[NMScience] Looking for 7th graders for Asteroids Project

[Morris, Tish, DCA]

Looking for a few great 7th Graders!

Student Asteroid Teams: A New Program at the 
New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science

-Have you ever looked at the stars at night and wondered where they came from?
-Have you ever seen a shooting star and wondered about its journey?
-Have you ever thought about how a museum exhibit is designed, created, and brought to life?

If so, this exciting new program sponsored by the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science may be for you!

We are looking for motivated 7th graders who are interested in learning about and developing a museum exhibit on space and asteroids.  The Student Asteroid Team at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science in Albuquerque will have the opportunity to develop a unique team identity, research questions, and goals.  You’ll also develop the tools to exercise your creativity in designing projects to explain the potential impacts of asteroids on Earth, including mass-extinction asteroids that ended the age of the dinosaurs, and the potential effects of asteroids on the Earth today.

All 7th graders with an interest in science or being creative are welcome to apply, although participation is limited to 10-14 students.  This will be a great opportunity to socialize and learn new ideas about the solar system and museum design in a focused, hands-on setting.  Our small group will meet two times a month at the Museum.  We’ll meet until the end of this school year, and through 8th grade.  This will be a hands-on program involving activities and field trips both in and outside the museum: to the planetarium, observatory, and with local experts who will guide us in becoming more knowledgeable about asteroids and the universe.  We’ll also learn the inside story on how to put together a museum exhibit by going behind the scenes and touring the museum collections and getting advice from museum staff, such as experts on the Mars Rover Expedition.  

Students will be working with Senior Education Specialist Tish Morris, a veteran educator at the Museum and Program Coordinator, and Jen Richter, who has worked with the Museum’s Student Ecology Research Program, Café Scientifique, and Junior Docents.  

Meetings will be primarily on Sundays, 3-5 p.m.
March 29, April 11(tentative) April 26, May 10, and a late May evening star party date to be determined. 

Contact Tish Morris  tish.morris at state.nm.us; 505-841-2882 for application materials or for further information.

Tish Morris
Senior Education Specialist
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
1801 Mountain Rd NW
Albuquerque, NM 87104
505-841-2882
tish.morris at state.nm.us
www.NMnaturalhistory.org



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