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Teacher Workshops
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Educator Overnights
Enjoy the Houston Museum of Natural Science after hours as you participate in an exclusive Overnight experience designed for Educators. In each fun-filled evening you will work on hands-on activities to use in your classroom, have a catered dinner, tour the exhibit with a trained docent, watch a movie in the planetarium, have a snack, and take a late night tour. In the morning during breakfast, we will wrap up activities and hand out door prizes! After the overnight, you are welcome to visit the Museum’s permanent exhibit halls at your leisure. 6 hours of CPE credit will be awarded to participants on Saturday morning. Registration for HMNS Educator Overnights is restricted to Educators Only.
Registration is now open – spaces are limited please register early for best availability!
Day of the Dead Educator Overnight
Friday, October 3, 2008, 6 pm to Saturday, October 4, 2008, 10 am
$75 per educator
Explore this amazing holiday and its Aztec roots as you participate in making sugar skulls, decorating skeletons, and other themed activities.
Mummies, Tombs and Catacombs Educator Overnight
Friday, April 3, 2009, 6 pm to Saturday, April 4, 2009, 10 am
$75 per educator
How people are treated in death says a lot about what their culture believed in life. Discover curious funerary customs of the distant and not too distant past.
Contact the Overnight coordinator at overnights@hmns.org with questions.
ExxonMobil Teacher Tuesdays
Discover a new world of science as you go behind the scenes with HMNS curators and staff in these exciting interactive workshops. These programs are for adults only.
With new topics each month we can provide you with ideas and activities to bring your classroom to life! Inspired by the runaway success of the Museum’s Xplorations summer camps and school-year science labs, these workshops give the HMNS teaching staff an opportunity to share what they do best! Register soon as these workshops have a tendency to sell out!
When: 5 - 8 p.m.
Cost: $25 (dinner included)
3 hours CPE credit
Upcoming events for the 2008-2009 school year are listed below. The 2008-2009 Educator's Guide will be available soon.
| Plague! (code/598) |
Tuesday, September 16, 5 - 8 p.m.
Discover the effects diseases from Yellow Fever to Bubonic Plague had on populations throughout history. (... more >>
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| Dissection for Beginners (code/599) |
Tuesday, September 23, 5 - 8 p.m.
Dissection is not just for high school anymore! Let us show you how to engage younger students in ha... more >>
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| Body Worlds (code/600) |
Tuesday, September 30, 5 - 8 p.m. or
Tuesday, December 2, 5 - 8 p.m. or
Tuesday, January 20, 5 - 8 p.m.
Investigate the human bod... more >>
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| Mythical Monsters (code/601) |
Tuesday, October 7, 5 - 8 p.m.
Many cultures and myths were influenced by monsters, real or imagined. Monsters are an awesome way to i... more >>
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| A Little Change in Your Pocket (code/602) |
Tuesday, October 21, 5 - 8 p.m.
Money makes the world go round. Help your students discover ancient and modern cultures using coins an... more >>
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| Polymers (code/603) |
Tuesday, November 4, 5 - 8 p.m.
Polymers are everywhere! Food, plastics and DNA are all made of these little protein chains. Und... more >>
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| Space! The Final Frontier (code/604) |
Tuesday, November 11, 5 - 8 p.m.
Embark on a thrilling space flight. Teamwork and problem solving will help you learn what astronauts ... more >>
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| Geology Rocks! (code/605) |
Tuesday, January 13, 5 - 8 p.m.
Learn how to engage your students with hands - on earth science activities that really rock. (EC - Gra... more >>
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| Emperor’s Old Clothes (code/607) |
Tuesday, January 27, 5 - 8 p.m.
Textiles, clothing and fashion have played a huge part in the shaping of history. Explore how societie... more >>
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| You Are Here (code/606) |
Tuesday, February 10, 5 - 8 p.m.
Navigate the globe and learn about the tools of cartography. Make an astrolabe, discover the interest... more >>
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| Go for the Gold! (code/608) |
Tuesday, February 24, 5 - 8 p.m.
Modern sports have ancient origins. Examine Ancient Greece and the first Olympic Games through hands ... more >>
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| Archaeology 101 (code/609) |
Tuesday, March 3, 5 - 8 p.m.
Ever wonder what it is like to be a real tomb raider? Learn the techniques and tricks of the trade used i... more >>
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| Lost and Found (code/610) |
Tuesday, March 31, 5 - 8 p.m.
What happened to the lost colony of Roanoke? Did the city of Atlantis really exist? Sometimes the ... more >>
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| Let’s Go Fly a Kite (code/611) |
Tuesday, April 14, 5 - 8 p.m.
Construct a project that teaches aerodynamics, mass production, scaling and fine motor skills when you build a... more >>
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| Hold it Right There! Insects in the Classroom (code/612) |
Tuesday, April 21, 5 - 8 p.m.
Use insect collections to discuss an array of topics in biology. In this crash course in insect collecti... more >>
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| I Love the Nightlife (code/614) |
Tuesday, April 28, 5 - 8 p.m.
When the sun goes down, the night comes alive with all sorts of specialized animals. Learn about what is... more >>
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| Genghis Khan (code/613) |
Tuesday, May 5, 5 - 8 p.m.
Destined from birth to be a fierce warrior, Genghis Khan ruled and roamed the Mongolian Steppes feared by both fr... more >>
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