Well, the Denver Museum of Nature
and Science is hosting a free
interactive class later today. Sounds
really, really cool too. The topic is how to
dissect along this morning.
Joining us is the manager and student
of student and teacher programs,
Maria Magazine this morning.
Maria, good morning. This sounds so awesome.
It's super awesome.
OK, we're really excited.
Tell us a little bit about
the program. Sure. At
the Denver Museum of Nature and Science,
we have a set of virtual programs
for K through 12 students.
Called the Virtual Science Academy.
So amongst those programs we have
a virtual lung dissection and we
are partnering today with varsity
tutors and online learning platform
to make this class accessible to
students across the country for free.
Students essentially connect to one of
our museums educator performers who will
guide them through a journey on the
respiratory system using an actual lung.
Dissecting an actual lung.
This is the dream. My magic,
my magic school bus fantasies
coming to life here, right there.
What is the purpose here?
Why did y'all say this
is what we wanted to do?
Well, Varsity tutors is all
about helping people learn,
and the Denver Museum of Nature
and Science is about connecting
people to nature and science.
Our school programs are
all about providing access,
so this is an amazing
opportunity for any student,
anywhere they are to connect with us and.
Learn in a really interactive
immersive way everything there
is about the respiratory system
and Maria, they're not just
being taught by anybody.
They're being taught by
these celebrity instructors.
Can you talk a little bit
more about that? Sure.
I my understanding in varsity
tutors and you can go to their to
their website For more information
is that they have a star courses
with celebrity instructors.
Our instructors at the Denver
Museum of Nature and Science are
trained to do these classes.
They are called educator performers.
So they master. Not only the topic,
but they master the actual.
Art of immersing an audience
in a topic for a really hands
on and experiential learning.
This is so fun. This is different
Cory and I were talking about
very different from what we experienced
when we were in school and you know
you were dissecting a frog or a
pigs heart or something like that.
This is a sheep's lung.
This is a sheep's lung. Yes,
OK perfect kids can.
Kids everywhere across the country
you were saying can tune into this for
kids that are watching right now or
parents that would like their kids.
Maybe to tune in and and
and see what it's all about.
How can they do so? Sure,
they can register for free.
The class is today at 4:00 PM Central
time and so they just need to go to
varsitytutors.com or to dmns.org/learn
because this is a partnership.
And if they want to know more
about the museums K through 12
classes they can go to our website.
Both parents, students, educators,
anyone can sign up for this class
and that's such a wide
range of ages for students.
K through 12 do you get a lot of
younger kids that TuneIn to watch this?
We do, we do. It is important to
say that this particular class
today is made for middle schools.
OK OK, so all of our content we are able to.
To zone in on whatever grade
is standing up for the class.
We're we're super flexible that way.
But this one in particular at 4:00 PM is
going to be for middle school students,
and they can make many modifications
specifically to that age group right here.
Is this something, are you getting
a lot of feedback from, you know,
science teachers saying this is wonderful,
thank you so much for doing this.
Yeah, we are. We definitely are.
Like I said, access right now is access to
bring students to the museum in person.
May be a little challenging.
Transportation to the museum is is
sometimes challenging for teachers.
So this is a way to provide
students with that connection to
us from their very own classroom.
And the museum also goes to
schools and schools are obviously
always welcome on site. That's
awesome. Maria, one more time,
can you tell us where we can
go to find these classes?
Yes, absolutely. Two sites,
varsitytutorstutors.com or
dmns.org/learn. Alright, perfect.
Maria, thanks so much for being here.
You might have to tune into this class.
It looks fun you said?
Alright, definitely should.
Well, thanks for the
information, we appreciate.