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UPDATE! February 2015
Explore & More at Children’s
461 West Outer Drive
Oak Ridge, TN 37830
Phone: (865) 482-1074
www.childrensmuseumofoakridge.org
Museum of Oak Ridge
Tues – Fri: 9:00am – 5:00pm
Sat: 10:00am – 4:00pm
Sun: 1:00pm – 4:00pm
Edited by Pam Williams
[email protected]
CMOR Brings You the World!
International
Festival
CMOR will host its 17th annual International Festival on
Saturday, February 21, 2014 from 10 AM to 4 PM. Come
and enjoy entertainment, culture, crafts, and food for the
whole family from around the world!
Featured Cultures in the International Bazaar:
Appalachia, Belgium, China, Cuba, Dominican Republic,
Egypt, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Hong Kong,
India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Scotland,
Singapore, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, Venezuela, Vietnam
Food available in the Gym and Gym Lobby includes
offerings from China, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Egypt,
Greece, India, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Mexico, Norway,
Poland, Ukraine, Venezuela
Crafts for Kids – Children will have the opportunity to
create a Chinese Dragon, a Japanese Geisha Mask, and an
Indian Elephant.
A World of Trains: Milton Lloyd Exhibit, West Wing.
Displays and demonstrations – the Train Garden will be
open, weather permitting.
Festival Admission
$12 for adults * $11 for seniors (62+)
$10 for children (3-18) * Free for children under 3
$1 off in each category for museum members.
$2 off for Club ORNL members with card.
Featured Entertainment
Spice of India Dancers, led by Sathiya Paranthaman will be
our featured entertainers this year. The dancers, always a
crowd favorite, will perform two sets during the day’s
events.
Spice of India, directed by Sathiya Paranthaman (photo by Robert Welton)
Entertainment
10:00 – 10:15 Kung Fu Demonstration, Taotao Long
10:15—10:45 Lucia's Arte y Pasion Flamenca Dance,
Lucia Andronescu
10:45 – 11:15 St. George Greek Dancers, Maria Siopsis
11:15 – 11:35 Scottish Bagpipes, Andrew Payzant, and
Katelyn Fraker, Dancer
11:35 – 11:55 Knoxville Persian Music Ensemble,
Brandon Beavers
11:55 – 12:05 Tenpenny Rapper Sword Dancers, Dave
Greenwood
12:05 – 12:35 Spice of India, Classical/Folk Indian
Dance, Sathiya Paranthaman
12:35 – 1:00 The Starving Six, Sandy Hirshman
1:00 – 1:30
German, Austrian, & Slavic Performance,
Nermin Begovic
1:30 – 1:45
Tenpenny Rapper Sword Dancers, Dave
Greenwood
1:45 – 2:00
Cantemos, South American Music, Kukuly
Uriarte
2:00 – 2:30
Spice of India, Classical/Folk Indian
Dance, Sathiya Paranthaman
2:30 – 3:00
Carib Sounds Jamaican Steel Drums, Trey
Scott Henry
3:00 - 3:30
French Swing, Kukuly Uriarte
3:30 – 3:45
Hmong Folk Music from Laos, Brittany
Moua
3:45 – 4:00
Chinese Ribbon Dancers, Bob Grimac
Additional Entertainment on the Appalachian Exhibit
Stage:
10:00-11:00
Knoxville Area Dulcimer Club
11:00-12:00
David Neidig and Tom Smith
12:00-1:00
Allen McBride - Hammer Dulcimer
1:00-2:00
Early Bird Special – Steve Grimsley
Thanks to our sponsors:
Anderson County Sheriff’s Department, Centrus Energy,
Citizens National Bank, Knoxville Area Model
Railroaders, Mayfield Dairies, McDonald’s, The Oak
Ridger, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee Arts
Commission
HAND BUILDING AND WHEEL THROWING
Participants are exposed to a wide variety of methods for creating
both functional as well as sculptural clay pieces. All levels are
welcome. Intermediate and more advanced students will learn
new techniques and improve skills through the use of the potter's
wheel and various hand building methods. Surface decoration
and glazing techniques will also be explored.
Age: 16 & up
Date: Fridays, January 30, February 6 & 13, 2015
Deadline to register: Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Time: 10 AM - noon
Fee: Members $65, Non-Members $70 (includes $10 Materials
Fee for clay, glazing & firing)
Limit: maximum 5, minimum 4
HAND-BUILDING POTTERY
This class provides an experience to work with clay and be
creative. Practice hand-building techniques while learning about
the history of pottery. Learn sculptural techniques, texturing, and
glazing. Personal expression is encouraged.
Age: 6 -14
Dates: Wednesdays, January 28, February 4 & 11, 2015
Deadline to register: Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Time: 1:30 - 3:30 PM
Fee: Members $65, Non-Members $70 (includes $10 materials
fee for clay, glazing and firing)
Limit: maximum 15, minimum 9
Homeschoolers are welcomed to join. More specific programing
can be arranged as well as dates and times for homeschoolers.
BE MY VALENTINE
With Valentine's Day just around the corner, create your own
heart-inspired wall hangings, heart-shaped pinch pots, and more!
Date: Saturday, January 31, 2015
Deadline to Register: Thursday, January 29, 2015
Time: 10 AM - noon
Ages: 6-14
Fee: Members: $10, Non-Members $15 (fee includes materials:
clay, glaze, and firing)
Limit: maximum 12, minimum 7
2015 KIDS GO GREEN! CLASSES
For more information on the International Festival,
please contact Carroll Welch at (865) 482-1074, ext.
105 or at [email protected].
Children's Museum of Oak Ridge
Winter 2015
To register, call 482-1074; or visit our website:
www.childrensmuseumofoakridge.org
Clay Classes
BROWNIES POTTERY
Create beautiful clay art. Find out how to find clay in the earth,
go on a scavenger hunt for clay items in the museum, and learn
two clay-building techniques and how to handle clay with care.
Hand-build a pinch pot/tile and sculpture in clay; then paint with
glaze.
Dates: Saturday, January 31, 2015 Deadline to register:
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Saturday, February 28, 2014 Deadline to register:
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Saturday, March 28, 2015 Deadline to register:
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Time: 1 PM – 3 PM
Ages: Brownies
Limit: minimum 10, maximum 20
Fee: $14 girls, leaders free, tagalongs & parents pay regular
museum admission: under 3 free, children 3-17: $6, Seniors: $7,
Adults: $8
Badge: Potter
SUN, WATER, AND SOIL –BECOME AN ECOEXPLORER!
Kids will learn about the sun, water, and the sky overhead as a
sky watcher, and about the water and earth beneath our feet
through exploring the soil and searching for creatures.
Date: Monday, March 16, 2015
Deadline to register: Monday, February 23, 2015
Time: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Fee: $15, kids only pay
Limit: 15 kids
FAMILY 3K WILDFLOWER HIKE ON THE
NORTHRIDGE TRAIL
Learn how plant and animal worlds depend upon and relate to
each other, see animals in their natural habitat, hike the North
Ridge Trail, learn to identify plants and trees, and much more!
Bring a sack lunch and a drink.
Date: Saturday, March 21, 2015
Deadline to register: Friday, March 6, 2015
Time: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Fee: $10; kids and adults pay (covers admission to the museum)
Limit: 20 kids and adults
GIRL SCOUT GARDENING GURUS
Join Bucky Smith, master gardener, and learn how to landscape
your own dream garden using your favorite plants, patterns,
shapes and color(s). Bring an empty egg carton to plant seeds for
an experiment with water and sunlight. Bring a digital camera to
take shots of your favorite plants in the Kids Go Green!
Environmental Center and Gardens. Learn how to create a
container garden.
Ages: Juniors
Date: Saturday, March 28, 2015
Deadline to register: Saturday, March 7, 2015
Time: 10:00 AM – noon
Fee: $12 per girl, leaders free, adults and tagalongs pay regular
museum admission: under 3 free, children 3-17 $6, seniors $7,
adults $8
Limit: maximum 12, minimum 6
GARDENING WITH KIDS AND THEIR FAMILIES
Kids will learn to plant from seed, root division, and cuttings.
Soil, watering, feeding, and propagation methods will be
discussed. Each kid will take a plant home.
Date: Saturday, April 18, 2015
Deadline to register: Friday, April 3, 2015
Time: 10:00 AM – noon
Fee: $10, kids only pay
Limit: 12 kids and adults
SOLAR POWER – USABLE ENERGY
Capture the sun’s rays and turn it into usable energy. Children
will work in small groups to design and construct a solar oven
using ordinary materials. Children will compare air temperature
inside their solar oven, to the temperature of the environment. All
equipment will be provided including the ingredients for “Solar
S’Mores.”
Objectives:
• Children will work in teams to design and construct a solar
oven and will make predictions about how their solar oven will
work.
• Children will convert natural energy into useful energy.
Date: Saturday, April 18, 2015
Deadline to register: Friday, April 3, 2015
Time: 1:00 PM – 2:45 PM
Fee: $10, kids only pay; 2 adults needed to help with the project
Limit: 12 children and 4 adults (adult parents or leaders)
KIDS GO GREEN! GARDENERS’ CLUB: “MY FIRST
GARDEN”
Learn the science of a garden and how to care for and plant the
plants you love the most! And then eat the garden’s bounty! Visit
the wildlife in the garden and become their friends while
becoming a steward of their home, the Environmental Center. So
come on along and “go green” with the Children’s Museum of
Oak Ridge.
Dates: 1st week in May 2015 (May 4 – 8) and 1st week in
August 2015 (August 3 – 7)
Deadline to register: Two weeks before date
Time: 9:00 AM – 11:45 AM
Fee: $ 12.00 per person per day for 5 days or $55.00 per week
per person.
Limit: 8 children and 4 adults (adult parents or leaders)
Girl Scouts
Welcome, Girl Scouts! Join us for some exciting workshops!
To register for a Girl Scout activity, please contact Lorraine
Bowen by phone (865)482-1074, ext. 106 or by e-mail at
[email protected] or visit our website,
www.childrensmuseumofoakridge.org/classes. Two leaders may
attend free with the girls. Any other adult or child staying for the
class must pay museum admission: $8 for adults, $7 for seniors,
and $6 for children ages 3 to 17. We ask that you register for
your class no later than two weeks ahead of the starting date.
Fees are non-refundable after that time.
BROWNIES POTTERY
Create beautiful clay art. Find out how to find clay in the earth,
go on a scavenger hunt for clay items in the museum, and learn
two clay-building techniques and how to handle clay with care.
Hand-build a pinch pot/tile and sculpture in clay; then paint with
glaze.
Dates: Saturday, January 31, 2015 Deadline to register:
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Saturday, February 28, 2014 Deadline to register:
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Saturday, March 28, 2015 Deadline to register:
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Time: 1 PM – 3 PM
Ages: Brownies
Limit: minimum 10, maximum 20
Fee: $14 girls, leaders free, tagalongs & parents pay regular
museum admission: under 3 free, children 3-17: $6, Seniors: $7,
Adults: $8
Badge: Potter
APPALACHIAN TEA PARTY
Activities begin with an old-fashioned “Appalachian Tea Party.”
Make butter, and set the table for tea. Included will be old-time
games, crafts, and music. Visit the garden to pick herbs for tea.
Visit the Appalachian log cabins, the child-sized Dollhouse,
Rainforest, Trains and more.
Ages: Daisies and Brownies
Dates: Saturday, March 28, 2015
Deadline to Register: FULL
Time: 1 – 3 PM
Fee: $10
Limit: Minimum 10, Maximum 25
BROWNIES POTTERY
Join professional potter Sherrie Carris to create beautiful clay art.
Learn the history of clay and its functionality, two clay building
techniques, and ways to handle clay with care. Go on a scavenger
hunt to find clay artifacts in the museum. Hand-build 2 clay
pieces; then paint and glaze them.
Age: Brownie
Date: Saturdays,
February 22, 2014; Deadline to Register: Feb. 8, 2014
March 22, 2014; Deadline to Register: March 8, 2014
April 12, 2014; Deadline to Register: March 29, 2013
May 10, 2014; Deadline to Register: April 26, 2014
Time: 1 – 3 PM
Limit: Maximum 15
GIRL SCOUT GARDENING GURUS
Join Bucky Smith, master gardener, and learn how to landscape
your own dream garden using your favorite plants, patterns,
shapes and color(s). Bring an empty egg carton to plant seeds for
an experiment with water and sunlight. Bring a digital camera to
take shots of your favorite plants in the Kids Go Green!
Environmental Center and Gardens. Learn how to create a
container garden.
Ages: Juniors
Date: Saturday, March 28, 2015
Deadline to register: Saturday, March 7, 2015
Time: 10:00 AM – noon
Fee: $12 per girl, leaders free, adults and tagalongs pay regular
museum admission: under 3 free, children 3-17 $6, seniors $7,
adults $8
Limit: maximum 12, minimum 6
Our policy for registration :
Payment in full is required to register your child for
a camp/class/workshop. Camp/class/workshop fees
are fully refundable until fourteen days before the
start date. Refunds will not be given for absences or
"no-shows." We reserve the right to cancel a class
due to low enrollment. Fees for classes cancelled by
the museum will be fully refundable.
Winter snow policy:
Our winter snow policy follows that of the Oak Ridge
School System: if Oak Ridge schools are closed for a
snow emergency, the museum is closed and classes
are cancelled. If museum classes are cancelled due to
inclement weather, they will be made up or
rescheduled. The safety of our visitors is our
primary concern.
Marc DeRose, new ORCVB president,
to Speak at Volunteer Awards
Ceremony
The Volunteer Awards Ceremony will be on Thursday.
March 26th, at 7 PM, followed by our Annual Meeting.
Our guest speaker will be Marc DeRose. Music will be
provided by Early Bird Special.
Marc DeRose was elected as the new president of the Oak
Ridge Convention and Visitors Bureau in September 2014.
Mr. DeRose is the former Director of Rowing for the Oak
Ridge Rowing Association and currently serves as a coach
for All American Rowing Camps. He has also coached
rowing at the University of Central Florida, Columbia
University, the University of Massachusetts, and the
University of Miami. He has been a rowing coach at the
junior, NCAA, national, and international levels for fifteen
years.
Mr. DeRose is originally from Sault Ste. Marie in Canada.
He has a BS in biology from Trent University and an MS in
biology from McGill University, both in Canada. He is
married and has two daughters. His hobbies include travel
and hockey, and his ambition is to learn to fly airplanes.
Dr. Bill Miller, Senior Research Engineer at ORNL, and
mechanical engineering students from UT gave a
presentation on green living and the Living Light Solar
House at the Children’s Museum on November 20, 2014.
Students were able to explore the solar house and learn
about types of renewable energy and how it impacts their
future.
Students have been preparing for the International Festival.
Guest speakers Thomas Sauer and Mike Hickman, teacher
sponsors for the ORHS International Club, and students
from Oak Ridge High School – Grace Malone, Daniel
Malagon, and Gabriel Vaculiac - shared their knowledge of
countries and cultures around the world at the YAC
meeting on December 18, 2014. The students voted for
China as the country they will represent for the
International Festival. They have researched natural
history, geography, climate, food, agriculture, government
and economy, art, music, literature, and religion. They have
been busy preparing spring rolls and chicken stir-fry as a
part of their booth at the International Festival.
Guest speaker Wenting Pi from the Confucius Institute at
UT shared Chinese culture and traditions with the students
on January 22, 2015. Students also prepared posters and
delicious cuisine representing China.
Celebration for the Young Child
Children’s Museum of Oak Ridge will be presenting
Celebration for the Young Child on Friday, April 17, 2015,
from 10 AM – 1 PM. There will be special entertainment,
crafts, stories, fitness activities, and more!
Museum exhibits will be open: TVA Waterworks, Puppet
Room, Dollhouse, the Rainforest, the World of Trains, the
Appalachian exhibit and other favorites.
After School Club
By Carroll Welch
Students from Glenwood, Linden, and Willow Brook have
been busy learning about healthy living. Presenter Abbie
Cary from UT Extension Office of Family and Consumer
Science shared two programs: “Eat a Rainbow” and “All
About Pumpkins.” Karen Savino from Tennessee
Consumer Education Program will be teaching “Kitchen
Science” this spring. Other programs include UT “House of
Math” and 4-H leadership programs.
United Way of Anderson County
provides support for the Preschool and
After School programs.
Community Partner
A YAC member does a presentation on the foods of China.
(photo by Kay Brookshire)
Oak Ridge Preschool Program
By Carroll Welch and Pam Williams
Children from the Oak Ridge Schools’ Preschool are
participating in exploring museum exhibits with special
guest speakers, experiencing hands-on learning in the
museum’s Environmental Learning Center and Gardens,
and enjoying creative art, puppetry and music. They are
also participating in creative movement, working in
cooperative learning centers, and discovering a world of
multi-cultural learning. These programs provide activities
that will build self-esteem, enhance skill building activities,
and promote an appreciation of cultural differences.
Youth Advisory Council
By Carroll Welch
Members of the Youth Advisory Council show o ff a dish they prepared.
(photo by Kay Brookshire)
New Preschool teacher Joy Arehart (photo by Mollie Flynn)
Our new teacher this January is Joy Arehart. Joy brings a
wealth of experience to the program. She has a Bachelor of
Science from the University of Tennessee and an MS from
Tennessee Tech, and she is certified by the University of
Tennessee in special education. Joy has taught in special
education at all levels and has 28 years of experience at the
preschool level.
Girl Scouts Act as Docents
By Jackie Shipman
In celebration of the birthday of Juliette Gordon Low, the
founder of Girl Scouting in the United States, Cadette
Troop 21048 became docents for a day at the Girl Scout
exhibit. The girls were available to answer questions about
the founding of Girl Scouting in the U.S. and in Oak Ridge
and to discuss the significance of the exhibit and the
artifacts it contains.
demonstrated, once again, their valuable support for the
Museum and the children and families of our community.
Their generosity is forever appreciated.
We would like to thank the following sponsors and donors:
The Babcock and Wilcox Company; Karen’s Jewelers; Dr.
Ed Kahn; Larry and Marge Burkholder; Merrick and
Company; Oak Ridge Associated Universities; Jim and
Ronnie Bogard; Chris Clark; Consolidated Nuclear
Security, LLC; Eagle Bend Manufacturing, Inc.;
Information International Associates, Inc.; TRU Waste
Processing Center; Fred and Sandra Barry; Centrus Energy
Corporation; Energy Solutions; Isotek Systems; K-9
Search on Site; James Keeton and LaFaye Krohn; George
and Michelle Solomon; UCOR; UT-Battelle; Avisco; Barr
Technical Services; Dade Moeller and Associates; Steve
and Mary Ann Damos; John and Frances Drake; East
Tennessee Foundation; Enrichment Federal Credit Union;
Dean and Melinda Evasius; Gordon and Miriam Fee;
Sandra and Barry Guryan; Nancy Harrison and Bill
Roberts; Mark and Teresa Harvey; Charlie Hensley; Nick
and Pat Imperato; MS Technology; Dr. Thom Mason and
Jennifer MacGillivray; Susan McCarthy; Senator Randy
McNally; Jan and Charles Melcher; ORNL Federal Credit
Union; Jean-François and Donna Reat; Sexton Automotive
of Oak Ridge; TN Bank; Bill and Carroll Welch; Paul and
Pam Williams.
Kids in Action!
Pictured from left to right are: Corrine Bailey, Maxine Nam, Claire Gibson,
Christina Thomas, Victoria Baldwin, and Corinne Hersha.
Gala 2014
By Carroll Welch and Pam Williams
The Kids in Action! mascot, Peppy
Pepper, is ready to start helping
children and their families learn
about healthy lifestyles. Kids in
Action! is a sister program to Kids
Go Green! and will have its own
exhibit and supporting programs
that include in-house classes, day
camps, museum after-school programs, outreach programs
to area schools, and teacher workshops. In addition there
will be a Kids in Action! traveling trunk that will be
available for outreach programs and classroom use.
Garden Manager Bucky Smith and Education Director
Lorraine Bowen already are developing this resource, and
plans are underway for programs and events for local
schools. Layout and construction of the exciting new
exhibit has begun, too. Check on Twitter and Facebook for
frequent updates on Kids in Action!.
Kids in Action! is being funded through a generous grant
from the Institute of Museum and Library Services and
through private donations.
(Photo by Robert Welton)
Children’s Museum of Oak Ridge celebrated one of the
major cultural influences of our region with its gala, ‘A
Celtic Holiday,” at the museum on Friday, December 5,
2014. The food, music, art, and dance of the Scots and Irish
were featured throughout the evening. The splendid hors
d’oeuvres and dinner were catered by the Scottish Cottage
from Asheville, NC. Entertainment was provided by the
ORHS string quartet, the ORHS chorus, Celtic harpist
Becky Hook, the Good Thymes Ceilidh Band and the
Knoxville Pipes and Drums. Dancer Katelyn Fraker
performed traditional Highland dances. This fundraising
event supports our educational programs and exhibits,
including our After School Program for at-risk children,
our outreach programs, and scholarships for classes and
camps. CMOR began as an answer to the needs of the
community, and it continues to be our goal to provide
valuable services and enrichment for the children and
families of our region. The staff, volunteers, board of
trustees, and the gala host committee are grateful for our
guests. Their contributions to the annual fund drive
Kids Go Green! News
Kids Go Green! is an educational program
dedicated to the idea that the backyard is
the ecological center of communities and lives.
Understanding the link between personal actions and nature
is the key to improving the ecological world. Through the
Kids Go Green! Environmental Center and Gardens,
CMOR encourages healthy habits by developing young
minds, bodies, and spirits through eco-action, healthy
eating, and exercise. While teaching the path of farm to
fork, Children’s Museum instills healthy living habits in
children that can be incorporated during childhood and
maintained throughout life.
This past summer we welcomed our Master Gardener
intern, Amy Potter, who worked with us throughout the
autumn. The Kids Go Green! Club, Wednesday Academy,
the After School Club, and the Youth Advisory Council al
have ongoing garden projects. We worked on wildlife
gardens with Roane County extension agent Grant Palmer
and with Dr. Bill Miller of UT began planning a permanent
interpretive program on thermal solar systems called Fire
and Ice.
To read Garden Manager Bucky Smith’s full report on
activities in the garden, please visit the website:
http://childrensmuseumofoakridge.org/kids-go-green/.
Garden Tours will resume on Sunday, March 15, 2015
and will be held the third Sunday each month through
October. These tours now include the Living Light Solar
House. Please note that this is the same day that the train
garden is open; so come and enjoy all three museum
attractions! There will be three tour times available: 1:15
PM, 2:00 PM, and 2:45 PM. Please sign up at the front
desk.
Now that the new year is here, why not sign up for some of
our “green living” classes?
SUN, WATER, AND SOIL –BECOME AN ECOEXPLORER!
Kids will learn about the sun, water, and the sky overhead as a
sky watcher, and about the water and earth beneath our feet
Garden Tours will resume on Sunday, May 18, 2014 and will be
held the third Sunday each month through October. Please note
that this is the same day that the train garden is open; so come
and enjoy both museum attractions! There will be three tour
times available: 1:15 PM, 2:00 PM, and 2:45 PM. Please sign
up at the front desk.
through exploring the soil and searching for creatures.
Date: Monday, March 16, 2015
Deadline to register: Monday, February 23, 2015
Time: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Fee: $15, kids only pay
Limit: 15 kids
Kids will learn to plant from seed, root division, and cuttings.
Soil, watering, feeding, and propagation methods will be
discussed. Each kid will take a plant home.
Date: Saturday, April 18, 2015
Deadline to register: Friday, April 3, 2015
Time: 10:00 AM – noon
Fee: $10, kids only pay
Limit: 12 kids and adults
SOLAR POWER – USABLE ENERGY
Capture the sun’s rays and turn it into usable energy. Children
will work in small groups to design and construct a solar oven
using ordinary materials. Children will compare air temperature
inside their solar oven, to the temperature of the environment. All
equipment will be provided including the ingredients for “Solar
S’Mores.”
Objectives:

Children will work in teams to design and construct a
solar oven and will make predictions about how their
solar oven will work.

Children will convert natural energy into useful energy.
Date: Saturday, April 18, 2015
Deadline to register: Friday, April 3, 2015
Time: 1:00 PM – 2:45 PM
Fee: $10, kids only pay; 2 adults needed to help with the project
Limit: 12 children and 4 adults (adult parents or leaders)
KIDS GO GREEN! GARDENERS’ CLUB: “MY FIRST
GARDEN”
Learn the science of a garden and how to care for and plant the
plants you love the most! And then eat the garden’s bounty! Visit
the wildlife in the garden and become their friends while
becoming a steward of their home, the Environmental Center. So
come on along and “go green” with the Children’s Museum of
Oak Ridge.
Dates: 1st week in May 2015 (May 4 – 8) and 1st week in
August 2015 (August 3 – 7)
Deadline to register: Two weeks before date
Time: 9:00 AM – 11:45 AM
Fee: $ 12.00 per person per day for 5 days or $55.00 per week
per person.
Limit: 8 children and 4 adults (adult parents or leaders)
Photographs by D. Ray Smith
FAMILY 3K WILDFLOWER HIKE ON THE
NORTHRIDGE TRAIL
Learn how plant and animal worlds depend upon and relate to
each other, see animals in their natural habitat, hike the North
Ridge Trail, learn to identify plants and trees, and much more!
Bring a sack lunch and a drink.
Date: Saturday, March 21, 2015
Deadline to register: Friday, March 6, 2015
Time: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Fee: $10; kids and adults pay (covers admission to the museum)
Limit: 20 kids and adults
GIRL SCOUT GARDENING GURUS
Join Bucky Smith, master gardener, and learn how to landscape
your own dream garden using your favorite plants, patterns,
shapes and color(s). Bring an empty egg carton to plant seeds for
an experiment with water and sunlight. Bring a digital camera to
take shots of your favorite plants in the Kids Go Green!
Environmental Center and Gardens. Learn how to create a
container garden.
Ages: Juniors
Date: Saturday, March 28, 2015
Deadline to register: Saturday, March 7, 2015
Time: 10:00 AM – noon
Fee: $12 per girl, leaders free, adults and tagalongs pay regular
museum admission: under 3 free, children 3-17 $6, seniors $7,
adults $8
Limit: maximum 12, minimum 6
GARDENING WITH KIDS AND THEIR FAMILIES
SOME OF MY FAVORITES:
PHOTOS BY RAY SMITH
This exhibit is a wonderful selection of favorite images
from Ray Smith’s archives of nature photographs. His
images depict wildflowers, trees, rivers and streams from
various East Tennessee locations including the UT
Arboretum and Frozen Head State Park.
D. RAY SMITH
D. Ray Smith is well known to most Oak Ridgers. He is
the Historian at the Y-12 Security Complex, a journalist for
the Oak Ridger newspaper and he also serves on a number
of boards of directors for local non-profit organizations.
Ray has lived in Oak Ridge for 44 years with his wife
Fanny. They have two sons and five grandchildren. Ray is
often found at community events taking photos that he
generously shares with the public.
Ray has co-produced several award-winning documentary
films, publishes two weekly Oak Ridge history newspaper
columns, “Historically Speaking” and “Y-12: Local
Treasure and National Resource,” and he has published 10
books on the history of Oak Ridge. He has won numerous
awards for his work.
Mollie Flynn
Apart from his history projects and community service,
Ray has always had a love of nature and nature
photography. He began his photography career while
serving in the U.S. Air Force in Vietnam where he
purchased his first quality camera, a Canon FTb.
Ray has partnered with Harvey Towns of the Appalachian
Frame Shop to produce this 40-piece exhibit. Prints of
these images may be ordered from the Appalachian Frame
Shop.
Nelya Grace
Kay Brookshire
One of Ray’s beautiful photos
Special Volume donated to CMOR
Joyce Maienschein, the eponymous troop leader honored
by our Girl Scouting exhibit, has donated a copy of “These
Are Our Voices: The Story of Oak Ridge, 1942-1970”
signed by twenty of the authors whose essays are included.
This book was commissioned by Children’s Museum of
Oak Ridge and was edited by Jim Overholt in the late
1980s. This special autographed volume was sold online to
a friend of Joyce’s daughter Jane and then made its way to
Joyce. We are very grateful that Joyce sent the volume on
to us.
The book will be put on display at the museum. In the
meantime, people interested in viewing the book may
contact Margaret Allard at (865) 482-1074.
Nonautographed copies of “These Are Our Voices” are
available in our museum store and on our website.
Our Expert Photographers
Children’s Museum of Oak Ridge is fortunate to have an
excellent group of photographers who document museum
events. Mollie Flynn, Kay Brookshire, Nelya Grace, and
Rob Welton have taken many of the beautiful photographs
that you see in this newsletter and on our website. We
thank them for all they do!
Rob Welton
We hope you will visit Rob Welton’s website,
http://welton.zenfolio.com, to see photos by Rob, Nelya,
and Mollie from our gala and other events. Some of Kay’s
work can be seen on our Youth Advisory Council webpage,
http://www.childrensmuseumofoakridge.org/youthadvisory-council/. (The photos here are by Rob, Mollie,
and Nelya.)
Letter From the Director
Children’s Museum of Oak Ridge
461 West Outer Drive
Oak Ridge, TN 37830
January 2015
Dear Friends,
In 2014, Children’s Museum was busy transforming, building, growing,
and exploring. We continually seek to embrace new possibilities as we
move forward with our mission to enrich, inspire, and improve the lives
of children in East Tennessee.
Executive Director
Mary Ann Damos
CMOR is transforming its exhibit spaces to include the beloved Rocket
Room, which is nearing completion. This has been a wonderful
cooperative effort between Y-12, the NASA Space Center in Huntsville,
Knoxville Area Model Railroaders, and many volunteers. The
transformed exhibit will soon be renamed the Mars Rocket Room and will
feature a refurbished rocket, a model of the Space Shuttle, an Apollo
Rocket model, a hands-on Mars land rover, a tunnel, and a climbing area.
The exhibit will open up many possibilities for STEAM (Science,
Technology, Engineering, Art, Math) classes, workshops, and summer
camps.
Board of Trustees
In September of 2014 the museum received a grant from the Institute for
Museum and Library Services for a Kids in Action! Healthy Living
Initiative. This will include building a healthy living exhibit, offering fun
healthy living educational programs as well as presenting engaging
outreach programs centered on Kids in Action! Discovery Cases. This
new initiative will build on existing healthy living programs at the
museum and work cooperatively with its “sister” exhibit, Kids Go Green!
Environmental Center and Gardens. These programs/exhibits target the
rising challenge of childhood obesity and accompanying serious health
problems. The Kids in Action! exhibit will offer an area for exercise as
well as a section to learn about healthy nutrition. These exhibits and
programs will be a great example of the museum’s theme of “learning
through play.”
The museum’s attendance continues to grow, enabling CMOR to offer
valuable hands-on learning experiences to kids from many areas
throughout East Tennessee. We continue to explore new ways to serve the
community and its families. So we are always interested in hearing what
your interests are and value any suggestions that you might have for us.
Please keep in touch and visit the museum often! Explore our new and
established exhibits where there is always something for the whole
family!
Best Regards,
Mary Ann Damos
Deputy Director
Carroll Welch
Officers
Pat Imperato, Pres.
Ryan Chinn, V.P
Chris Clark, Treas.
Tracey Beckendorf-Edou, Secy.
Board Members
Tom Beehan
Rhonda Bogard
Dean Evasius
Bill Garibay
Kathryn Howe
Scott Jamison
Lee McGetrick
LaToya Myles
Veronica O’Hearn
Rebecca Rupp
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Photos by Robert Welton
CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF OAK RIDGE
Winter 2015 Donation Form
Play. Learn. Grow.
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