Education @ The Tech The Tech Museum of Innovation | San Jose, CA
2017-18
For your students
A hands-on approach to STEM
For you
Professional development resources
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At The Tech we foster the potential in all people to be innovators who make a difference in the world. One strategy to achieve this mission is our focus on Design Challenge Learning, which places the learner at the center of problem-solving. When young people visit The Tech on field trips or with their families, they collaborate to engineer, design, test and iterate solutions, but more importantly, to develop a sense of agency and self-confidence. One special experience at The Tech can inspire youth, yet this inspiration makes the most impact when it is linked with sustained support from parents and educators. As an educator, you are in a position to make lasting differences in the lives of students through mentorship, encouragement and presentation of new challenges and growth opportunities. At the heart of our mission to be a resource for educators is the new Bowers Institute, a center for professional learning to help educators create vibrant, challenging and supportive environments for all learners.
The Bowers Institute supports your work through: • Sharing a curated set of STEM resources online. • Professional development workshops, where you can connect to and learn from a network of education leaders in engineering, design and technology. • Deep partnership with eight school districts via The Tech Academies of Innovation program to create an ecosystem to support STEM learning from kindergarten through college. These leaders and model programs serve as resources to other educators throughout the region and California. Educators are doing intensive and pivotal work, and you know how challenging that work can be! Through the Bowers Institute and a bolstered commitment to supporting educators, I hope The Tech can be as inspiring a place for you as it is for your students.
Erica Barrueto Senior Director, Bowers Institute The Tech Museum of Innovation
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What’s inside For your students Field Trips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Science Labs. . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Innovation Labs . . . . . . . . . . . 8 IMAX Films . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 The Tech Challenge, presented by Dell . . . . . Back page
For you Professional Development . . . . . . . . . . 12 The Tech Academies of Innovation ������������� 13 Field Trip Pricing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
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For your students Bring your students on a field trip to The Tech for hands-on learning that reinforces concepts you’re teaching in school and after school. 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
Days of exploration Bringing your students to The Tech guarantees a day of immersive, standards-based scientific learning. And thanks to our generous donors, The Tech can offer California Title I K-12 students fee-waived museum entrance, scholarships for hands-on science labs and transportation reimbursement for some schools. Whether you educate students in a school or after-school setting, we can tailor your field trip experience with the following options: Exhibits where students learn about and explore modern-day scientific subjects using their senses — especially their sense of fun. Science Labs where children become true Silicon Valley innovators, while conducting experiments and analyzing results. Innovation Labs immerse students in a 45-minute guided experience that takes place in select exhibit galleries. IMAX movies for thrilling adventures in new worlds, from the microscopic to the cosmic.
“Our students are given the chance to be as innovative as possible. The labs and galleries are a great opportunity for our students to challenge themselves.” — Tim Raffo, fifth-grade teacher at South Elementary School
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Learn more: thetech.org/fieldtrips
Exciting exhibits
Exploring the museum Fun and fascination go hand in hand with learning in The Tech’s eight exhibit spaces, which include dozens of experiences. Some highlights:
In BioDesign Studio students are empowered to play, tinker and design with the world’s most powerful technology — biology.
In Social Robots, students can design, build, and program a real robot.
Cyber Detectives, presented by Palo Alto Networks, allows students to train as computer security professionals and go on a mission to protect a recycling plant from criminals.
The Tech Studio includes a variety of maker-style activities that will inspire the innovator in everyone.
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Labs @ The Tech Why do I get an electric shock when I touch metal? How do roller coasters make our stomachs drop? During your field trip, students can explore these and other questions as they roll up their sleeves in The Tech’s hands-on Science Labs. All labs support Next Generation Science Standards and Common Core State Standards. They are complemented by related gallery exhibits and pre- and post-visit activities. We offer two types of lab experiences for field trips.
Innovation labs
Science Labs These interactive 90-minute sessions reinforce scientific concepts and help students develop 21st-century skills. Participants will use the design process to brainstorm, design, build, test and redesign their way to creative solutions to real-world challenges.
Innovation Labs are 45-minute guided experiences in select galleries. These sessions offer a more in-depth experience that deepens student learning, encourages teamwork and builds confidence in the engineering design process.
Some examples:
Some examples:
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Chemicals of Innovation
Green by Design
Engineering for Earthquakes
Physics of Roller Coasters
Galactic Forces of Magnetism
Simplicity of Electricity
Learn more: thetech.org/sciencelabs
Social Robots Students become robotics engineers by working as a team to create a multi-tasking social robot. Tech Studio Students make, engineer and tinker in an activity inspired by The Tech Challenge, presented by Dell.
Learn more: thetech.org/innovationlabs
IMAX films
Our IMAX films will inspire your students with thrilling places and adventures.
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A COSMIC PICTURE / ARCANE PICTURES FILM IN ASSOCIATION WITH NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC “JERUSALEM” NARRATED BY BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH ORIGINAL MUSIC MICHAEL BROOK EDITORS JEAN-MARIE DROT BOB EISENHARDT, ACE DOUG O’CONNOR DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY REED SMOOT, ASC SOUND RECORDIST THIERRY MORLAAS-LURBE EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS JAKE EBERTS DOMINIC CUNNINGHAM-REID PRODUCERS TARAN DAVIES GEORGE DUFFIELD DANIEL FERGUSON WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY DANIEL FERGUSON
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Amazon Adventure
Dream Big: Engineering our World
Extreme Weather
Forces of Nature*
Humpback Whales*
Jerusalem*
Journey to Space*
Lewis & Clark
Mysteries of the Unseen World*
National Parks Adventure*
To The Limit
Under the Sea*
*Available in Spanish Visit our website for current IMAX showtimes. 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. The theater will be closed for renovations from Aug. 28 to Oct. 27. Learn more: thetech.org/educationalfilms
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For you This year, The Tech launched the Bowers Institute, a new hub for professional development for school and after-school educators. Come take part in affordable opportunities inspired by the innovative science and technology of Silicon Valley to expand your skills in the classroom.
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Bowers Institute
The Tech is supporting educators in growing their skills and confidence with Design Challenge Learning and cutting-edge tools for STEM teaching. These efforts include our professional development workshops, our Tech Academies program and resources for equitable program design. By partnering with educators, we can give more students access to STEM learning. The Bowers Institute is named for its founding sponsor Ann S. Bowers. As a longtime board member and supporter of The Tech, Bowers has championed math and science education in public schools and been a visionary in the role that science centers can play as partners to educators. “I love the idea of hands-on problem solving, because when we try to solve a problem we surprise ourselves,” Bowers says. “We make things and figure things out in ways we didn’t know we were capable of.”
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With three workshop strands, you can focus in one area or create your own learning pathways. Design Challenge Learning Learn ways to combine design thinking, engineering and project-based learning in your classroom. Design, Make, Code Integrate new technological tools into your curriculum and connect with others to foster your growth as a STEM educator. Only @ The Tech Connect exhibits and programs at The Tech to your classroom curriculum with this new series of workshops. “One of the best things that I saw with my students is that they aren’t afraid of failure anymore; they realize that failure is part of the process.” — Rebecca Balster, teacher at Ocala Middle School
Learn more: thetech.org/bowersinstitute
The Tech Academies of Innovation
The Tech is proud to work in deep partnership with eight school districts, eight expanded learning programs, San Jose State University and others to create model STEM programs. Our work focuses on: • Developing educators’ confidence and interest in engineering design. • Building the capacity of educators to integrate engineering into any subject to support Common Core and NGSS. • Providing strategies to support students’ aptitude in 21st-century skills.
In 2017-18 we are expanding our work with our current partner districts, recruiting Grade 4-8 educators to a two-year professional learning and support program. These educators will participate in more than 100 hours of cross-curricular professional development and join an engaged professional network.
• Creating a network of engineering education leaders who can support other educators in their STEM teaching. • Supporting district-wide engineering instruction and kindergarten to college STEM pathways.
Learn more: thetech.org/techacademies
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Field trip pricing Admission
IMAX Educational Film
School field trips available Sept. 18, 2017, to June 8, 2018
Admission + IMAX Combo
Science Lab
(90 minutes; details: thetech.org/sciencelabs)
Innovation Lab**
(45 minutes; details: thetech.org/innovationlabs)
$3 per student $3 per chaperone $4 IMAX Snack Pack
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Scholarship No additional charge; provided; pre- and pre-registration post-visit activity required. completion required.
Non-Title I $5 per student Schools
$5 per student $5 per chaperone $4 IMAX Snack Pack
$8 per student $5 per chaperone $4 IMAX Snack Pack
$250 per class of 32
Non-Title I After-School $3 per student Groups (arriving after 3 p.m.)
$3.50 per student $3 per chaperone $4 IMAX Snack Pack
$6 per student $3 per chaperone $4 IMAX Snack Pack
Title I Schools and After- Fee waived School Groups*
$125 per class of 32
(Labs for after-school groups are 60 minutes.)
No additional charge; pre-registration required. No additional charge; pre-registration required.
* If 40% or more of the students in your program qualify for free or reduced lunch, you are eligible for this discount **Innovation Labs take place in select exhibits and have limited capacity. Please see thetech.org/innovationlabs for schedule and capacity details. Important details • All sales are final. Please ensure that your student counts are accurate. No refunds will be issued for unused general admission and IMAX tickets. • IMAX Snack Pack must be ordered in advance. Includes small popcorn, juice box and a treat. • Free admission for one chaperone per eight students. Additional chaperones will be charged the student admission rate. Additional chaperones that are not accounted for on the teacher invoice will be charged the group admission rate. • The IMAX theater will be closed for renovations from Aug. 28 to Oct. 27.
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 join an engaged learning community and find a professional home here — in addition to benefits like discounted tickets to IMAX movies and free admission to member parties. Learn more: thetech.org/members 14
We’d like to acknowledge and thank the generous donors who make our educational programs possible. Accenture Adobe AMD Amgen Foundation Apple Matching Gifts Program ARM Bank of America Mechelle and Manny Barbara Barnholt Family Foundation Barbara and Frank Barone Benesse Silicon Valley Janice and Thomas Berthold Best Buy Children’s Foundation BNY Mellon Ruba Borno Box, Inc. Anna and Rob Bradshaw Bright Funds Foundation Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Buckingham Strategic Wealth Robert Bynum Cadence Casey and Jack Carsten Cavium, Inc. Mona Sabet and Joe Chernesky Cisco Foundation Cisco Systems, Inc. Fannie Allen and George W. Cogan Sandi and Richard Conniff CRAFT Peggy and Yogen Dalal Davidson Family Foundation Marla and James de Broekert Kathy and James Deichen Dell Deloitte Drummond-Berk Family Fund Celia and Jim Dudley Joan and Alan Earhart eBay, Inc. Equinix Inc. EY Elwanda and William Fenwick FireEye First Tech Federal Credit Union Jeanne and Frank Fischer Forever Young Foundation Mary Ellen Fox & Michael E. Fox
Fragomen Worldwide Carol & John Gallagher The Brett & Michelle Galloway Foundation Renu and Dhrumil Gandhi General Electric Genentech, Inc. Nan and Charles Geschke Patricia and Martin Giles Kassie and John Giubileo GoDaddy Goldman Sachs & Co. Susan Valeriote and Kenneth Goldman Google, Inc. Google Matching Gifts Program Dawn and Gary Guthart Jan Half Arline and James Harper Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction Co. Beverly and Kenneth Haughton William Randolph Hearst Foundation Hedco Foundation Barbara and William Heil, Jr. Peggy and Fred Heiman Heising-Simons Foundation Connie and Jerry Held The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Hitachi Data Systems David Hitz House Family Foundation Beverly and Charles Huss IBM Corporation IDT Intel Corporation Trine Sorensen and Michael Jacobson Atsuko and Tim Jenks Jive Software Johnson & Johnson Innovation - JJDC Franklin & Catherine Johnson Foundation Junior League of Palo Alto - Mid Peninsula Shannon and Joseph Kava Maureen and David Kennedy Robert S. Kieve Foundation Kinder Morgan Foundation Jennifer Konecny Michael And Ina Korek Foundation Trust The Koret Foundation The Krause Foundation Terry and Bill Krivan
Janie and Wayne Lambert Catherine Pierson Lego Laura Becker-Lewke and Reynold Lewke LinkedIn Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company Yu-Jing Lu Ludwick Family Foundation Gregory P. Luth & Associates, Inc. Shilin Jiang and Gregory Luth Shawn and Douglas MacKenzie Rhonda and Vinod Mahendroo The Markkula Foundation Alison and Michael Mauzé Jill and Tom McEnery Kim Worsencroft and Dennis L. McEvoy Christina and Webb McKinney McKinsey & Company Mentor Graphics Foundation Micron Technology Foundation Microsoft Corporation Joyce Milligan The Moca Foundation Monterey Peninsula Foundation Betty and Gordon Moore Shara and David Morishige Morrison & Foerster Foundation Dean Morton Dona Munsch Jami Dover Nachtsheim & Stephen Nachtsheim Janice Nelson NetApp, Inc. Northrop Grumman Corporation ON Semiconductor Oracle Corporation The David and Lucile Packard Foundation Palo Alto Networks Jin and C.S. Park PayPal Inc. Joy Peacock Peoples Associates Structural Engineers, Inc. Plantronics Hal R. Powell Bobbie and David Pratt Jan and Don Provan Provident Credit Union Qatalyst Partners LP Quilici Engineers, Inc.
Dorothy H. Reagan Christine and Tim Ritchie Robert E. And Adele M. Boydston Charitable Foundation Robert Rodert Catherine E. Rossi-Roos and Mark Roos Samsung Electronics America Samsung Semiconductor Inc. San Jose Water Company Santa Clara Valley Water District SAP Amy and Matthew Sapp Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner Seagate Technology, Inc. Sharks Foundation Donna Dubinsky and Leonard Shustek Smith Family Foundation Timi Del Conte and John M. Sobrato, Jr. Eta and Sass Somekh Family Foundation Star One Credit Union STMicroelectronics, Inc. Symantec Corporation Technology Credit Union The David H. Liu Foundation Thermo Fisher Scientific Andrea and Joseph Thomas Margaret and John Thompson TiVo, Inc. Toeniskoetter Construction Union Pacific Foundation United Airlines University Of Phoenix James P. Verhalen Family Foundation Janet Brownstone and Andrew Verhalen Benjamin Wang Wells Fargo Bank Western Digital Foundation Wiley Elizabeth B. Wolf Linda and King Won Workday Foundation Xilinx, Inc. Mauria Finley and Greg Yap Zoom
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A team engineering design challenge for Grades 4-12 i n which students develop creative solutions to a real-world problem, build a device and d ocument their process. Showcase Saturday, April 28 Sunday, April 29 Registration opens in October
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