The ability to identify, recognize and manipulate patterns is fundamental to knowing the world. Brooklyn Children's Museum (BCM) is developing "Pattern Place," a new collections-based traveling exhibition, to introduce children ages 7 to 10 to the structure, meaning and importance of patterns. The exhibition will incorporate an array of objects from BCM's collections and open-ended, hands-on inquiry skills. The 1,200-square-foot trilingual exhibition will open at BCM in 2002 and then travel to eight other museums in the U.S. and Canada. A range of family programming, a Web site and a portable museum kit will provide further dissemination and support educators in incorporating object-based inquiry into the classroom curriculum.
Funders
NSF
Funding Program:
ISE/AISL
Award Number:
0104652
Funding Amount:
587366
TEAM MEMBERS
Paul Pearson
Principal Investigator
Brooklyn Children's Museum
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