Healing Through Hands-On Science

Welcome to our Healing Through Hands-On Science Toolkit!

Healing Through Hands-On Science is a partnership between the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum and C.S. Mott Children's hospital. Together we delivered interactive, science programs in the hospital for patients and families, and health-focused programs in the museum setting for our community. In addition, we worked with two other museum/hospital pairings from around the country to help them explore their own partnership. This toolkit, which details starting your own hospital collaboration, example programs and curricula, as well as lessons learned along the way, was created as a result of our work. We wanted to share with anyone who might visit this page, but this is intended mostly for museum educators. We hope you find it useful!

 

 

Getting Started

Why Museums and Hospitals?

Connecting Your Team

Finding Funding

Tips, Tricks, and Lessons Learned

Using Volunteers in Programming

Covid-19 Pandemic Effects

 

 

Programs in the Hospital

Best Practices and Safety

Hospital Activations

Backpack Programs

Taking the Hospital Offsite

Programs in the Museum

Museum Programs - Best Practices

Working with Partners

Teddy Bear Clinic

Other Opportunities to Partner

Curriculum

Curriculum - Best Practices

 

 

Activity Guides

Bubble Wands Build a Catapult Cup Rockets Design a Wind Sock DIY Habitat Ice Fishing Instant Snow Marble Painting

Name that Scent Simple Kites Slime Somewhere Over the Rainbow Stomp Rockets Vibrating Water What's In Your Blood Youtube Video Playlist

Download the entire Healing Through Hands-On Science Toolkit here.

Contact Us

If you are interested in learning more about starting or strengthening your own museum hospital partnership, please feel free to connect with us. We’re happy to tell you more about our experiences.

	Andrea Reynolds areynolds@aahom.org
	Jayne Griffin jog@cdmfun.org	Suzanne Ness san@cdmfun.org
	Julie Piazza julipiaz@med.umich.edu
	Rachel Hamilton rhamilton@thinkeryaustin.org

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This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services [MA-20-16-0114-16]. The views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this article do not necessarily represent those of the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

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