Science Museum of Minnesota

The Science Museum of Minnesota, in an effort to improve school services and outreach programs, will build staff knowledge of state and national educational standards and integrate this knowledge into everyday work at the museum. Professional development for a broad range of staff will be conducted to enhance their capacity to produce museum learning experiences that are more relevant for school audiences and other visitors, and to represent those experiences and underlying educational philosophy clearly and compellingly to a variety of internal and external stakeholders. The project will result in internal guidelines that clearly align educational standards with the design and facilitation of learning experiences by museum staff and external guides for K-12 educators that show the links between museum exhibits and school programs and classroom curricula through educational standards.