The louisiana children's museum is developing a comprehensive set of resources entitled "water dialogues'living with water," designed around its new exhibits and landscape resources, to strengthen the…

The Louisiana Children's Museum was awarded a $592,253 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museums for America federal grant program (CFDA 45.301). The grant will support the development of water-focused educational resources and programs to strengthen community understanding of water management challenges. This includes creating a new field trip series and water science curriculum called "Water Pathways" as well as an outreach program titled "Steward's Ship" to deliver environmental messages to schools and camps. The Museum will also conduct educator professional development training on new state science standards and host literacy workshops and an annual community "Water Fest" event. The grant-funded activities are intended to advance the Museum's mission and strategic goals through high-priority initiatives that strengthen its ability to serve the public, as supported under the Museums for America program.

The louisiana children's museum is developing a comprehensive set of resources entitled "water dialogues'living with water," designed around its new exhibits and landscape resources, to strengthen the community's understanding of the challenges associated with water management. They are creating a new field trip series and water-based science curriculum, "water pathways" as well as an outreach program, "steward's ship," to bring the program's environmental messages to schools and camps. The museum will also conduct a professional development training series on science education for local educators implementing the state's new science standards, in addition to a series of literacy workshops where children ages four to eight will write "how-to" books and "water journals." to further spread the associated environmental and sustainability messages, they will organize an annual "water fest" program for the community.