Welcome to the New York Hall of Science Educator Connections web site!
Whether you've been visiting the Hall with your classes for years or you are new to the Hall or new to teaching, this site will give you all of the information, support, inspiration and resources you need to take full advantage of everything New York's world renowned hands-on science and technology center has to offer you and your students.
NEW! BiotechLab & MicroLab Professional Development
For Biology and Chemistry Teachers
BiotechLab Dates: July 23-25, 2008 (Including July 21 & 22; for p-credit only); 9 am - 4 pm
MicroLab Dates: April 22-24, 2008 (Including April 25 & 26 for p-credit only); 9 am - 4 pm
Session: 20 credit hours
Complete the BiotechLab Application or the MicroLab Application today!
For more information: Multi-Day Professional Development
Familiar with the Hall? You will want to jump right in and explore the new content:
Browse the Exhibitions - Re-acquaint your self with all the Hall has to offer. Look at floor plans, read an overview description of each exhibition and view pictures and details of each individual exhibit.
Organize and Plan your trip - Everything you need right at your fingertips! Use our Planning and Orientation guide to streamline your trip preparation. Working from a printable teacher planning checklist, you can create customized guides for your chaperones, get information about making reservations, view a slide show of school groups' arrival and orientation process, print a schedule of exciting daily science demonstrations and look over a useful list of teachers' Frequently Asked Questions.
Integrate Museum visit with Classroom Learning - View and download our new Educator Guides. These provide you with the resources and structure for a learning continuum that begins in your classroom, includes a visit to the New York Hall of Science, and continues back at school. Educator Guides are customized with grade-level curriculum content and correlated to local, state and national standards. Each Educator Guide includes classroom activities, lab activities, recommended exhibitions list, booklist, additional connections to math and literacy, and much more!
Enhance your Trip - Learn how to pack even more fun and learning into a field trip by adding a session in an on-site lab or by booking one of several student workshops.
New to the Hall of Science? To learn more about why so many educators value their trips to the Hall and to whether a trip to the Hall of Science is right for you and your class, keep reading:
Q: Why should I bring my class to the Hall of Science?
Q: Is the Hall of Science easy to get to?
Q: What if I am new to teaching Science?
Q: How can the Educator Guides help me?
Q: Are there ways I can integrate other curriculum?
Q: What about ESL and special needs students?
Q: I teach young students, is there content suitable for grades K-3?