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The National Museum of Mathematics Extends Math Outreach Program to Encourage Early Math Fluency

January 9, 2019

By Melissa Wickes January 7, 2019 The National Museum of Mathematics (MoMath) in Nomad is continuing its innovative math outreach program, MoMath 2 Go: the Family Math Initiative, with a partnership with the Long Island Explorium in Port Jefferson. This program is designed to help families learn how to comfortably discuss math with preschool through second-grade children and to involve…

Angeline Judex, Long Island Explorium showcase STEAM in Port Jeff

January 4, 2019

Angeline Judex stands with New York State Assemblyman Steve Englebright at the 2018 Eastern Long Island Mini Maker’s Faire. Photo by Kyle Barr By Kyle Barr kyle@tbrnewsmedia.com At a glance, the Long Island Explorium building looks like an old-school log cabin compared to the great glass facade of the neighboring Port Jefferson Village Center and…

$500,000 secured for Long Island Sound environmental projects in New York

December 4, 2018

  $500,000 secured for Long Island Sound environmental projects in New York Some of the federal funding for LI will go toward Hempstead Harbor water quality testing and rain gardens in Port Jefferson. On Tuesday, EPA regional director Pete Lopez discussed federal grants for Long Island Sound environmental projects that will include plastic cleanup, Hempstead Harbor…

Museums as agents of social change and empowerment

October 25, 2017

Have you ever listened to a child chuckling while she witnesses the robot she designed turn in circles? Have you ever looked into the eyes of a child telling you that he saved for a year to buy a 3-D printer kit because he learned from you that he could build one? Have you ever…

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