| Teachers looking for an outstanding experience | | | | summer experience for high school juniors and |
| when they take their students to New York City | | | | seniors pairs students with mentor scientists and |
| won't want to miss the Liberty Science Center, | | | | challenges them to participate in on-going research |
| located in nearby Jersey City, New Jersey. | | | | and independent projects. Through Partners in |
| With a rich assortment of educational experiences | | | | Science, students are exposed to current |
| inside, students will be talking about their trip for | | | | questions driving scientific discovery in real |
| years to come. | | | | laboratory settings. They also develop a network |
| From the minute they step inside one of the | | | | of advisors and lifelong connections that help |
| state-of-the-art laboratories, students will begin a | | | | them identify and focus their career goals. |
| hands-on learning experience led by knowledgeable | | | | People live in them, work in them, and stare at |
| science educators. Inquiry-based investigations | | | | them. They're skyscrapers and they're an integral |
| facilitate comprehension of sometimes complex | | | | part of our lives and community. As works of art |
| subject matter, with subjects ranging from native | | | | and expressions of human aspiration, they inspire, |
| wildlife to chemistry to watersheds to the | | | | drawing us to understanding, making skyscrapers |
| properties of light and many other areas of | | | | a perfect teaching point. |
| science. | | | | The Liberty Science Center's 12,800-square-foot |
| One option is to take a comprehensive look at an | | | | Skyscraper! Achievement and Impact exhibit is |
| exhibition gallery in great depth with a science | | | | the most comprehensive single exhibition ever |
| educator, reinforcing the exploration through a | | | | presented on the topic. With multimedia, full-body |
| hands-on lesson related to the exhibition, have the | | | | kinetic experiences and experiment-based lab |
| time to ask and have questions answered. | | | | stations, visitors will learn about the planning, |
| In the middle of one of the most densely | | | | design, engineering and construction plus explore |
| populated areas in the world lies an ecological | | | | the environments that are created and changed |
| haven known as Liberty State Park. Teachers and | | | | when massive buildings go up. |
| students can go out in the field, where they'll learn | | | | Several additional displays offer students great |
| about the plants, animals, habitats and geology of | | | | opportunities to explore various aspects of |
| the Hudson River Estuary, as well as the impact | | | | science, all in a spirit of learning by touching. |
| of humans on the river, all with a choice of | | | | Among the exhibits to look forward to: |
| land-based or on-the river experiences. | | | | Infection Connection: Where students explore |
| In "Live From . . ." the Liberty Science Center | | | | interactions between microbes and humans, learn |
| brings teachers and students the thrill of real-time | | | | about emerging diseases, and see how science |
| interactive videoconferencing with a series of | | | | develops tools and technologies to prevent and |
| hospital surgical suites, featuring cardiac, | | | | treat them. They can even conduct microbiology |
| neurosurgery, kidney transplant and robotic | | | | and epidemiology experiments in a laboratory |
| surgery experiences. Students get to witness | | | | environment. |
| firsthand the sights and sounds of surgery and | | | | Communication: How people communicate, not |
| benefit from having a surgical team of doctors, | | | | only with advanced multimedia and personal |
| nurses, technicians and physician assistants | | | | communication devices, but with our bodies, |
| answer their questions, even while they are doing | | | | language and symbolism. |
| their jobs. | | | | Our Hudson Home: A hands-on learning experience |
| Students watch the surgery on a large screen in | | | | that highlights the balance required for commerce, |
| the Liberty Science Center's interactive theater, | | | | recreation and environmental preservation to |
| with staff educators facilitating the experience of | | | | co-exist in everyday life. |
| learning about surgical procedures, the equipment | | | | Eat and Be Eaten: Filled with scores of live animals, |
| and devices used, education paths leading to | | | | visitors understand and explore the complex |
| careers in medical professions and healthy lifestyle | | | | interaction that has been elegantly called the "circle |
| choices. | | | | of life." |
| In Partners in Science, students at the Liberty | | | | Breakthroughs: A fitting exhibition for our |
| Science Center go beyond textbooks and | | | | fast-changing world; an interactive, multimedia |
| school-based labs by immersing themselves in | | | | experience featuring exhibits and programs that |
| authentic scientific research conducted by | | | | address current issues and events in science and |
| professional scientists. The intensive, eight-week | | | | technology. |