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As the summer draws to and end and the school bell rings for the first time this semester, NYSCI is very excited about delivering programs to your school!!! We will be offering a 10% discount on all VV programs if booked between Sept 7-14th. The program can be scheduled for later in the year but [...]

On Monday June 28th 2010, I had the opportunity to present our Virtual Visit Professional Development session to educators who attended this year’s ISTE conference in Denver, Colorado. My audience mostly consisted of newcomers to the “videoconferencing” world but with the knowledge on the numerous benefits that videoconferencing can have on a student. It was [...]

Starting February 6th-April 18th, The New York Hall of Science is proud to present its latest traveling exhibition “Math Midway” and of course we are also proud to announce that a Virtual Visit has been developed for its launch. The Math Midway features fun and challenging mathematical content at all levels from children to mathematicians. There [...]

I have been so lucky to meet so many dedicated educators in this 2009 year. One in particular is this years featured educator and his name is Mr. Simon Lewis, principal of the Carlow Educate Together School in Ireland. Due to our “Hall Around the World” initiative that was launched last school year, we were [...]

There are several science concepts currently being researched that are making front page news. Can Jupiter’s moon harbor fish-size life? Well, this was the title of a recent article on the front of the National Geographic website. Here is what Dr. Martin Weiss, Staff Scientist at the New York Hall of Science, had to say [...]

What would happen to a fish in space? Would it float out of the water? This was on the mind of a student in Ms. Drysdale’s class at the Colinton Primary School in Scotland. This question eventually found its way to our departments’ twitter account. After consulting with some of our educators, we were able to [...]

As you may have read in other posts, October is Catapult month here at The New York Hall of Science. In celebration of this month long event, we have been putting together video packages showcasing all the departments involved in the project. The latest video gives visitors an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at how programming was [...]

Is that a mad scientist? No, it is actually the one and only Great Osmosis. Through his journey across the world studying various science concepts and combining them with magic tricks, The Great Osmosis has decided to share his knowledge with all of you! Recently he graduated a group of students from the Brevard Public [...]

This past Saturday I attended a fundraiser that was being held by The Living Through Learning Foundation. LTLF is an educational support organization for children with chronic health conditions. During the fundraiser, I gave 2 cow’s eye dissections. One for the children and parents at the event and an encore presentation for children watching from [...]

In our very first installment of our Catapult series we got the opportunity to meet Alice Stevenson, Senior Manager of Public Programs & Pre-School Learning here at The New York Hall of Science. After countless weeks of hard work from our entire Exhibit staff, NYSCI staff were able to see the final product in action. [...]