By Chris S. | Published:
October 25, 2012
Last April, I received a large manila envelope from Skillin Elementary School. Inside I found a stack of handwritten letters from every student in Diana Violette’s second grade classroom asking me to build a live penguin exhibit here at the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine. Each letter offered a persuasive argument for the exhibit, [...]
By Lucia | Published:
July 27, 2011
Every weekend during the school year, and most days in the summer, we are joined by high school students who want to teach science. Known as “Youth Rangers,” these high school students are a variety of ages and backgrounds, but all have a common interest: teaching science to children. One of our Youth Rangers loves [...]
By Louisa | Published:
March 22, 2010
The interaction between art and science is a multifarious one, and seemingly most fluid in the minds of youth. The idea of visualizing imagined worlds is often the first step in an artistic or scientific process. The labors of both fields rely heavily on interpretation of the natural world; observation, interpretation and rendering nature. In [...]
By Hannah | Published:
March 8, 2010
One thing I love about the Museum is there are plenty of little treasures to discover, like the catfish hiding in dark spaces in the turtle tank, or the mailboxes and wooden post cards tucked in corners throughout Our Town. Of course, there are hidden surprises at home, too, and I think the best way [...]
By Cathy | Published:
February 2, 2010
Winter marks a busy season for science programming at Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine. Our Youth Ranger program, generously funded by Fairchild Semiconductor, is an innovative leadership training program for students in grades 8-11 interested in environmental education. It involves recruiting, training and employing teenagers as environmental science educators who work under the guidance [...]
