http://virtualvisits.edublogs.org Bringing the wonders of the New York Hall of Science to the World! Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:31:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://virtualvisits.edublogs.org/2009/11/02/hall-around-the-world-with-scotland/ 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 ... http://virtualvisits.edublogs.org/2009/10/22/catapult-video-3/ 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 ... http://virtualvisits.edublogs.org/2009/10/06/introducing-the-great-osmosis/ 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 ... http://virtualvisits.edublogs.org/2009/10/05/living-through-learning-foundation-fundraiser/ 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 ... http://virtualvisits.edublogs.org/2009/10/01/catapult-video-2/ Do you want to learn how to integrate brain science into your curriculum, innovate your lesson plans, and motivate your students for FREE? The New York Hall of Science invites you to participate in the Dana Brain Science Educator Series and become a Dana Fellow. Upon completion of the program, ... http://virtualvisits.edublogs.org/2009/09/28/apply-for-online-science-application-about-the-brain/ This October is Catapult month at NYSCI. Our exhibit team has been working day and night to design and build a trebuchet, which is a type of catapult. There are so many teams working on this project that Digital Learning thought it would be best to create a series of ... http://virtualvisits.edublogs.org/2009/09/25/catapult-month-at-nysci/ The New York Hall of Science is very proud to announce that as of yesterday September 21st, 2009, we officially launched our new website with a completely fresh new look. A team of employees representing different departments in our museum have been working tremendously hard on revamping our website. The ... http://virtualvisits.edublogs.org/2009/09/22/new-website-new-look/ We are proud to announce that the New York Hall of Science Virtual Visit team has been awarded the title "Honorable Mention" in the CILC Pinnacle Awards for the 2008-09 school year.  Congratulations to the other recipients for their hard work in the world of education videoconferencing. We hope ... http://virtualvisits.edublogs.org/2009/07/31/virtual-visits-recieves-award/ Introducing the latest Virtual Visit Demonstration: Magic and Science Remember as a child seeing your very first magic trick and being in complete awe of what happened. Wondering to yourself how in the world did he/she do that? Now with the help of The Great Osmosis and his magical laboratory, that ... http://virtualvisits.edublogs.org/2009/07/28/magic-and-science/