What is unique about Innovation Studios?
Innovation Studios have the staff and program capacity to consistently change and offer new
learning experiences and activities for guests age 8 and older.
Tweens and Teens
Don’t miss the black lights in Designer Studio and the art tables in Doodler Studio.
Adults
You don’t need children to enjoy the Museum. Ask about learning opportunities especially for
adults: daily TED lectures in Imaginer Studio; telescope viewings at monthly Star Parties and
Celebrity Lecture Series, a series of programs covering a variety of science, technology, natural
history, education, local and regional history. During After Hours, adults 18 and up have the
Museum all to themselves one evening six times a year. PUBlic Knowledge – an informal monthly
adult gathering celebrating brains and brew – is presented by the Museum at a local watering hole.
Schedules for all of these opportunities are listed on the Museum’s web site.
Grandparents
Doodler Studio has a designated “Grand Central Station” offering special resources for
grandparents and grandchildren. Ask staff to show you the program listings for “Grand
Adventures,” special programs for grandparents and their grandchildren.
Educators
Imaginer and Designer Studios house the Museum’s educator professional development programs
- notably the Texas Center for Inquiry - and “Saturday Educator Workshops.” Explorer Studio is
home to the Museum’s distance learning program offering interactive videoconferencing featuring
museum educators, curators and scientists. Complete information can be found in the Museum’s
educator field trip planner available in Imaginer Studio or on the Museum’s web site.
Home schoolers
Home school educators and groups are welcome to participate in any of the Museum’s field trip
programs. Listings for all of these opportunities may be found on the Museum’s web site under
the “Learn” tab. Designer, Imaginer and Inventor studios are open to home school groups in third
grade and above.
Members
Innovation Studios frequently offer special activities and events for members only. Watch your
membership e-mails for event and registration details.
INNOVATION GALLERY
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AUGUST
Transforming lives through extraordinary learning environments
Setting the stage for unique opportunities that nurture your
imagination, curiosity and creativity and support science,
technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM) education.
In the Studios:
Designer, Imaginer and Inventor
Designer and Imaginer studios will offer
investigations into the phenomenon of
forces such as rotation and gravity and
properties of light and color. Inventor Studio
will feature electricity explorations, stop
motion animation, building, and structure
design during various times this month.
Doodler
Doodler studio guests will have the
opportunity to explore individual design
concepts using a variety of art materials.
In the Central Gallery:
Open-ended explorations with a tornado,
momentum machine, water spinner, turbulent
orb, keva building blocks and whimsical materials
offer opportunities to engage your critical thinking
skills, test your mathematical reasoning and
collaboratively solve problems.
AIR PARK
The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History is partnering with the Andrews Institute of
Mathematics & Science Education at TCU to investigate the learning environments provided
by the Innovation Studios and Gallery. Playful interaction with the exhibits fosters the
development of attitudes, knowledge, and skills that lead to a lifetime of curiosity, exploration, and formal science learning. Andrews Institute faculty and graduate students will 1) investigate what foundational scientific knowledge is embedded in the activities and 2) identify which
National Science Education Standards this knowledge supports.
Explore the forces of gravity,
lift, thrust, and drag!
• Build paper airplanes and launch
them on our new runway.
• Investigate Bernoulli’s Principle while
balancing balls on columns of air.
• Marvel at pinwheels, kites and
our 33-foot hang glider!
• Design a unique pinwheel for
the Pinwheel Garden
The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History,
founded in 1941, is accredited by the
American Association of Museums.
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www.fortworthmuseum.org
Plan to visit often – we reserve
the right to surprise you!
INNOVATION STUDIOS
MONDAY
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TUESDAY
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1890 - The Daughters of
the American Revolution
organization is formed.
INVENTOR: Explore It!
DOODLER: Create It!
Birthday Hat for Marjorie Rawlings
DESIGNER & IMAGINER:
Closed 3-5 pm for
Texas Center for Inquiry
Collections Spotlight: 1:30 pm
TED Talk: 3 pm
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1914 - The Panama Canal was
officially opened.
Collecting Micro Meteorites 3 pm
INVENTOR: Explore It!
DOODLER: Create It!
Birthday Hat for Izaak Walton
DESIGNER & IMAGINER:
Closed all day for
Texas Center for Inquiry
Collections Spotlight: 1:30 pm
TED Talk: 3 pm
THURSDAY
10
Crater Demonstration 2:30 pm
INVENTOR: Explore It!
DOODLER: Create It!
Birthday Hat for William M. Harnett
DESIGNER & IMAGINER:
Closed all day for
Texas Center for Inquiry
Collections Spotlight: 1:30 pm
TED Talk: 3 pm
Demonstration
16 Spinning Plates
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2:30 pm
Spinning Plates Demonstration
2:30 pm
INVENTOR: Explore It!
DOODLER: Create It!
Birthday Hat for Steve Wozniak
DESIGNER & IMAGINER:
Closed all day for
Texas Center for Inquiry
Collections Spotlight: 1:30 pm
TED Talk: 3 pm
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Spinning Plates Demonstration
2:30 pm
INVENTOR: Explore It!
DOODLER: Create It!
Birthday Hat for Wilhelm Wundt
DESIGNER: Light It!
IMAGINER: Spin It!
INVENTOR: Explore It!
DOODLER: Create It!
Birthday Hat for Davy Crockett
DESIGNER: Light It!
IMAGINER: Spin It!
INVENTOR: Explore It!
DOODLER: Create It!
Birthday Hat for Virginia Dare
DESIGNER: Light It!
IMAGINER: Spin It!
Collections Spotlight: 1:30 pm
TED Talk: 3 pm
Collections Spotligh1:30 pm
TED Talk: 3 pm
Collections Spotlight: 1:30 pm
TED Talk: 3 pm
Collections Spotlight: 1:30 pm
TED Talk: 3 pm
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79 A.D. - Pompeii, near Naples,
Italy, was buried by ash from
the volcano Vesuvius.
“Crater Demonstration”
2:30 pm
1990 - Sue, the largest and most
complete skeleton of T-rex, was
discovered in South Dakota by
paleontologist Sue Hendrickson.
Meteorites33 pm
pm 12
“MicroMicro
Meteors”
11 Collecting
Airplane-building
demonstrations in
AIRPARK today in
honor of Orville
Wright’s birthday!
1920 - The US Congress passes
the 19th Amendment to the
Constitution, granting women
the right to vote.
1807 - Robert Fulton’s
.
steamboat - the Clemont started its maiden voyage
INVENTOR: Explore It!
DOODLER: Create It!
Birthday Hat for Rudolf Ising
DESIGNER: Light It!
IMAGINER: Spin It!
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INTERNATIONAL
LEFTHANDERS DAY
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1860 - American sharpshooter
Annie Oakley was born
Rubber Band Sharpshooters 12-4 pm
INVENTOR: Explore It!
DOODLER: Create It!
DESIGNER: Light It!
IMAGINER: Spin It!
Collections Spotlight: 1:30 pm
TED Talk: 3 pm
2003 - North America
experienced the most widespread blackout in the
history of electrical civilization!
INVENTOR: Explore It!
DOODLER: Create It!
Birthday Hat for Ernest Thompson
DESIGNER: Light It!
IMAGINER: Spin It!
Collections Spotlight: 1:30 pm
TED Talk: 3 pm
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1888 - The first practical adding
and listing machine was
patented by William Burroughs.
INVENTOR: Explore It!
DOODLER: Create It!
Birthday Hat for Roger Sperry
DESIGNER: Light It!
IMAGINER: Spin It!
INVENTOR: Explore It!
DOODLER: Create It!
Birthday Hat for Ernest Hemingway
DESIGNER: Light It!
IMAGINER: Spin It!
Collections Spotlight: 1:30 pm
TED Talk: 3 pm
Collections Spotlight: 1:30 pm
TED Talk: 3 pm
INVENTOR: Explore It!
DOODLER: Create It!
Birthday Hat for Ray Bradbury
DESIGNER: Light It!
IMAGINER: Spin It!
INVENTOR: Build It!
DOODLER: Create It!
Birthday Hat for Ray Bradbury
DESIGNER: Light It!
IMAGINER: Spin It!
INVENTOR: Explore It!
DOODLER: Create It!
Birthday Hat for Lyman R. Blake
DESIGNER: Light It!
IMAGINER: Spin It!
INVENTOR: Explore It!
DOODLER: Create It!
Birthday Hat for William F. GIbbs
DESIGNER: Light It!
IMAGINER: Closed all day
for programming.
INVENTOR: Explore It!
DOODLER: Create It!
Birthday Hat for Antoine Lavosier
DESIGNER: Light It!
IMAGINER: Spin It!
INVENTOR: Explore It!
DOODLER: Create It!
Birthday Hat for Man Ray
DESIGNER: Light It!
IMAGINER: Spin It!
INVENTOR: Explore It!
DOODLER: Create It!
Birthday Hat for Johann Goeth
DESIGNER: Light It!
IMAGINER: Spin It!
Collections Spotlight: 1:30 pm
TED Talk: 3 pm
Collections Spotlight: 1 pm
TED Talk: 3 pm
Collections Spotlight: 1:30 pm
TED Talk: 3 pm
Collections Spotlight: 1:30 pm
TED Talk: 3 pm
Collections Spotlight: 1:30 pm
TED Talk: 3 pm
Collections Spotlight: 1:30 pm
TED Talk: 3 pm
Collections Spotlight: 1:30 pm
TED Talk: 3 pm
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INVENTOR: Explore It!
DOODLER: Create It!
Birthday Hat for
Oliver Wendell Holmes
DESIGNER: Light It!
IMAGINER: Spin It!
Collections Spotlight: 1:30 pm
TED Talk: 3 pm
1967 - Thurgood Marshall is
confirmed as the first AfricanAmerican Justice of the US
Supreme Court.
INVENTOR: Explore It!
DOODLER: Create It!
Birthday Hat for MAry Shelley
DESIGNER: Light It!
IMAGINER: Spin It!
Collections Spotlight: 1 pm
TED Talk: 3 pm
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INVENTOR: Explore It!
DOODLER: Create It!
Birthday Hat for Maria Montessori
DESIGNER: Light It!
IMAGINER: Spin It!
Collections Spotlight: 1:30 pm
TED Talk: 3 pm
Designer, Doodler and Imaginer
Studios are occasionally closed
for programs and professional
development.
All demonstrations and
activities take place in
Innovation Gallery and Studios
unless otherwise noted, and
are subject to change.
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1963 - Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr. delivered his “I Have a
Dream” speech to 200,000
people in Washington, D.C.
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1609 - Galileo Galilei
demonstrates his first
telescope to Venetian lawyers.
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1855 - Clara Barton becomes
the first female federal
employee to achieve equal
status when she was hired by
the Patent Office as a clerk.
23
1893 - Whitcomb Judson
received a patent for
the zipper.
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NATIONAL AVIATION DAY
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Collections Spotlight: 1:30 pm
TED Talk: 3 pm
“Duct Tape Dinosaurs” 12-4 pm
INVENTOR: Explore It!
DOODLER: Create It!
DESIGNER & IMAGINER:
Closed all day for
Texas Center for Inquiry
Collections Spotlight: 1:30 pm
TED Talk: 3 pm
SUNDAY
SATURDAY
Visit www.fortworthmuseum.org for a list of daily activities.
INVENTOR: Explore It!
DOODLER: Create It!
Birthday Hat for Gerty Cori
DESIGNER: Light It!
IMAGINER: Spin It!
1902 - President Theodore
Roosevelt became the first
US chief executive to ride in
an automobile.
FRIDAY
Innovation Studios is the places to be for chillin’ events and activities. Get a look at the science behind all
things cold, as well as “cool” science technology. Join in on liquid nitrogen and dry ice demonstrations,
play with instant snow and partake in icy playshops. Plus we’ll add some nanotechnology (really SMALL
but cool materials) activities and presentations to the mix on Thursday, August 4.
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Transforming lives through extraordinary learning environments.
Chill out with us during Cool Science Week, August 2-6!
SCIENCE
WEEK!
INVENTOR: Explore It!
DOODLER: Create It!
Birthday Hat for Francis Scott Key
DESIGNER: Light It!
IMAGINER: Spin It!
Collections Spotlight: 1:30 pm
TED Talk: 3 pm
AUGUST
WEDNESDAY
COOL
1900 - “The Wonderful Wizard
of Oz” by L. Frank Baum was
copyright registered.
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Studio learning environments, topics and activities are designed for
ages 8 and older and may feature small parts and sharp tools.
FAMILIES: Children younger than age 8 are welcome in
Innovation Studios along with their older siblings. Young
children must remain under close supervision of an adult while
in the studios. Please be aware that most Studio activities are
not age-appropriate for children younger than age 8.
GROUPS: Designer, Imaginer and Inventor Studios are open for
field trip groups in third grade and above with their chaperones.
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www.fortworthmuseum.org