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Peer reviewedFlannery, Maura C. – American Biology Teacher, 1998
Describes the use of dioramas in natural-history museum exhibits. Discusses the roots of dioramas, the process of creating an illusion, the purposes of dioramas, and criticisms of the use of dioramas. Contains 20 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Exhibits, Hands on Science, Higher Education, Museums
Bazley, Martin – PSSI Forum (Past Sixteen Science Issues), 1997
Describes "Challenge of Materials," a gallery where visitors can experience a wide variety of materials in different ways. Materials include familiar structural items such as steel and glass, and new materials that can change form and color. The gallery also provides opportunities for work with schools in materials science and…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Experiential Learning, Higher Education, Museums
Peer reviewedRe'em, Moshe – Teaching and Teacher Education, 2001
Compares a case where a Jewish museum educator engaged Catholic-school students in ordinary conversations about Jewish people and religion with the classroom teacher's traditional pedagogical approach, arguing that culturally specific museums are valid places for authentic learning. Observation and interview data indicated that the experimental…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Consciousness Raising, Cultural Awareness, Discourse Analysis
Johnson, Mark M. – Arts & Activities, 2000
Provides information on marine painting, the historical treatment of its subject matter, and its stylistic development. Discusses and includes reproductions of paintings, from the marine collection of the Butler Institute of American Art, by Robert Swain Gifford, Stuart Davis, Alfred Thompson Bricher, Augustus V. Tack, and James E. Buttersworth.…
Descriptors: Art, Art Education, Art Expression, Art History
Erasmus, Suzanne – Environmental Education Bulletin, 1993
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Descriptors: Community Resources, Educational Facilities, Elementary Education, Environmental Education
Arms, William Y.; Hillmann, Diane; Lagoze, Carl; Krafft, Dean; Marisa, Richard; Saylor, John; Terizzi, Carol; Van de Sompel, Herbert; Gill, Tony; Miller, Paul; Kenney, Anne R.; McGovern, Nancy Y.; Botticelli, Peter; Entlich, Richard; Payette, Sandra; Berthon, Hilary; Thomas, Susan; Webb, Colin; Nelson, Michael L.; Allen, B. Danette; Bennett, Nuala A.; Sandore, Beth; Pianfetti, Evangeline S. – D-Lib Magazine, 2002
Discusses digital libraries, including interoperability, metadata, and international standards; Web resource preservation efforts at Cornell University; digital preservation at the National Library of Australia; object persistence and availability; collaboration among libraries, museums and elementary schools; Asian digital libraries; and a Web…
Descriptors: Conferences, Cultural Background, Electronic Libraries, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedCrowley, Kevin; Callanan, Maureen A.; Jipson, Jennifer L.; Galco, Jodi; Topping, Karen; Shrager, Jeff – Science Education, 2001
Reports on a study of parent-child interactions in a children's museum demonstrating that parents shape and support children's scientific thinking in everyday, nonobligatory activity. Finds that when children engaged an exhibit with their parents, their exploration of evidence was observed to be longer, broader, and more focused on relevant…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, General Education, Museums, Parent Child Relationship
Greenman, Geri – Arts & Activities, 2001
Offers an art project that was used as a semester final for a group of mixed-media art students. States that the project was inspired by the shadow boxes created by Joseph Cornell as a metaphor for the world. Explains that students created their own boxes to contain their memories. (CMK)
Descriptors: Art Education, Artists, Educational Strategies, High School Students
Johnson, Mark M. – Arts & Activities, 2001
Introduces the exhibition "Eternal Egypt: Masterworks of Ancient Art from the British Museum" that explores the four major periods of Egyptian history. Provides background information on ancient Egypt and describes the art that was present in each of the four kingdoms. (CMK)
Descriptors: Ancient History, Art, Art Education, Cultural Awareness
Peer reviewedMarty, Paul F. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1999
Examines the sociotechnological impact of introducing advanced information technology into the Spurlock Museum, a museum of world history and culture at the University of Illinois. Addresses implementation of such methodologies as computer-supported cooperative work and computer-mediated communication in the museum environment. Emphasizes the…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Computer System Design, Cooperative Programs, Higher Education
Direct linkJackson, Anthony; Leahy, Helen Rees – Research in Drama Education, 2005
This article reflects on the findings of a nationally-funded research project which investigated the practice and impact of museum theatre at two UK museums: the Imperial War Museum, London, and the People's History Museum, Manchester. The research team tracked the museum experiences of eight groups of primary school children, half of whom…
Descriptors: Personal Narratives, Museums, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries
Caldwell, Andy – Science Teacher, 2005
In 2001, the "All Sky Camera Network" came to life as an outreach program to connect the Denver Museum of Nature and Science (DMNS) exhibit "Space Odyssey" with Colorado schools. The network is comprised of cameras placed strategically at schools throughout Colorado to capture fireballs--rare events that produce meteorites.…
Descriptors: Photography, Outreach Programs, Astronomy, Museums
Talusani, Sarita – Art Education, 2005
The word "suburbia" evokes a wealth of imagery such as model homes, spacious yards, and minivans from movies, commercials, print advertisements, and television shows. These Utopian ideas of suburbia are partly truth and partly myth. Popular media's powerful portrayal of suburbia can be traced back to the wholesome 1950s' and 1960s'…
Descriptors: Photography, Museums, Mass Media Effects, Popular Culture
Lantz, Kate – Art Education, 2005
Picture books are the first visual arts experience many students encounter. A picture book equally emphasizes text and illustrations, and though the text often receives most of the attention, in the best cases, the pictures are excellent resources for teaching about creating and responding to images. For a resourceful teacher who knows how to use…
Descriptors: Picture Books, Instructional Materials, Fairy Tales, Museums
Bishoff, Liz – Library Journal, 2004
If your museum's web exhibition on ancient Egypt has links to circulating books at the public library, chances are the two institutions are collaborating. Most museum and library collaboration in this country has been of this sort--at the local level. Rarely do are statewide or even regional resource collaboration found. Thanks to the digital…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Libraries, Web Sites, Elementary Secondary Education
