe followed by periods of play that allow time to process, reflect, and retain. A museum educator will prepare classroom teachers for the school residency by providing a workshop and orientation to the Tar Pits, pre-visit classroom activities and lesson plans aligned with Next Generation Science Standards. The mobile museum will also be deployed at community parks, festivals, and special events on weekends and during the summer, reaching a total of 15,000 youth and families each year.

Project Website(s)

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Team Members

Su Oh, Principal Investigator, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Funders

Funding Source: IMLS
Funding Program: Museums for America
Award Number: MA-10-19-0223-19
Funding Amount: $250,000

Tags

Audience: Educators | Teachers | Elementary School Children (6-10) | Museum | ISE Professionals
Discipline: Geoscience and geography | Life science
Resource Type: Project Descriptions
Environment Type: Exhibitions | Informal | Formal Connections | K-12 Programs | Museum and Science Center Exhibits | Parks | Outdoor | Garden Exhibits