Educational Program Services
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$110,000
Project of
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Duluth Children's Museum
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
July 2009
End Date
June 2011
Activity Type
Education/Outreach/Engagement
Counties Affected
Statewide
Project Overview
Educational programs at the museum consist of a variety of science and art based offerings targeted towards children from preschool through grade 5. The museum will expand its programs by developing on and off-site options for early elementary age populations, those between 5 and 10 years of age. With over 34% of families in the region having incomes below minimum wage, families struggle to find meaningful experiences for their children. Educational program expansion is designed to meet the needs of the community, with development decisions based on feedback from community surveys of family based care providers, center based care providers, homeschoolers and museum visitors.
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Project Details: 2011 Fiscal Year
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$110,000
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
- Increased educational programs that meet demands on childhood services.
- Increased programs and expanded exhibit space to meet the needs of chidren from infancy to 4 years of age.
- Increased programs for afterschool and in-school outreach.
- Increased museum visitation.
- Increased museum membership.
- Increased participation in Enrichment Activities and Family Nights.
- Increased requests for programming related to satellite exhibits in schools.
Measurable Outcome(s)
- Developed 6 easily transportable educational learning experiences for preschool children: The Human Body, Light and Color, Math Matters, Music and Movement, Spiders and Bugs, Balls and Ramps. Museum education staff provide and assist caregivers with the use of the materials.
- Developed Turn Back the Clock exhibit, and intensive seven-week museum based experience for the classroom based on history/social studies school academic standards. Twelve teachers participated for 42 teacher contact hours. All 300 students at Lakewood Elementary School participated for a total of 1050 student contact hours. Teacher surveys ranked the overall experience 5 on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being most positive. Student surveys ranked the overall experience 4.21 on a 1 to 5 scale.
- Dig Site Investigations, a free family evening event about archeology and historic artifacts, drew more than 400 participants for one 90-minute program.
Project Details: 2010 Fiscal Year
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
- Increased educational programs that meet demands on childhood services.
- Increased programs and expanded exhibit space to meet the needs of chidren from infancy to 4 years of age.
- Increased programs for afterschool and in-school outreach.
- Increased museum visitation.
- Increased museum membership.
- Increased participation in Enrichment Activities and Family Nights.
- Increased requests for programming related to satellite exhibits in schools.
Measurable Outcome(s)
- Developed 6 easily transportable educational learning experiences for preschool children: The Human Body, Light and Color, Math Matters, Music and Movement, Spiders and Bugs, Balls and Ramps. Museum education staff provide and assist caregivers with the use of the materials.
- Developed Turn Back the Clock exhibit, and intensive seven-week museum based experience for the classroom based on history/social studies school academic standards. Twelve teachers participated for 42 teacher contact hours. All 300 students at Lakewood Elementary School participated for a total of 1050 student contact hours. Teacher surveys ranked the overall experience 5 on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being most positive. Student surveys ranked the overall experience 4.21 on a 1 to 5 scale.
- Dig Site Investigations, a free family evening event about archeology and historic artifacts, drew more than 400 participants for one 90-minute program.
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