Grand Valley Magazine Summer 2015 - (Page 34)

life Learning filled with s by Amanda Pitts by Dottie Barnes | photo Imagine a typical school classroom - desks, whiteboard, brick walls, a TV on an AV cart. Now imagine a classroom big enough to suspend a 76-foot skeleton of a fin whale from the ceiling, a 3/4 scale re-creation of Grand Rapids in the 1890s and a planetarium with Digistar projection technology with immersive surround sound. The latter describes just a portion of what is inside the Grand Rapids Public Museum in downtown Grand Rapids. The museum, filled with exhibits, 34 Summer '15 artifacts, collections and more, now also serves as the Grand Rapids Museum School, where 60 sixth-graders are about to begin classes. The Museum School, developed through Grand Rapids Public Schools, is a partnership with GRPS, the Grand Rapids Public Museum, city of Grand Rapids, Grand Valley, Kendall College of Art and Design (KCAD) of Ferris State University and Downtown Grand Rapids, Inc. It will open to students September 8. Actor Ben Stiller saw people, animals and exhibits come to life in the movie,

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Grand Valley Magazine Summer 2015

Campus News
Athletics
Donor Impact
Fall Arts Celebration
Evolving as a professional
Finding fellowships
Mastering a subject
Research
Focal Point
Q&A John Berry
Off the Path
Museum School
Alumni

Grand Valley Magazine Summer 2015