A FREE Open House for Educators All Over the Country

Join us for Smithsonian Teachers’ Night 2004, the Smithsonian’s twelfth annual open house for teachers. The event shares and honors Native American cultures through special Native American films, books, performances, refreshments, and more. It is open, free of charge, to educators.

Chabot Space & Science Center
Friday, November 5, 4:30–7 p.m.
Chabot Space & Science Center
10000 Skyline Boulevard, Oakland, California
 
The Smithsonian Institution and Chabot Space & Science Center are co-hosting a special evening for Bay Area teachers, featuring a keynote speaker, informal activities, and free education materials.

Tour the night sky in the Ask Jeeves Planetarium. Enjoy the immersive experience of a large-format film in the Tien Megadome Theater. Encounter Mars, take a Moon Odyssey, and discover the secrets of five thousand years of Chinese astronomy. Meet museum educators and Smithsonian personnel to discuss school programs and share ideas.  Enjoy light refreshments and entertainment.  Gaze at the stars through three powerful telescopes.  Enter a raffle to win a gift basket from the Starry Nights Gift Shop.

Register online  Admission is free, but advance registration is required.  Smithsonian Teachers’ Night is open to educators only.  Please, no children. For more information, contact the Chabot at 510.336.7311 or teachersnight@chabotspace.org.

The Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center
Friday, November 5, 2004, 4–7 p.m.
1100 North Plum, Hutchinson, Kansas

Join us for a private open house for educators. Receive free educational resources for your classroom. Register your school for a field trip and receive a one-night-only discount. Watch an IMAX® film. Meet Space Science educators and discuss specialized school programs. Attend Dr. Goddard's Lab, and receive two lesson plans for classroom hands-on experiments.

Tour the largest collection of international space artifacts in the world. Enjoy an open house at the Future Astronaut Training Program simulators.  Shop at our museum store with a special discount. Enjoy light refreshments. Visit with exhibitors from across the region. There will be welcoming presentations at 4:30 and 5:45 p.m. Door prizes will be given away at each presentation.

Register online   or by phone at 800.397.0330, ext. 333, or at the door. Educators will be admitted on a first-come, first-served basis. Admission is free, but advance registration is required.  Smithsonian Teachers’ Night is open to educators only.  Please, no children.

Challenger Space Center
Friday, November 5, 3:30–6 p.m.
Challenger Space Center
Peoria, Arizona 
www.azchallenger.org


Join us for Smithsonian Teachers’ Night 2004, where you will find an array of community resources to complement classroom teaching and help you fulfill state and national standards. 

This year’s event highlights Native American cultures.  There will be special presentations by the Heard Museum in honor of the opening of the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. Receive free educational materials.  Earn professional-development credit hours.  Tour the Challenger Space Center.  Meet museum educators and discuss school programs. Enter a raffle. Enjoy light refreshments.
Register online  Admission is free, but advance registration is required.  Smithsonian Teachers’ Night is open to educators only.  Please, no children.

Durham Western Heritage Museum
Friday, November 5, 2004,  5–8 p.m.
801 South 10th Street, Omaha, Nebraska

Join us for a private open house for educators. Pick up free educational resources for your classroom. Tour the museum’s special exhibits:  American Originals: Collections from the Smithsonian and Churchill and the Great Republic. Tour the museum’s permanent exhibits and meet museum educators. Enjoy an open house in museum classrooms and try our hands-on learning activities. Enter a free drawing for museum field trips, family memberships, and exciting educational materials. Shop at our museum store with an educator’s discount. Enjoy light refreshments, and more!

Register Online The first 300 registered teachers receive a complimentary Smithsonian tote bag. Admission is free, but advance registration is required.  Smithsonian Teachers’ Night is open to educators only.  Please, no children

Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture
Friday, November 5, 2004, 5–8 p.m.
Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture
2316 West First Avenue, Spokane, Washington

Join us for an after-hours open house for educators. Pick up free educational resources for your classroom. Meet museum educators and preview school programs. Receive a complimentary Smithsonian tote bag (first 300 to register). Participate in “mini-tours” of the exhibits and the historic Campbell House. Enjoy light refreshments. Enter a raffle for a free individual MAC membership and a free class trip to the MAC. Shop at the museum store with a special educator’s discount. Browse the exhibit tables of local arts and cultural organizations

Register online  The first 300 registered teachers receive a complimentary Smithsonian tote bag. Admission is free, but advance registration is required.  Smithsonian Teachers’ Night is open to educators only.  Please, no children Call 509.456.3931 for more information.