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You may be interested in Jennifer DeWitt's dissertation work to build
a Framework for Museum Practice that resulted in a set of guidelines
intended for use by museum practitioners. Her work is profiled on
profiled on InformalScience.org with links to activity guides
developed from the Musuem of Natural History in London
See http://www.informalscience.org/research/spotlight/jennifer_dewitt
Good luck finding what you need.
Marti
Marti Louw, Sr. Research Associate
UPCLOSE | University of Pittsburgh
Center for Learning in Out-of-School Environments
Learning Research and Development Center
3939 O'Hara Street • Pittsburgh, PA 15260
[tel] +1 412 383 6938 [fax] 412 624 7439
martil {at] pitt {dot] edu
http://upclose.lrdc.pitt.edu
On Aug 26, 2008, at 11:46 AM, Beryl Rosenthal wrote:
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> I've never ben crazy about scavenger hunts, students basically just
> run around and check things off, so there is very little real
> learning or engagement (at least with the ones I've seen).
>
> The only one I have seen that really engages kids is one that was
> developed at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA. They have an
> enormous collection of China trade goods, and the experience
> consists of students working with a line drawing of part of the
> object, and they have to draw in the rest. It causes them to
> really look at the original, and really examine the piece.
>
> Beryl
>
> Sarah Fisk wrote:
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>> I am in the process of redoing our scavenger hunts that we give to
>> children
>> when they visit The Museum. I was wondering whether anyone else uses
>> scavenger hunts or activity guides for their visitors to explore
>> their
>> museums. Would anyone be willing to share what they use?
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>> Sarah Fisk
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>> Director of Education and Museum Experience
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>> The Children's Museum of Science and Technology
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