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Teaching with Multiple Museums, Multiple Visits
by Professor Ellen Olmstead My goals for the trip were 1) to get students into the museums as few of them had visited any of the museums before and 2) to encourage them to explore ideas and resources for one…
HIST 205 Tech Explorers visit the Smithsonian!
by Professor Sadegh Foghani My students in HIST 205 (Technology and Culture) and I went to the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History to explore two exhibits on Saturday, October 5: 1- Cellphone: Unseen Connections (Special Exhibit) 2- Lights Out: Recovering…
The Cellphones and Food That Sustain Us: An ENGL 102 Field Trip
by Professor Teresa Lew After unending days of hurricane season rain, the cool crisp air of a blue-skied October arrived along with the grandeur of aurora borealis nights. Naturally, there was an excitement for being outside, so it was perfecting…
Connecting Science to Fiction: Documenting English Students’ Responses to a Trip to the Smithsonian’s Air & Space and Natural History Museums
By Professor Evan Crump On the first weekend of October, I accompanied two classes of English 101 students, both of them populated by Early College students still in high school, to the National Mall to experience exhibits at the Air…
Our 2025 Theme is here!!! Museums as Catalysts for Collaborative Change in a Complex World
By 2022, the Smithsonian will build on its unique strengths to engage and to inspire more people, where they are, with greater impact, while catalyzing critical conversation on issues affecting our nation and the world” (Smithsonian Annual Performance Plan, 2022,…