You're invited to the Met's Educators Reception for Earth, Wind, Inspire!

Wednesday, October 11th
5:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Reeves ASK Science Center
933 Van Ness, Downtown Fresno

The Fresno Metropolitan Museum invites you to join us at the Reeves ASK Science Center for a special reception for educators. The Science Center will be open for you to preview the new set of exhibitions from the Exploratorium in San Francisco. Earth, Wind, Inspire! will feature 35 hands-on exhibits displaying the patterns and forces of wind and earth. Included are exhibits on sandstorms, tornadoes, the changing forms of clouds, patterns of waves on seas, geysers and the inescapable pull of gravity. Museum staff will be on hand to answer questions and book tours. Teachers may participate in a take-away classroom lesson.

Light refreshments will be served. Educators are welcome to bring a guest. Parking for this event is available in the circular garage located one and a half blocks south of the Science Center at the corner of Van Ness and Inyo Streets.

Please reserve your spot by Friday, October 6th by calling 559 - 441-1444. This is an event for adults.

Enter your class in the Met's Billboard Art Challenge 2006

The new exhibition at the Reeves ASK Science Center, Earth, Wind, Inspire!, features 34 hands-on exhibits relating to sandstorms, tornadoes, the changing forms of clouds, patterns of waves on seas, geysers and the inescapable pull of gravity. To highlight these collections, students are invited to create their own interpretations of these exhibits for the Billboard Art Challenge. Grade level themes:

K-3rd - The Aeolian Landscape (land formations caused by wind)
4th-6th - Pendulums (the effect of gravity on single and multiple pendulums)
7th-8th - Mirrors (reflection and light on mirrors with different surfaces)
9th-12th - Rotation (spinning water, air, Coriolis force, and the earth's rotation)

Special entry forms are required and may be picked up at the Educators Reception on October 11th at the Reeves ASK Science Center at 933 Van Ness or at the Met's Administrative Office, between the hours of 8:00am and 5:00pm from Monday through Friday, at 1515 Van Ness beginning October 12th. Forms will also be available at 933 Van Ness on Saturdays and Sundays between 11:00am and 5:00pm and Thursday nights until 8:00pm. We regret that the Met is not able to mail the forms.

All entries must be returned to the Met no later than December 1, 2006 at 5:00pm; only official forms will be accepted. Photocopies or other reproductions are unacceptable. The contest is open to all students in grades K - 12.

Prizes will be awarded in each of the four grade level categories. Each first place winner will receive a $100 U.S. Savings Bond, be honored at a special reception and have his or her work displayed on a billboard in the Fresno metropolitan area beginning in February 2007.

Visit the Met's Education Blog!

Find comments by the Met's Education department by visiting the Met's website and clicking Met Talk. The Met's Education blog provides commentary on educational programming and much more!

Art Outreach for 1st - 3rd Grade Classes

Are your classes unable to visit the Met? If your school is located within a 10-mile radius of the Museum, docents from the Met will come to your classroom and present an art lesson to students in 1st - 3rd grade classes.

Each inquiry-based lesson is one hour long and features hands-on art instruction. All materials are provided by the Met and there is no cost for the class. Lesson plans related to the Visual and Performing Arts Content Standards are also provided. Please call Ann Wanger at 559-441-1444 for further information and/or to schedule.

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