Ashley Naranjo
Education Technician
Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access
NaranjoA@SI.edu
Bringing the Smithsonian
to You
The Smithsonian includes…
19 museums & galleries, the National Zoo, research
centers around the globe, digital resources and more!
Art & Design
History & Culture
Science & Technology
Collections Database (collections.si.edu)
Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital
Access offers…
 Online searchable database of Smithsonian
resources & lesson plans
 Online student-centered interactives
 Online Education Conference Series & archives
 Digital badging program, “Smithsonian Quests”
 Heritage Month Family Programming
 All Access Camp
 Annual Smithsonian Teachers’ Night
Online Searchable Database:
SmithsonianEducation.org
“Smithsonian In Your Classroom” Publication
Making connections between the
Smithsonian collections & experts
to teachable moments
The Arts
History
Culture
Science
Online Student Interactives
Online Student Interactives
Online Conference sessions
Digital Badging Program
K-4th graders
Upcoming Online Session!
Understanding Astrophotography:
Where Science and Art Collide
Classroom Session
Wednesday, June 12th, 2013
1:00-1:50PM, EST
Astrophotography Applications
for the Classroom and Beyond
Educator Session
Wednesday, July 10th, 2013
4:00-4:50PM, EST
Heritage Month Family Programming
All Access Camp
 A summer camp and monthly club for teens and young
adults with cognitive disabilities at the Smithsonian to
practice communication, collaborative
learning, research, problem solving, and develop digital
literacy skills.
Annual Smithsonian Teachers’ Night
Ashley’s Top Sites to Explore
 http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/scientist/ind
ex.html
Ashley’s Top Sites to Explore
 http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/idealabs/myt
hs/symbolsinastory/index.html#herc
Ashley’s Top Sites to Explore
 History Explorer & Our Story
http://historyexplorer.si.edu
National Museum of American History
Ashley’s Top Sites to Explore
 Ocean Portal
ocean.si.edu
National Museum of
Natural History
Ashley’s Top Sites to Explore
Ashley’s Top Sites to Explore
 http://smithsonianconference.org/
Ashley’s Top Sites to Explore
 http://howthingsfly.si.edu/
 Panda cams, interactives and journals- oh my!
http://nationalzoo.si.edu/education/conse
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Ashley’s Top Sites to Explore
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Editor's Notes

  • #7 -SIYC as a resource for making connections with subject areas to real-life experts and the collections.
  • #12 Environmental Studies Focus- Interdisciplinary lens- Thinking about Water Quality, talking to generations in Oral Histories, Offering Advice from what they’ve learned in their own advice column, Designing their own invention to help with a water issue such as purification or mobility
  • #13 Inauguration, Civil Rights Movement & the Women’s Rights Movement: they are movements that span generations and are very strongly connected with life today, Cultural Heritage and Meaning of Immigration. June: we’ll look at Astrophotography and ways the MicroObservatory telescopes can be used in a variety of ways to facilitate powerful STEM learning for your students alongside the Smithsonian. Moon phases, size and scale in the universe.
  • #14 Completing this Badge successfully means...Completing this means you have considered multiple elements of your own personal cultural heritage.