Virtual Field Trips

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04/20/2020 Added

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The University of Nebraska State Museum offers virtual field trips to students around the world.

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[00:00:00.482](upbeat music)
[00:00:03.111]We have crystals in them, very good.
[00:00:04.520]In a darkened museum
[00:00:05.920]educator Annie Mumgaard shines a light on geology.
[00:00:10.118]Sometimes it has quartz
[00:00:11.870]The University of Nebraska State Museum
[00:00:14.200]may be temporarily closed, but learning
[00:00:16.677]doesn't take a break.
[00:00:18.320]It would be great if you had your Play-Doh
[00:00:21.218]out and ready I also have... I'm doing virtual field trips
[00:00:23.060]which is our way of knocking down the walls
[00:00:24.860]of the museum and being able to take our
[00:00:26.960]specimens and our knowledge here and giving it to
[00:00:30.060]the students and the adults of the world.
[00:00:32.460]Spring is the busiest time of year for school
[00:00:35.050]field trips to Morrill-Hall on
[00:00:35.970]the University of Nebraska Lincoln campus.
[00:00:39.210]But the museum has also conducted
[00:00:41.500]virtual field trips for five years.
[00:00:44.170]Mumggaard says they were prepared when the museum
[00:00:46.980]shut it's doors.
[00:00:48.260]We have a great program to deal with learning
[00:00:51.070]and to help support the learning of science
[00:00:53.890]during this time when kids are stuck at home.
[00:00:56.010]But magma can also oooz and it can flow
[00:01:00.034]An elementary school teacher from
[00:01:02.230]Louisville Nebraska, says the steady as a rock geology
[00:01:05.680]field trip is built on material her
[00:01:07.880]students are learning.
[00:01:09.620]We just got done studying about rocks and layers
[00:01:13.100]of the earth right before we had to do E-learning
[00:01:17.200]so the kids were coming in with a nice base knowledge
[00:01:19.850]and they really took off with it.
[00:01:22.490]They love the hands on
[00:01:24.980]using Zoom
[00:01:26.100]the popular video conference platform
[00:01:28.530]students have joined the field trips
[00:01:30.380]from across the state, the nation
[00:01:32.570]and even other countries.
[00:01:34.260]And I know have friends
[00:01:35.350]who are coming in from all over the place
[00:01:37.220]which is fantastic.
[00:01:38.053]It's a way for the museum to continue
[00:01:40.260]carrying out its mission.
[00:01:42.040]I'm a mom, I have kids at home
[00:01:43.910]I'm married to a healthcare provider you know
[00:01:46.400]the anxiety level in my house just like the world
[00:01:49.080]is kind of high.
[00:01:50.040]It's super nice that we all can offer programs like this
[00:01:53.030]and allow kids to learn, use their hands
[00:01:55.530]and continue on with their life's in that way
[00:01:58.550]and so I feel kind of honored to be able to do it.
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