Prt 442 Museum Programs Lab Vocabulary

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Activities in classrooms that use material or objects which lead to in-depth investigations of those objects while seeking meaning and understanding from these experiences.

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Hands-on Learning

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A gallery in a museum, aquarium or zoo setting which attempts to re-create a distant environment so that the visitor will "feel" and "sense" they have been transported to that environment.

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Immersion Experience

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A partially three-dimensional, full-size replica or scale model of a landscape typically showing historical events, nature scenes for purposes of education or entertainment at a museum.

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Diorama

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A diorama which incorporates living things into the model

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Bio-rama

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By exploring "material" culture (art, artifacts, specimens, documents, etc.), people can learn about the object and its relationship to other objects, people, eras and ideas.

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Object-based Learning

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Scientific research specimen of mammals or birds prepared by museum curators so that measurements, color variations and other information can be catalogued and referenced over time.

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Study Skin

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Volunteers who perform various tasks at public or private museums, aquariums, zoos and other institutions including teaching, curating specimens, assisting visitors amoung other functions.

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Museum Docent