Education @ The Tech The Tech Museum of Innovation | San Jose, CA
2015-16
For your students A hands-on approach to STEM
For you
Professional development resources
For families
Learning and growing at every age
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The Tech: A second home for educators One of the things I loved most about my time as a classroom teacher was the fresh start each fall — the whole year in front of me, with new students and new challenges. Now that I’m working in the museum world, fall is no less exciting. And this fall we have a lot to be excited about at The Tech. You have known us for years as a place that inspires the innovator in your students. Now, we are expanding our offerings to help you bring the type of hands-on learning you love in the museum to your own classroom. At The Tech, we believe the most important 21st century skill is creative problem-solving, and we have a long history of designing experiences to build that skill. So in addition to field trips and labs for students, we now provide a wide variety of professional development workshops for educators, from a few hours to a few weeks long, on subjects ranging from educational technologies to engineering design. And we have a laser focus on helping you integrate Common Core State and Next Generation Science Standards into your classroom.
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You’ll find out more about these opportunities — for both classroom and after-school educators — in the following pages, along with details about field trips. At The Tech, we build all our programs around a core belief: that young people who can work together to solve problems creatively are primed for success in the 21st century. I look forward to working with you in the coming year to open up this world to your students.
Gretchen Walker Vice President, Education The Tech Museum of Innovation
What’s inside For your students Field trips
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For families The Tech Challenge.
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201 S. Market Street San Jose, CA 95113 408-294-8324 thetech.org Follow our Facebook page for educators: facebook.com/thetechedu
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For your students Bring your students on a field trip to The Tech for an only-in-Silicon-Valley learning experience! We offer hands-on learning that reinforces concepts you’re teaching in school and after school, including Common Core and Next Generation Science standards. We’ll help your students develop 21st-century skills so they can succeed in a world driven by technology.
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Field trips Bring your students to The Tech for a day of imaginative, immersive, standards-based scientific learning. Thanks to generous donors, we can waive fees for admission and science labs for California Title I K-12 students. Transportation reimbursement is available for a limited number of schools. Whether you educate students in a school or afterschool setting, we can tailor your field trip experience with the following options:
Galleries where students explore modern-day scientific subjects using all their senses — especially their sense of fun.
Science labs where children become true Silicon Valley innovators as they conduct experiments and analyze results. IMAX movies for thrilling adventures in new worlds, from the microscopic to the cosmic. For field trip pricing, see page 18.
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More information: thetech.org/fieldtrips
Galleries
Fun and fascination go hand-in-hand with learning throughout our two gallery floors. Some highlights: In Cyber Detectives, presented by Palo Alto Networks, students can train as a computer security professional and go on a mission to protect a recycling plant from criminals.
In Social Robots, your class will get to design, build, and program a real robot.
In The Tech Studio, students can participate in a variety of maker-style activities that will inspire the innovator in everyone.
More information: thetech.org/galleries
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Science labs
What does DNA have to do with the taste of broccoli? How do roller coasters make our stomachs drop? What makes the Earth a giant magnet? During your field trip, students explore these and other questions in The Tech’s hands-on Science Labs. During these 90-minute labs, students brainstorm, design, build, test, and redesign their way to creative solutions to real-world science and engineering challenges. All labs support Next Generation Science Standards, Common Core State Standards, and California Science Content Standards.
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Some examples of our labs:
• Chemicals of Innovation: Bring the periodic table to life by experimenting with chemical reactions and exploring real-life applications. Grades 5-8.
• Engineering for Earthquakes: Practice structural design and engineering that can withstand one of California's greatest natural threats: earthquakes. Grades 5-12.
• Green by Design: Harness the power of wind and sun! Investigate the power of solar cells, create solarpowered cities and build wind turbines. Grades 3-8.
More information: thetech.org/sciencelabs
Take your class on a field trip under the sea or into outer space at The Hackworth IMAX Dome Theater, a one-of-a-kind movie experience with more than 9,000 square feet of wraparound image and 13,000 watts of digital surround sound.
IMAX films
See our calendar for regular IMAX showings. If you have a group of 50 or more, the 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. time slots can be reserved with a film of your choosing from our library. Featured films for 2015-16: YO U WO N ’ T B E L I E V E YO U R E Y E S .
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“Mysteries of the Unseen World” Now showing This extraordinary journey brought to you by National Geographic will bring you to previously inscrutable realms to see a whole new universe: the ones beneath everyday surfaces and inside our bodies.
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Opens October 2015 Come enjoy a sneak peek into the future at what might be possible as scientists use innovative engineering and design to make cyber characters less “humanoid” and more just plain human.
NATIONALGEOGRAPHIC STUDIOS Presents “ROBOTS” A DAY’S END PICTURES PRODUCTION A FILM BY MIKE SLEE
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Sound Design by BRIAN EIMER Music by MARK KORVEN Edited by HARRY MILLER I I, A.C.E , JIM RUXIN, A.C.E Director of Photography SEAN MACLEOD PHILLIPS, A.S.C Written by RICHARD PANEK MIKE SLEE JINI DURR Executive Producers BROOKE RUNNETTE LISA TRUITT Produced by JINI DURR Directed by MIKE SLEE robotsfilm.com
“National Parks Adventure” Opens February 2016 Go on the ultimate off-trail adventure into the mountains and canyons of our great outdoors in this film that commemorates the U.S. National Park Service turning 100 years old, a milestone in the preservation of America’s wild, untamed spaces.
More information: thetech.org/educationalfilms
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For you The Tech is proud to unveil two new initiatives devoted exclusively to professional development for school and after-school educators, inspired by the innovative science and technology of Silicon Valley. Come take part in the free or low-cost opportunities provided by the Design Challenge Learning Institute, or see if your Title I school would be a good fit to join our Tech Academies of Innovation.
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Design Challenge Learning Institute: Professional development resources and events at The Tech
Sample workshops: • Codeable Crafts • Introduction to coding
• Edcite • Digital library training
New offerings are being added all the time!
Our professional development programs are terrific ways to stretch your knowledge, tap into your own creativity, and connect with your colleagues — all in our new Design Challenge Learning Institute, adjacent to the museum. Best of all, our offerings are great reminders that some of the best learning occurs when teachers — as well as students — are having fun! Programs are open to in-school and afterschool educators as well as libraries.
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What is Design Challenge Learning? It’s The Tech’s approach to learning, a combination of engineering design and project-based learning. It engages students in the design process to solve a relevant, real-world problem, reinforcing their science, math, social studies, and language arts content knowledge, through an open-ended design process that results in an original, team-driven solution.
More information: thetech.org/teacheropportunities
The Tech Academies of Innovation: Long-term professional development focusing on STEM education
Each spring, The Tech will select four school teams of teachers and after-school providers to be recognized as Tech Academies of Innovation. These teams will enjoy three years of professional development provided by our experienced team.
The application period opens in October 2015, and applications are due in January 2016.
More information: thetech.org/techacademies
The intensive program targets educators working with underserved students in grades 4 to 8, providing support for the integration of instruction around real-world problems. Common Core State Standards and Next Generation Science Standards remain front and center in all that we do. 13
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For families We know learning doesn’t end in the classroom, or even at The Tech. Find out how your students and their families can join in the joys of learning together, through programs like Family Math & Engineering, The Tech Challenge, and our Tucked in @ The Tech sleepover events!
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Unique offerings at The Tech
The Tech Challenge: This annual team design challenge for students in grades 4-12 introduces and reinforces the science and engineering design process with a hands-on project geared to solving a real-world problem. With the aim of inspiring the next generation of Silicon Valley innovators, The Tech Challenge provides months of team learning in science, engineering, and math, culminating in the final Event Days in April. Great for class groups, home schools, afterschool programs, extra-credit projects, clubs, or friends! More information: thetech.org/techchallenge
Family Math & Engineering: These free bilingual classes in Spanish and English, held at the San Jose Public Libraries, offer unparalleled quality time for parents and kids. Through engaging math and engineering activities, parents learn to reinforce mathematical skills students need to succeed in STEM learning. Families get their hands on math and engineering while having fun and developing logical thinking, spatial reasoning, creative problem solving, and number sense together. More information: thetech.org/fme
Girl Scouts: The Tech loves scouting! We’ve partnered with Girl Scouts of America to offer many ways to participate at The Tech, from troop field trips to family days to customized badge programs for Brownies, Juniors and Cadettes. More information: thetech.org/girlscouts Sleepovers: A unique way to experience The Tech is to spend the night with our Tucked in @ The Tech sleepover program. After dark, students will unroll their sleeping bags and explore the museum. They’ll enjoy an IMAX film in their PJs (popcorn included) and have fun with hands-on STEM activities. In the morning everyone will wake up to a continental breakfast. More information: thetech.org/sleepovers
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The 2016 challenge:
Build a glider to deliver supplies to a remote location!
This year, you tell the story! What is your glider carrying? Where is it going? Why?
Final event dates: Saturday, April 23 Sunday, April 24
Registration opens in October. Questions? challenge@thetech.org 1-408-795-6133 thetech.org/techchallenge
A team engineering design challenge for Grades 4-12 where participants develop creative solutions to a real-world problem.
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Field trip pricing
Admission
IMAX educational film*
Admission + IMAX combo
Science Lab
Fee waived
$3 per student
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Fee waived for a limited number of schools; call early to secure funding.**
Non-Title I schools
$5 per student
$5 per student
$8 per student
$250 per class of 32***
Non-Title I after-school groups
$3 per student
$3.50 per student
$6.50 per student
$125 per class of 32***
Title I schools
* $25 non-refundable deposit required at booking **$50 deposit required at booking. Deposit is non-refundable if you cancel within three weeks of your lab or if you do not show up. Every effort will be made to reschedule your lab if your plans change. Provided pre-visit and post-visit work is required to receive fee waiver. ***$50 non-refundable deposit required at booking. Every effort will be made to reschedule your lab if plans change.
Become a member! We also invite you to become a member of The Tech at a discounted rate, available to all K-12 public, private, home school teachers, and principals working in a California school district. With a Tech membership, you can become 18
a member of our learning community and find a professional home here — in addition to benefits like discounted tickets to IMAX movies and free admission to member parties.
More information: thetech.org/members
We’d like to acknowledge and thank the generous donors who make educational programs at The Tech Museum of Innovation possible. Accenture Adobe Systems Incorporated Amgen Foundation ARM Aruba Networks, Inc. Atmel Corporation BAE Systems Bank of America Barracuda Networks Bayer Corporation S. D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation Bernard A. Newcomb Foundation Best Buy Lucy Blake Cavium, Inc. Cisco Systems, Inc. Signe Ostby and Scott Cook EMC Corporation Ernst & Young Fairchild First Tech Federal Credit Union Forever Young Foundation Genentech, Inc. GoDaddy Google Inc. Grandis Inc. Sheila and Tom Hart Barbara and William Heil, Jr. Hitachi Data Systems House Family Foundation David House IBM Corporation Institute of Museum and Library Services Integrated Device Technology Inc. Intel
Trine Sorensen and Michael Jacobson JPMorgan Chase Junior League of Palo Alto, Inc. Madhuri Ramanathan and Ashvin Kannan Kinder Morgan Foundation KLA-Tencor Corporation Klutz KQED Michelle and Michael Kwatinetz Susan and Dan'l Lewin The David H. Liu Foundation Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company MacGillivray Freeman Films Jonathan Macquitty Maker Faire The Markkula Foundation McKinsey & Company, Inc. Mentor Graphics Microsoft Corporation The Moca Foundation Morrison & Foerster Foundation Motorola Solutions Foundation NBC Bay Area Nordstrom Catherine and Nick Noviello Noyce Foundation Oracle Corporation Pacific Gas And Electric Co. Palo Alto Networks DJ Patil Patrons of The Tech Store Ellen and Drew Perkins Plantronics Qualcomm Foundation The Frank and Denise Quattrone Foundation
Raging Waters Raytheon Applied Signal Technology, Inc. Hasan Rizvi Beth and Stephen Robie Suzanne and Ali Salehpour Samsung Samueli Foundation San Jose Sharks Foundation SanDisk Corporation Santa Clara Valley Water District SAP Amy and Matthew Sapp ScholarShare College Savings Plan Seagate Technology, Inc. Leo M. Shortino Family Foundation Silver Spring Networks Simpson Strong Tie John M. Sobrato Fund Space Systems/Loral SRI International Steinberg Stella B. Gross Charitable Trust STMicroelectronics, Inc. SunPower Foundation Symantec Corporation Toeniskoetter Construction TE Connectivity Foundation Technology Credit Union TechShop Telemundo Thermo Fisher Scientific Judy and Les Vadasz Western Digital Foundation Xilinx, Inc. Yahoo! Employee Foundation
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