Oklahoma Museum Network
Five museums around Oklahoma are joining to together for a science literacy campaign.
From NewsOK.com:
From NewsOK.com:
Science Museum Oklahoma, 2100 NE 52, will kick off an affiliation of five Oklahoma museums called the Oklahoma Museum Network with a news conference scheduled for WednesdayMore Information:
The launch of the network, which was announced a year ago, also begins a new science literacy campaign built around hands-on learning experiences.
"It's a big celebration of science education and museums for the state,” said Sherry Marshall, president of the Oklahoma Museum Network.
"We're coming together to provide things like the very best teacher professional development in inquiry science, provide new experiences at the museums for the community and to really reach out to the rural areas of Oklahoma and provide the teachers and students at those schools opportunities that they might not have had before because of their location.”
... Five new exhibits at the affiliated museums opening this week are Extreme Machines at Science Museum Oklahoma in Oklahoma City; Imagination Station at Museum of the Great Plains in Lawton; Weather Works at Leonardo's Discovery Warehouse in Enid; 3-2-1 Blast at Tulsa Air and Space Museum & Planetarium; and Eureka at Jasmine Moran Children's Museum in Seminole.
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