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MicroMuseum, Session 7 – Storyboarding AR Ideas

In an attempt to pick the two exhibits (out of five still under consideration) for the prototype of MicroRangers, we used transparencies over photos of the actual exhibits to develop potential storyboards of the augmented reality “microgames” players will have … Continue reading

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MicroMuseum, Sessions 5 & 6 – Setting the Location

The youth spent two whole days of their spring break with MicoMuseum for our 5th and 6th sessions. And boy did we get things done!! The first day we explored children’s games designed by Toca Boca, as well as their … Continue reading

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MicroMuseum, Session 4: Iterative Design & The Hall of Ocean Life

In our fourth session of MicroMuseum we looked at the process of iterative design and how it relates to what we will be doing over the next two months. Each youth picked a random piece of paper bearing one of the … Continue reading

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MicroMuseum, Session 3: Are You With Me Or Against Me?

This third session of MicroMuseum was brought to us by the words “Parasitic,” “Commensal“, and “Mutualist“. In other words, different type of relationships. To start the day, the teens were paired up and challenged to act out a skit in … Continue reading

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MicroMuseum, Session 2: Augmented Ice Cream

Today was the second session of MicroMuseum. The first session focused all on science (microbiology). Today we flipped it and focused all on technology (augmented reality). And from here on out we’ll be combining the two. After a challenging name … Continue reading

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MicroMuseum launched today – a mobile gaming program about microbial organisms

Today was a wild day for me. After participating in the press briefing for the new pterosaurs exhibit, where I helped share the exhibit-related card game developed within an after school program, we launched a NEW after school program that … Continue reading

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Recruitment Launched for New Microscopic Museum Mobile Gaming Program at AMNH

We just began recruiting for this new, free, spring, after school program for high school students. Please help us out by sharing the word with interested teens: Did you know that the Twa, a group of people in the Congo, … Continue reading

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