Discovery Center at Murfree Spring / Children's Museum Corporation of Rutherford County
Programs
Budget
$120,000.00
Description
Discovery Center is expanding its SPARK program, an in-house program for early learners and their parents/caregivers, to surrounding communities in Rutherford County. SPARK in Your Neighborhood is designed to encourage play and foster science skills and social-emotional learning. DC hopes to reach families new to Discovery Center by offering the program in local, under-resourced communities, and enriching museum offerings by drawing upon the knowledge and experiences of the partnering families. This project aligns with Discovery Center's commitment to offering quality early learning experiences in the museum and moving very intentionally outside the museum's walls by sharing exhibits and programs in new ways and with new audiences where they live and play. Partners include Read To Succeed and Murfreesboro City Schools Family Resource Center. Partially funded with a grant from the Insitute of Museum and Library Services and United Way of Rutherford/Cannon Counties.
Beneficiaries
Infants and Toddlers
Program Areas Served
Early Childhood Learning, Parent Engagement
$120,000.00
Description
Discovery Center is expanding its SPARK program, an in-house program for early learners and their parents/caregivers, to surrounding communities in Rutherford County. SPARK in Your Neighborhood is designed to encourage play and foster science skills and social-emotional learning. DC hopes to reach families new to Discovery Center by offering the program in local, under-resourced communities, and enriching museum offerings by drawing upon the knowledge and experiences of the partnering families. This project aligns with Discovery Center's commitment to offering quality early learning experiences in the museum and moving very intentionally outside the museum's walls by sharing exhibits and programs in new ways and with new audiences where they live and play. Partners include Read To Succeed and Murfreesboro City Schools Family Resource Center. Partially funded with a grant from the Insitute of Museum and Library Services and United Way of Rutherford/Cannon Counties.
Beneficiaries
Infants and Toddlers
Program Areas Served
Early Childhood Learning, Parent Engagement
Budget
$525,000.00
Description
Discovery Center at Murfree Spring, in partnership with a statewide alliance of science centers and museums, is committed to addressing a critical need of the museum field - understanding and adequately supporting rural under-resourced communities with limited museum access. Over the course of three years, TRIP will provide a proof-of-concept of the ways in which informal education centers across regions and states can engage, learn from and support rural school districts' teachers, families, and communities through relationship building, asset mapping (across museums and each community), and collaborative integration and implementation of museum resources for children K-2, teachers, and families, with a focus on community needs and available resources. Partially funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Beneficiaries
Children
Families
Program Areas Served
Education, Community Engagement
$525,000.00
Description
Discovery Center at Murfree Spring, in partnership with a statewide alliance of science centers and museums, is committed to addressing a critical need of the museum field - understanding and adequately supporting rural under-resourced communities with limited museum access. Over the course of three years, TRIP will provide a proof-of-concept of the ways in which informal education centers across regions and states can engage, learn from and support rural school districts' teachers, families, and communities through relationship building, asset mapping (across museums and each community), and collaborative integration and implementation of museum resources for children K-2, teachers, and families, with a focus on community needs and available resources. Partially funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Beneficiaries
Children
Families
Program Areas Served
Education, Community Engagement
Budget
$250,000.00
Description
Discovery Center provides fun and effective, informal learning experiences that meld with classroom learning. Located adjacent to 20 acres of spectacular wetlands, Discovery Center is full of exciting exhibits and wildlife to explore - both inside and out. The exhibits and staff-led activities are designed to complement the standards-based curriculum. Programs include a 60-minute field study plus Discovery Center exploration. The specific field study content is based on grade level attending. Our goal is to make the Discovery Center an extension of your classroom with premier hands-on and inquiry-based learning.
Beneficiaries
Children
Program Areas Served
Education
$250,000.00
Description
Discovery Center provides fun and effective, informal learning experiences that meld with classroom learning. Located adjacent to 20 acres of spectacular wetlands, Discovery Center is full of exciting exhibits and wildlife to explore - both inside and out. The exhibits and staff-led activities are designed to complement the standards-based curriculum. Programs include a 60-minute field study plus Discovery Center exploration. The specific field study content is based on grade level attending. Our goal is to make the Discovery Center an extension of your classroom with premier hands-on and inquiry-based learning.
Beneficiaries
Children
Program Areas Served
Education
Budget
$108,500.00
Description
Kids First helps provide access to Discovery Center for children regardless of any physical, cognitive, cultural, or economic circumstance. Kids First is designed to ensure that all families are able to experience the playful learning opportunities that the Discovery Center provides. Since August 2004, Kids First has provided free programming for over 50,000 at-risk students and opened Discovery Center to the community for 104 free cultural, arts and family events. In 2018, over 12,000 underserved children and families benefited through free events, free visits, and memberships. "Thank you for not only having [Chinese New Year] but also for offering it free to those who may not have come otherwise! Learning of other cultures is very important to our kids as well as us!"
Program Areas Served
None
$108,500.00
Description
Kids First helps provide access to Discovery Center for children regardless of any physical, cognitive, cultural, or economic circumstance. Kids First is designed to ensure that all families are able to experience the playful learning opportunities that the Discovery Center provides. Since August 2004, Kids First has provided free programming for over 50,000 at-risk students and opened Discovery Center to the community for 104 free cultural, arts and family events. In 2018, over 12,000 underserved children and families benefited through free events, free visits, and memberships. "Thank you for not only having [Chinese New Year] but also for offering it free to those who may not have come otherwise! Learning of other cultures is very important to our kids as well as us!"
Program Areas Served
None
Description
Our permanent and traveling exhibits complement the Tennessee state standards and are used with visiting school groups from over 15 counties in the region. There is always something new in our 3000 square foot temporary exhibit space that explores popular STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) concepts. Past exhibits have included Curious George: Let's Get Curious!; Big League Fun; It's a Nano World; and MathRox!
Program Areas Served
None
Our permanent and traveling exhibits complement the Tennessee state standards and are used with visiting school groups from over 15 counties in the region. There is always something new in our 3000 square foot temporary exhibit space that explores popular STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) concepts. Past exhibits have included Curious George: Let's Get Curious!; Big League Fun; It's a Nano World; and MathRox!
Program Areas Served
None
Budget
$6,000.00
Description
The SPARK program (STEAM Play Achieves Real Knowledge) meets at the Discovery Center to join our Early Childhood Educators in thematic, hands-on, brain-based activities to promote investigative learning through play and the development of increased reasoning skills in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math, or STEAM. Our youngest guests have opportunities for enrichment from stimulating music and motion to school readiness, skill building, and exploration activities. A typical hour may begin with a yoga stretch, music & motion, time for today, literacy building, the introduction of theme & materials, exploration activity, and end with a related arts extension activity and a music and motion closing. Parents & Caregivers gain new understanding and skills related to nutrition, health, and school readiness. Children develop skills including cognitive, fine motor, and social and communication skills.
Category
Education - Early Childhood Education
Beneficiaries
Infants and Toddlers
Program Areas Served
None
$6,000.00
Description
The SPARK program (STEAM Play Achieves Real Knowledge) meets at the Discovery Center to join our Early Childhood Educators in thematic, hands-on, brain-based activities to promote investigative learning through play and the development of increased reasoning skills in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math, or STEAM. Our youngest guests have opportunities for enrichment from stimulating music and motion to school readiness, skill building, and exploration activities. A typical hour may begin with a yoga stretch, music & motion, time for today, literacy building, the introduction of theme & materials, exploration activity, and end with a related arts extension activity and a music and motion closing. Parents & Caregivers gain new understanding and skills related to nutrition, health, and school readiness. Children develop skills including cognitive, fine motor, and social and communication skills.
Category
Education - Early Childhood Education
Beneficiaries
Infants and Toddlers
Program Areas Served
None
