Learning in Museums
Document Type
Oral Presentation
Campus where you would like to present
Ellensburg
Start Date
21-5-2015
End Date
21-5-2015
Keywords
Museums, Informal Education, STEM, STE(A)M, Community Engagment, Service Learning
Abstract
Museum Studies students have been developing innovative lesson plans geared towards K-12, college, and community visitors to the Museum of Culture and Environment, which emphasize STE(A)M (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) educational programs. This panel showcases students’ work in creating, implementing, and assessing educational strategies in the museum. We have been especially interested in activities that emphasize creative problem solving and hands on engagement by museum visitors of all ages. Student projects include: a large format puzzle about the Columbia Mammoth; pop music as a strategy for reflecting on chemical dependency, visual arts workshops in reflecting on homelessness and “what is home”; an interactive space evoking a homeless encampment to teach about life on the streets; an interactive tour of exhibition on heroin and homelessness; using puppetry to reflect on eco-connectivity across wildlife passages; an odor wheel using different chemicals to identify problems in compost piles; and teaching echolocation through auditory cues.
Recommended Citation
Anderson, Brittany; Seelye, Liz; Hammersberg, Barbara; Bair, Sarah; and Bauermeister, Margaret, "Learning in Museums" (2015). Symposium Of University Research and Creative Expression (SOURCE). 94.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/source/2015/oralpresentations/94
Department/Program
Anthropology & Museum Studies
Additional Mentoring Department
Anthropology & Museum Studies
Additional Mentoring Department
Museum of Culture and Environment
Learning in Museums
Ellensburg
Museum Studies students have been developing innovative lesson plans geared towards K-12, college, and community visitors to the Museum of Culture and Environment, which emphasize STE(A)M (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) educational programs. This panel showcases students’ work in creating, implementing, and assessing educational strategies in the museum. We have been especially interested in activities that emphasize creative problem solving and hands on engagement by museum visitors of all ages. Student projects include: a large format puzzle about the Columbia Mammoth; pop music as a strategy for reflecting on chemical dependency, visual arts workshops in reflecting on homelessness and “what is home”; an interactive space evoking a homeless encampment to teach about life on the streets; an interactive tour of exhibition on heroin and homelessness; using puppetry to reflect on eco-connectivity across wildlife passages; an odor wheel using different chemicals to identify problems in compost piles; and teaching echolocation through auditory cues.
Faculty Mentor(s)
Mark Auslander, J. Hope Amason