Posts by LRodriguez
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From Curiosity to Innovation: How the Long Island Explorium Meets STEM Education’s Challenges with Community-Focused Solutions As we celebrate the Long Island Explorium’s 20th anniversary, we reflect on our mission to provide engaging, inclusive, and meaningful STEM education to students and families across Long Island. Since our founding in 2004, we’ve seen the educational landscape…
Read MorePress Release: Long Island Explorium Secures Grant to Launch “Summer Sparks: Empowering Futures in STEM” Program in Underserved Communities
* FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 4/22/24 CONTACT: Lisa Collet Rodriguez Director Digital Media/Marketing Long Island Explorium lisa@longislandexplorium.org https://longislandexplorium.org/ Long Island Explorium Secures Grant to Launch “Summer Sparks: Empowering Futures in STEM” Program in Underserved Communities Port Jefferson, NY — The Long Island Explorium is honored to be one of 10 science centers and museums across the…
Read MorePress Release: NASA Selects the Long Island Explorium to Receive the Teams Engaging Affiliated Museums and Informal Institutions (TEAM II) Community Anchor Award.
* FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2/18/2022 CONTACT: Lisa Collet Rodriguez Director Digital Media/ Marketing Long Island Explorium lisa@longislandexplorium.org https://longislandexplorium.org/ NASA Selects the Long Island Explorium to Receive the Teams Engaging Affiliated Museums and Informal Institutions (TEAM II) Community Anchor Award. The Long Island Explorium is pleased to announce their selection as a recipient of the NASA…
Read MoreLong Island Explorium Wins Prestigious Engaging Communities Award from the Museum Association of New York
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Long Island Explorium Wins Prestigious Engaging Communities Award from the Museum Association of New York (Long Island, NY) – The Long Island Explorium is thrilled to announce that it has been honored with the prestigious Engaging Communities Award from the Museum Association of New York for its outstanding program, “A Visual Dialogue…
Read MorePress Release – A Visual Dialogue Art Exhibit
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE12/28/2021 CONTACT: Lisa Rodriguez Director Digital Media/ Marketing Long Island Explorium lisa@longislandexplorium.org https://longislandexplorium.org/ The Long Island Explorium, in partnership with Stony Brook University Visual Arts students, presents: A Visual Dialogue on Environmental Issues. The Long Island Explorium is pleased to announce “A Visual Dialogue on Environmental Issues,”; a digital art exhibit produced in…
Read MoreLong Island Explorium’s new exhibit shows resilience
by Julianne Mosher – TBR NEWS May 18, 2021 ‘Worm Game, 17 Cells’ by Zachary White hangs in the window of the Explorium. Photo by Julianne Mosher Over the last several weeks, the Long Island Explorium, located at Port Jeff Harbor, 101 E. Broadway, Port Jefferson, has been serving up something different. “New Growth 1” by…
Read MoreLong Island Explorium awarded gender equity grant
Visit: https://tbrnewsmedia.com/long-island-explorium-awarded-gender-equity-grant/ for article by Julianne Mosher – February 18, 2021 It’s time to break the stigma. The Long Island Explorium recently announced they were selected by the Association of Science and Technology Centers — along with 27 museums across the country — to participate in IF/THEN Gender Equity Grants, an initiative of Lyda Hill Philanthropies. More…
Read MoreTop 5 benefits of children playing outside
1. Build physically healthier children. Nowhere is better than the outdoors for running, jumping, throwing balls, catching, pulling things, lifting, and carrying objects. All these actions require motor skills that improve with practice. Playing in the sun builds vitamin D in the body, which means stronger bones and less likelihood of chronic diseases. According to…
Read MoreField of the Month: Physics
Field of the Month: Physics Welcome to the Long Island Explorium blog! Each month, the Field of the Month blogs will reflect the theme featured in STEM WonderLab, our monthly subscription box, which comes filled with a variety of at-home experiments, access to a Google Classroom so you can chat with Explorium Educators, access to…
Read MoreTHE LONG ISLAND EXPLORIUM AWARDED IF/THEN® Gender Equity Grant.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2/10/2021 CONTACT: Lisa Rodriguez Director Digital Media/ Marketing Long Island Explorium lisa@longislandexplorium.org https://longislandexplorium.org/ THE LONG ISLAND EXPLORIUM AWARDED IF/THEN® Gender Equity Grant. THE Long Island Explorium is pleased to announce that we have been selected by the Association of Science and Technology Centers (ASTC) along with 27 museums from across…
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