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August 2012 at the
Indiana State Museum & Historic Sites
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The 2012 - 2013 K-12 Education Program Guide is available for download!
The Indiana State Museum has some exciting new programs
and exhibitions for this school year. Want to learn more? Check out the
Educators pages on our website for additional information on programs through spring 2013 in our latest edition of the K-12 Education Program Guide.
All programming and exhibits meet select Indiana Academic Standards. Visit us at
indianamuseum.org/education for more information and call 317.232.1637 for assistance in planning your field trip.
What's new for 2012-2013?
Indiana State Museum Education staff have been working hard to create
new school workshops to expand our offerings. Students can learn about
energy, learn from a native Hoosier artist, experience a
paleontological dig or perhaps learn that there wasn't always ice
during the Ice Age. Check out our new Educational Workshops topics. As a bonus, all
workshops have been expanded from 60 to 90 minutes of instruction
time, allowing more opportunities for activity and visits to the museum
gallery!
PLEASE NOTE: We have decided to cancel the Pipe Creek Paleontology Experience workshops
for August and September due to the water usage ban currently in
Marion County. We still plan to do these workshops on April 22 -
24 and May 6 - 8, 2013.
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  Artist-In-Residence
The Indiana State Museum is proud to announce that
Kyle Harrington has been chosen as the 2012 Indiana State Museum
Artist-In-Residence. A 2006 Ball State graduate with a BFA in Painting,
Harrington was the inaugural recipient of the prestigious Robert D.
Beckmann Jr. Emerging Artist Fellowship, first awarded by the Arts
Council of Indianapolis in 2008.
Harrington will host school workshops
focused on painting for grades 6 through 12 on Sept. 24, 25, 26 and
28 and Oct. 1 through 5, 2012 at the museum. He will also conduct
demonstrations on painting in the museum gallery and host evening
classes for those 21 and over called Paint, Drink and Be Merry on Sept. 28 and 29 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Each participant will walk away with their own completed piece of artwork.
What Indiana Means to Me: Fourth Grade Students Essay Contest
The Indiana State House Tour Office in conjunction
with the Indiana Center for the Book is hosting an essay competition to
commemorate Indiana Statehood Day on Dec. 11, 2012. If your class is
interested in learning more about how to be a part of this essay
contest, see the Indiana Statehood Day page for more information.
Day of the Dead Altar Exhibition
We are currently accepting applications from artists,
schools and other organizations interested in creating an altar, or ofrenda for our Día de los Muertos celebration. An ofrenda
honors and welcomes back the soul of a deceased person. An altar may
be dedicated to an individual or a group of people who have departed.
Items on the altar should celebrate the spirit of the deceased in a way
that encourages enjoyable memories.
Are you interested in creating an ofrenda? Contact Joanna Hahn at jhahn@indianamuseum.org for information about the application process or download the application.
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Educator Enrichment Opportunities
Excavation Experience: Megenity Cave
Aug. 24 - 26, 2012
$150 per educator
Advanced registration required; educators can attend
a one day session on Sat., Aug. 25 for $50 or do all three days at
the member rate ($150).
Put on your helmet and caving gear and climb
back into time. Over the past 24 years, Megenity Cave has provided a
rare glimpse into the past 60,000 years in Indiana, including the Ice
Age. Gain hands-on experience helping unearth peccaries, dire wolves
and bears by excavating, screening, assisting with mapping, or cleaning
artifacts on site with the professionals. Receive a commemorative
certificate and souvenir to remember your experience.
To register, please contact Gail Brown, Manager of Science Content and Delivery at gbrown@indianamuseum.org or at 317.234.2412. |
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 Star Wars®: Where Science Meets Imagination
Imagine a world with humanoid
automatons translating languages, landspeeders whizzing down the
highway and X-wing starfighters protecting the skies. Could these
technologies, limited only to the fantasy worlds of Star Wars®, actually become a reality? Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination explores the Star Wars
films, the real science behind them, and the research that may someday
lead to real-life versions of the technologies seen in the films. The
exhibit also features props and costumes from all six Star Wars films.
This out-of-this-world exhibit opens May 25, 2013, at the Indiana State Museum. Tickets for Star Wars:
Where Science Meets Imagination are $10 per member or $10+museum
admission for non-members ($19.50 regular admission, $18.50 seniors, $15
children). Timed-tickets are now available to the general public indianamuseum.org.
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Through Oct. 14, 2012
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Through Oct. 28, 2012 |
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Through Nov. 4, 2012
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Through Sept. 15, 2013 |
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Homeschool Features
Homeschool families who are looking for more opportunities with our
Homeschool Tuesday program will be glad to hear that we have extended
the program to be two Tuesdays a month now! Expanded dates can be
found on the Homeschool Tuesdays web page or in our new K-12 Education Program Guide.
Also new this year are Family Backpacks! Perfect for homeschoolers of curious families who want to learn more!
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Plan a field trip to one of our 11 State
Historic Sites! Explore, hike and have fun at the State Historic Sites
located throughout Indiana. Learn about all of Indiana, from
pre-history at Angel Mounds near Evansville to modern-day marvels.
Education Events & Standards at Angel Mounds
Education Events & Standards at Corydon Capitol
Education Events & Standards at Culbertson Mansion
Education Events & Standards at Gene Stratton-Porter
Education Events & Standards at Historic New Harmony
Education Events & Standards at Lanier Mansion
Education Events & Standards at Levi Coffin
Education Events & Standards at Limberlost
Education Events & Standards at T.C. Steele
Education Events & Standards at the Vincennes Sites
Education Events & Standards at Whitewater Canal
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