September 1st, 2021 - June 30th, 2024 | PROJECT
The Louisiana Children’s Museum is developing a comprehensive set of resources entitled “Water Dialogues–Living with Water,” designed around its new exhibits and landscape resources, to strengthen the community’s understanding of the challenges associated with water management. They are creating a new field trip series and water-based science curriculum, “Water Pathways” as well as an outreach program, “Steward’s Ship,” to bring the program’s environmental messages to schools and camps. The museum will also conduct a professional development training series on science education for local educators implementing the state’s new science standards, in addition to a series of literacy workshops where children ages four to eight will write “how-to” books and “water journals.” To further spread the associated environmental and sustainability messages, they will organize an annual “Water Fest” program for the community.
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Team Members
Shannon Blady, Principal Investigator, Louisiana Children's MuseumFunders
Funding Source: IMLS
Funding Program: Museums for America
Award Number: MA-249538-OMS-21
Funding Amount: $119,416
Tags
Audience: Elementary School Children (6-10) | Museum | ISE Professionals | Pre-K Children (0-5)
Discipline: Ecology | forestry | agriculture | Literacy
Resource Type: Project Descriptions
Environment Type: Exhibitions | Museum and Science Center Exhibits | Museum and Science Center Programs | Professional Development | Conferences | Networks | Professional Development and Workshops | Public Programs