The document proposes establishing a children's museum called the Spectacular Spud Museum to provide educational resources for schools. It would offer a resource library, classroom displays, internships, and webcasts. The goal is to enhance education given lack of school funding and the lack of hands-on learning materials. The museum seeks donations and display items to help children succeed through this community effort.

1. Spectacular Spud Museum, Inc.
The Project for Our Children’s
Future.

2. The Project
• Have a Children’s Museum for North
Idaho
• Focus on Education
• Have a resource library for teachers
• Offer internships at the High School and
College Levels of Academia
• Offer web casts for educational programs

3. Why
• Lack of funding for • Classroom displays of
schools the past are not in
• Economic impact in classrooms
area • Kids are not being
• Education is still provided the
needed for our youth fundamental learning
to succeed
materials of the past
• Classroom projects no
longer are an option • Without help our
youth will fail

4. What Will We Do
• Have resource materials
for a teacher to check out
of our library
• Have displays on line and
at the museum for
children to view
• Expand the classroom
experience to what was
available in the past
• Offer computer resources
and material

5. Types of Resources
• Models
• Live exhibits
• CD-ROM options
• On line web casts of
projects to several
schools at the same time
• DVD options that will be
available for checkout
• Displays

6. Resource Examples
• Models of plants • Classroom supplement
• Models involving kits
anatomy • In class web broadcast
• Insect displays options for special
programs
• Posters • Live animal exhibits
• Computer discs that • DVD options for special
have 3-D graphics for programs in case internet
science is not an option for the
• Mineral displays school

7. Positive Aspects
• Teachers and Schools
will not have to pay for
additional materials that
can be shared
• Storage for these
materials will not be
necessary at tax payer
expense
• Resources will be a
community effort and not
based on taxes or school
district dividing lines

8. Intern Options
• Options for High School
Student to Intern will be
available
• College Internships will
be offered as well
• Organization of displays
• Management of the Gift
Shop
• Tour Guides

9. Your Help

10. What You Can Do
• Donate to the Museum at
any Wells Fargo Bank
Branch in the name of
Spectacular Spud
Museum, Inc.
• Buy at our on line store.
• See if there is something
that you think would be a
good display item for the
museum and share it with
us.

11. Why We Need Your Help
• All proceeds will go to
maintaining and
managing the museum
• No one in our house has
won the lottery
• This is a community
effort
• The future of our children
is at stake
• Children need a chance

12. The Future
• Spectacular Spud Museum, Inc. is an
innovative idea to bring a better
educational foundation to a reality.
• Have you gone into a classroom of today
and how does it compare with the
classroom of your past?
• We can do it but we need your help.

13. The Future
• Our future is with our children.
• We must find a way to provide education
although the odds are against us.