1. The Tech Museum of InnovationThe Tech Museum of Innovation
Inspiring the Innovator in EveryoneInspiring the Innovator in Everyone

2. Tech Facts
“New Tech” opened in October 1998
• $113M in funding
• 422 businesses contributed
Size: 132,000 SF
• 6 core exhibit areas; > 120 interactive displays
• IMAX & other presentation theaters
Annual attendance: 529,000, including 120K students
• 3rd largest science museum in Northern CA
Membership: 15,000 total; 5.5K are teachers
Rental Events: 250+ per year
Staff: 70 employees + 400 volunteers
Web Site Hits: 1M a year; 823K unique visitors
• Tech Tag: Home Links
• “Ask an expert” program
Economic impact: $25M+ annual benefit to City

3. Our Mission – Educate & Inspire
Education
Engage visitors in exploring
technologies that affect their lives.
Excite students about studying
math, science & engineering.
Inspiration
Inspire the innovator in everyone
through hands-on experiences,
education and information.
Tech Challenge
Free Field
Trips & Title 1
Program
IMAX &
Presentation
Theaters
Online Resources
& Tech Tag
Labs &
Floor
Experiments
Teacher
Involvement &
Training
After School
& Summer
Programs
Gallery Bookmarks
& Exhibit Guides
The Tech

4. Educational Opportunities
Field Trips: Free Admission – Students/Teachers
• As many as 2,200 students per day
• Galleries & live stage presentations
• Floor programs/experiments in galleries
Science Labs: > 2,000 students per month
• 7 unique offerings, weekday & weekend
• 2 wet labs; 3 other
• Free for Title 1 schools
Summer Camp: > 2,000 kids; 16 classes
After School Program: 45-minutes of science
Tech Challenge: 23 years; 925 local students
Teacher Program – reaches 15,000
• Meets CA curriculum standards
• Classroom guides for school use
• “Bookmarks” for home use
• Tech classrooms
• Advisory Council
Math Works: 6-week program for Latino
students and families
IMAX: 9 educational films

5. Potential Educational Reach
11 Counties
168,502
625
6,619
9,000
18,921
4,683
24,464
4,562
25,759
18,178
16,666
39,025
# of K-12 school children
enrolled –
PRIVATE SCHOOLS
1,475,1281,306,626TOTAL
12,29911,674San Benito
35,12528,506Marin
140,769131,769San Joaquin
254,190235,269Sacramento
78,54173,858Monterey
83,87859,414San Francisco
43,70239,140Santa Cruz
242,581216,822Alameda
184,280166,102Contra Costa
105,01688,350San Mateo
294,747255,722Santa Clara
TOTAL# of K-12 school children
enrolled – PUBLIC
SCHOOLS
County
The Tech’s Reach: 2008-2009 = 179K

6. Science Curriculum Standards
Life
Sciences
Physical
Sciences
Earth
Sciences
Tech programs are aligned with California’s guidelines.

7. Earth Science - Grades 2/3/6
(Exploration Gallery)
• Earth, Moon & Other Planets
• Telescopes
• Plate Tectonics
• Oceans, Currents
& Weather Conditions
• Environmental Interconnectedness

8. Physical Science - Grades 4/5/8
(Green by Design & Innovation Galleries)
• Electricity
• Circuits
• Energy
• Forces
• Principles & Laws

9. Life Science - Grades 7/HS
(Life Tech Gallery)
• DNA and Genetics
• The Human Body
• Adaptation & Extinction
• Interconnectedness
of the Species

10. Science Labs
Seven 90-minute labs for grades 2-10: 64 labs/week
15% of all students participate in a lab; half = Title One
Credentialed teachers, professional lab facilities
Physics of Rollercoasters
DNA & Genetic Traits
Simplicity of Electricity
Earth Science & the Solar System
Chemical Properties
Building for the Big One
Green by Design
New for ‘08-’09: 2 weekend labs

11. Experiential Learning

12. Cross Discipline Learning
• Mathematical Reasoning
• Critical Thinking
• Social Studies
• Computer Science
• History
• Engineering
“The Tech inspired me to
try different approaches
to teaching and learning.
One day, I overheard a
student say, ‘I wish math
was always this fun!’
Now that brought an
enormous smile to my
face.”
7th-8th Grade Teacher,
Morgan Hill

13. Educational IMAX Films
295 seats; 10 movies; 33% of students see a film, 60% = Title One students
• Everest
• Adventures in Wild California
• Forces of Nature
• Coral Reef Adventure
• Blue Planet
• Grand Canyon
• Lewis and Clark
• The Human Body
• Sea Monsters
> 250K viewers/year

14. Free Student Field Trips
Free Teacher Membership
“The students had a great time,
asked a lot of questions, and were
exposed to technology they'd never
seen before. This is especially
important to me because my students
live and go to school in East Palo Alto.
The Tech gave them a chance
to see what opportunities
exist beyond their hometown.”
Viviana Montoya-Hernandez
Co Director, Aim High

15. Special Exhibits
Leonardo &
Renaissance Engineers
100 Years of
Nobel
286K Visitors – Body Worlds
171K Visitors - Leonardo
Shared Benefit with City
($18M “Body Worlds”)

16. The Tech Museum
Tech Challenge
The Tech
Awards
The Tech Virtual:
Second Life
Special Programs
The Tech is as virtual as it is physical …
we touch people around the world.

17. 2121stst
Tech ChallengeTech Challenge
(Grades 5(Grades 5--12)12)
• Focus: Technology that solves real life problems
• 925 student participants: 66% male, 34% female; 10% Title 1
• 230 Teams: 71 High Schools & 159 Middle Schools; 25 “Title One” teams
• Geographic reach: 9 local counties & New York (web cast)
• 16 corporate sponsors
• Skills learned: Creative problem solving, trial & error, teamwork, written & oral presentation

18. The Tech Awards
“Be the change that you want to see in the world.” - Gandhi
• Program founded in 2000
- > 4,000 nominations from 100+ countries
- 200 projects recognized
- Experts/scholars from Santa Clara Univ. = judges
• Goal: Create awareness of how science & technology solve
global challenges:
- Humanitarian Award
- 5 categories: Health, Education, Environment,
Economic Development & Equality
• 25 laureates honored annually; $50K winner in each category
- $2M in prize money awarded since 2001
• > 1500 attendees at November Awards Gala
• Permanent Tech Awards exhibit opens in mid 2009

19. Tech Virtual: Second Life
Open source platform used by 10 million:
• Virtual museum filled by online content developers
• Tech Theme: Art, Film & Music
- 86 contributions, from 207 people
• Replicated 7 virtual exhibits in “real world” Tech
• Potential to change the way museums develop,
prototype and test new exhibits
- Significant cost reduction and faster implementation
• Tech program → global outreach
- MIT partnership

20. Net Planet
Exploration
Green by
Design
Innovation
Life Tech
Idea
House
Today’s Six Core Galleries

21. 2009 Tech Awards
Technology benefiting humanity
2010 Art, Film, and Music
Learning and entertaining
2010/11 Energy
Alternative Energy Sources
2010/11 Tech Challenge
Inspiring the innovator in everyone
2011/12 Health & Biotech
Understanding & staying healthy
2012/13 The Spirit of Silicon Valley (core exhibition)
People and technology changing the world
“You shouldn’t gloat about anything you’ve done; you ought to keep going and try to find
something better to do.” - David Packard
TomorrowTomorrow’’s Galleriess Galleries

22. “An abiding curiosity and an insatiable desire to learn how and
why things work are the hallmarks of innovation.”
- William Hewlett
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