“Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose (CDM) is a cultural institution serving children, families, and schools in the Silicon Valley/San Francisco Bay Area. Located in downtown San Jose, California on Woz Way, the street is named after Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple Computer, whose nickname is "Woz," and who was the single largest private donor during the original capital campaign that funded the museum. Children's Discovery Museum is a member of the Association of Children's Museums and the Association of Science-Technology Centers.

Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose has been ranked by Child Magazine as one of the top 10 children’s museums in the United States^[2] and ranked by the London Observer as one of the top 5 science centers in the world.

The museum opened its doors in 1990, and over 6 million visitors have attended. The museum builds and displays interactive exhibits that they believe respond to children's diverse educational needs. The {{convert|52000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} purple building was designed by Mexico City-based architect Ricardo Legorreta.

The museum’s signature programs such as BioSITE and Discovery Youth encompass the broad themes of community, connections and creativity. These programs are intended to provide facilitated, focused, and sustained learning. The museum’s goal is to create interactive exhibits that invite self-directed, open-ended explorations.

In a redevelopment plan released in November 2008, the city of San José has stated its intentions to put forth five million dollars in funds, which will allow the museum to expand by 2013. Plans are to add a new baby mammoth exhibit.^[3]

Discovery Youth

Discovery Youth is a program where youth from grades 5 to 12 have fun learning and helping in the museum. They do many projects in computers with programs like Photoshop, Premiere Elements, Flash Creator and many more donated by the Adobe company. They make fun little arts and crafts in the museum on Saturday from 10am to 1pm for the museum visitors. They even have their own website: [https://web.archive.org/web/20081108034140/http://www.getchy.com/]

BioSITE

"action-science" education program. Currently the program engages 1,500 students each school year in the importance of environmental responsibility and inspires the love of science through authentic field research conducted biweekly in the Guadalupe Watershed. This program is intended to take science learning out of the classroom and moves it into the real world. The students are given the experiences of biologists, conducting research along the river. Their research is monitored at the Coyote Creek Ranger Station.

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1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.cdm.org/unboxed |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2013-01-30 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121230060711/http://www.cdm.org/unboxed |archivedate=2012-12-30 |df= }}
2. ^{{cite web |last=Sangiorgio |first=Maureen |title=The 10 Best Children's Museums |work=Child magazine |publisher=Meredith Corporation |url=http://www.parents.com/family-life/travel/us-destinations/the-10-best-childrens-museums/ |date=February 2002}}
3. ^{{cite news | last = Theriault | first = Denis | title = San Jose weighs ambitious redevelopment plan amid tough times | publisher = San Jose Mercury News | date = 2008-11-17 | url = http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11008839?IADID=Search-www.mercurynews.com-www.mercurynews.com | accessdate = 2009-01-23}}

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