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Kind of (not) a Paleo Class: Interview with youth co-developers of Pterosaurs The Card Game

Ricardo Mutuberria, from the Museum’s Global Business Development, sat down during the press briefing for our current special exhibit – Pterosaurs: Flight in the Age of Dinosaurs – with a few of the #scienceFTW youth participants to learn a bit … Continue reading

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On Leading a Playful Life: An Interview with Bernie De Koven, Part 1 of 2

Bernie De Koven changed my life, before I even knew his name. Growing up with earth balls, and parachute games, and other awesome camp and gym activities were all an outgrowth of his impact through the 1970’s New Games Movement. … Continue reading

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Flying Pterosaurs at the Games For Change Arcade

This Saturday was a blast. More than a dozen awesome people associated with the Museum come out to staff the AMNH booth at the (get ready!) Games For Change Arcade at the Tribeca Film Festival’s Tribeca Family Street Fair. And … Continue reading

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No. 29.2! Official Press Release for Pterosaurs: The Card Game

Below is a copy of the Museum’s press release, apparently no. 29.2 (as labelled at the bottom), focusing on Pterosaurs: The Card Game. Forgive me, but I had to share with all of you and kvell. AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL … Continue reading

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Get your red hot Pterosaurs: The Card Game! Download the game now.

Today was a big day for Pterosaurs: The Card Game, the project we co-developed with youth in our #scienceFTW program. Actually, it was a big day for pterosaurs, as this morning we held our press briefing to introduce our new … Continue reading

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Final Presentation by #scienceFTW

Ruth Sherman is a new intern at the AMNH, from NYU’s Program in Digital Media Design for Learning. She assisted in the last month of programming for #scienceFTW program and graciously offered to write up the exciting final program session, … Continue reading

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Developing Science-based Games with Teens: An AMNH Intern Reflects

J.  Shepard Ramsay was an intern at the AMNH, from NYU’s Program in Digital Media Design for Learning, in our #scienceFTW program. With the conclusion of the program last week (snff snff) I asked Shepard to review his time in … Continue reading

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The 3rd Month of #scienceFTW: Pterosaurs!

When I last posted about our first two months #scienceFTW (October and November) I broke it down by session. Now I will shift our focus to the discrete monthly projects, with December focusing on the exciting development of a card … Continue reading

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The 3rd Month of #scienceFTW: Pterosaurs!

When I last posted about our first two months #scienceFTW (October and November) I broke it down by session. Now I will shift our focus to the discrete monthly projects, with December focusing on the exciting development of a card … Continue reading

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Makers and DML – Separated At Birth?

For my column on DMLcentral I decided to take inspiration from our booth at the World Maker Faire NYC this past September. I enjoyed writing and thinking about the history of both the Maker Movement and the DML Initiative, and … Continue reading

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