Looking for Something? WELCOME For directions and assistance during the event, to Smithsonian Teachers’ Night please ask a volunteer wearing a white National Portrait Gallery Smithsonian Teachers’ Night cap. Smithsonian American Art Museum Listen Friday, September 28, 2012 Enjoy performances throughout the evening by: 7:00–9:30 pm Graham Road Percussion Ensemble Kogod Courtyard, First Floor Refreshments Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Trio Kogod Courtyard, First Floor Luce Center, Third Floor Great Hall and Luce Center, Third Floor Please note that food and drinks are not Smile! permitted in the exhibition galleries. Check flickr.com/smithsonianeducation for photos taken at this and past events. Please note that attendees may be filmed, photographed, or recorded for educational Door Prizes and promotional uses, which may include posting on the Smithsonian’s and other public Kogod Courtyard, First Floor websites and social media channels. Check your totebag for a certificate to see if you are a winner. Prizes must be claimed by 9:00 pm. Prizes donated by the Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies, Connect the Smithsonian’s education offices, Smithsonian Enterprises, and Target. Join Smithsonian Education on Totebag Distribution Visit SmithsonianEducation.org Kogod Courtyard, First Floor Enrich your classroom throughout the year by Turn in your coupon for your Smithsonian Teachers’ visiting smithsonianeducation.org. You will find Night totebag. Totebags are available for the first more than 2,000 classroom resources, aligned to 3,000 attendees. state and Common Core standards. Museum Stores Thank you First Floor Smithsonian Teachers’ Night is sponsored by Visit the museum store to receive a 10% discount on purchases of $50 or more. Demonstrations “Invent It” with the Lemelson Center and ePals Chris Melissinos Nan Tucker McEvoy Auditorium, Lower Level adjacent to the G Street Lobby Kogod Courtyard, First Floor The Art of Video Games Book Signing 7:30, 8:00, and 8:30 Museum Store, First Floor Get your creative juices flowing with a Spark!Lab invention challenge. 7:10 Oh Freedom 8:30–9:30 Book Signing Then learn how you and your students can participate in this year’s Learn how to use the new School’s Out teaching poster and other Author Chris Melissinos will be on hand to discuss the evolution of video Spark!Lab “Invent It” contest on ePals.com. resources on African American art in the classroom. games as an artistic medium and sign copies of his book, The Art of Video Games: From Pac-Man to Mass Effect. Smithsonian American Art Museum Read for the Record Lincoln Gallery, Third Floor 7:30 Forces of Flight 7:45 Learn about the basic scientific principles of air and space flight Education Hotspots Join us in taking the pledge to read Ladybug Girl and the Bug Squad to by testing your own strength against the air pressure in the gallery, 7:30–9:30 children and get a free copy of the book by signing up at wegivebooks.org. exploring Bernoulli’s principle, and much more. Educators and docents will be available for questions throughout the National Air and Space Museum evening. Visit the following locations to learn about available museum Family Flag Book Making programs and curriculum connections. National Portrait Gallery Education Center, First Floor 7:50 Smithsonian Badges 7:15, 7:45, 8:15, and 8:45 Motivate your students to earn Smithsonian digital badges Smithsonian American Art Museum National Portrait Gallery Join book artist Sushmita Mazumdar to make a “Family Flag” storybook. that represent their accomplishments (smithsonianquests.org). MVSEVM, Second Floor Rotunda National Portrait Gallery Education In this activity children develop literacy and art skills by exploring their Center, First Floor Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies Moran’s West, Second Floor families and the world around them. Modernism and Regionalism, One Life: Amelia Earhart, First Floor Second Floor American Origins: Civil War, First Floor 8:05 Dr. Craik: His Life and Times with Washington Contemporary Art, Third Floor America’s Presidents, Second Floor George Washington’s best friend tells of his adventures during war and peace with the legendary man who would become Meet the Curator: Gallery Talks America’s first president. and Book Signings Exhibitors George Washington’s Mount Vernon Estate, Museum and Gardens Kogod Courtyard, First Floor Sidney Hart 7:00–9:30 8:20 EdLab: Classrooms and Effective Social Media 1812: A Nation Emerges Anthropology Outreach, National Museum of National Portrait Gallery Bring the world into your classroom through an international Twitter chat. 1812: A Nation Emerges Exhibition, Second Floor Natural History National Postal Museum @SIEdLab 7:30–8:30 Gallery Talk Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum National Science Resources Center Discovery Theater 8:35 Oh Freedom (repeated) 8:30–9:30 Book Signing SIEdLab, National Postal Museum 8:50 Dr. Craik: His Life and Times with Washington (repeated) Through portraits and objects the 1812: A Nation Emerges exhibition narrates a ePals Smithsonian Accessibility Program 9:05 Forces of Flight (repeated) pivotal event in American history and highlights individuals who influenced events, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Smithsonian Affiliations such as President James Madison and First Lady Dolley Madison. Curator Sidney Hart 9:20 EdLab: Classrooms and Effective Social Media (repeated) George Washington’s Mount Vernon Estate, Museum Smithsonian American Art Museum will be on hand to discuss the works and sign copies of his recently published book. and Gardens and Renwick Gallery Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum Chris Melissinos Activities National Air and Space Museum Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program The Art of Video Games Gallery Talk National Gallery of Art Smithsonian Center for Education Play Video Games in the Galleries The Art of Video Games Exhibition, Third Floor National Museum of African American and Museum Studies History and Culture The Art of Video Games Exhibition, Third Floor 7:30–8:30 Gallery Talk Smithsonian Center for Folklife 7:00–9:30 The Art of Video Games is one of the first exhibitions to explore the forty-year National Museum of African Art and Cultural Heritage Five featured games show how players interact with diverse virtual evolution of video games as an artistic medium, with a focus on striking visual National Museum of American History Smithsonian Early Enrichment Center worlds, highlighting innovative techniques that set the standard for many effects and the creative use of new technologies. The exhibition focuses on the National Museum of the American Indian Smithsonian Group Sales and Reservations subsequent games. The playable games are Pac-Man, Super Mario Brothers, interplay of graphics, technology, and storytelling through eighty games, National Museum of Natural History U.S. Department of Education The Secret of Monkey Island, Myst, and Flower. selected with the help of the public. National Park Service, National Capital Parks-East This program was printed on 100% post-consumer recycled paper..