Week 9: Thursday January 29th - Personality Test and Museum Exploration

On Thursday, the teens and interns started the day by taking a personality test. This personality test would place them into one of four different animals based an how they rated certain qualities. As it turns out the teens are mostly type A personalities. The animals associated with these were Buffalo and Eagle. In contrast the interns tended to be type B Personalities characterized by Beavers and Mice.

Two of our teens posing for a picture.

After the personality test the teens were broken up into there groups. These groups are 3-4 teens per intern and will be utilized through out the program for different projects and tours. These groups were paired up and sent into the museum to look at the importance of soil. This gave the teens more cultural and historic back ground on lead and soil.

The names the teens chose for their groups.

This was also the first time the teens were exclusively lead by the interns. One group went into the Mineral Hall and the other group went into the Cultural Exhibits.

Here at E-Net we try to be inclusive and welcoming to all of our interested partners. This includes Steve the Skeleton, Karl the Snake and Bella the Polar Bear.

Week 9: Tuesday January 27th - Coming Back Strong

On Tuesday we performed some team building exercises and welcomed our new students and interns. It was great to see everyone again and we are all looking forward to continue to develop our exhibit. The two main activities that were performed by the teens were a Tower Building Competition and an Obstacle Course. 

Teens constructing a tower out of pipe cleaners.

The teens were given a box, 2 newspapers, 25 pipe-cleaners, a length of tape and string. Using these materials the teens had 10 minutes to create the tallest tower possible.

The second team building their tower.

The teens showed their creativity and problem solving skills when creating the towers. The competition ended in a tie, as it was not stated that body parts could not be used.

The end of our obstacle course, with one of the new interns.

The teens built and guided their fellow teens through an obstacle course. This involved crawling under a table. Then they navigated over several chairs and had to guide a table to the white board. At the white board they had to draw a cat. After the cat they were guided to the skeleton. Our resident skeleton felt much love as everyone had to hold his hand.

Steve and his new friend Karl!

Keep checking-in and seeing what our team develops as the Spring Term continues.

Week 1-7 Recap and Update

It was an exciting end of the semester that culminated in the testing of our exhibits in the first week of December.

Expect our Tuesday and Thursday posts to start rolling in! The teens started back up on January 27th!!!

A young museum patron intrigued by the soil rug exhibit that the teens developed and built.

Two of our teens displaying their project for the public.

RECAP

Week 1: During week one the Interns and Educations introduced the program and our field of study to the teens. This was done by taking the teens through stations where they learned more about soil.

Week 2:   During week two we read two stories from different Native American tribes about the creation of the earth. The teens split into two groups and each performed one of the 2 stories we read as a skit. This week the teens also researched different things about soil.

Week 3: During week three the Energy-Net team went to Schenley Park to learn about how to use a GPS. On Thursday, PhD candidate and paleoclimatologist David Pompeani gave a presentation about ancient lead pollution. He is responsible for finding the oldest lead pollution in the world! 

Week 4: At Energy-NET this week the team gathered soil samples from Flagstaff Hill in Schenley Park On Thursday the teens broke out into groups and conducted a Town Hall Brownfield Debate!

Week 5:  A presentation was giving from a Museum educator about evaluating an exhibit. After which the teens were sent to different parts of the museum to evaluate and look at how different exhibits worked.

Week 6: Week six was the idea and creation time. Teens broke into their different groups to develop and display their exhibits. These exhibit reigned from Pittsburgh Industrial History Timeline, to lead history. They also contained Soil Rug, create your own lot, and a video about why soil is important.

Week 7: It was crunch time! We deconstructed and evaluated our exhibits. After, the teens reconstructed the exhibits and presented them during the family day on Saturday.

*** To learn more about what we do and have done in the past, Please visit our past blog posts!!!!