{"id":585,"date":"2017-10-11T18:04:29","date_gmt":"2017-10-11T18:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/earthsciencemuseum.org\/wordpress\/?page_id=585"},"modified":"2018-02-28T03:54:52","modified_gmt":"2018-02-28T03:54:52","slug":"volunteer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/earthsciencemuseum.org\/wordpress\/volunteer\/","title":{"rendered":"Volunteer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Since the concept and plans for the University of Arizona&#8217;s Mineral, Mining, &amp; Natural Resources Education Museum are still under development, volunteer opportunities involving the new museum are somewhat limited at this time.\u00a0 However, you can help with two on-going ESM activities.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong>The first activity involves a science resource lending library for Title 1 schools in the Phoenix area.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Our educational outreach program served only a limited number of these schools, and through this interaction we learned that the Title 1 schools face significant challenges with limited to almost no science education resources and high teacher turnover.\u00a0\u00a0 As a result, the ESM applied for and received a grant from the Staples Foundation to establish a lending library of educational materials that will be managed through school districts.\u00a0 We are piloting this program with the Roosevelt School District, and hands-on kits of minerals, rocks, and fossils represent the first library offering.\u00a0 Volunteers are needed to help with developing and assembling such kits.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Community outreach events are another area for volunteer involvement.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The Flagg Gem &amp; Mineral Show, which is typically held during first weekend in January, represents our largest event.\u00a0 The ESM is continuing the &#8220;e<em>gg carton<\/em>&#8221; program which was started by the Arizona Leaverite Rock &amp; Gem Society.\u00a0 For one dollar, students can build their own personal collection of twelve rocks, minerals, or fossils.\u00a0 Each sample has a label identifying the specimen and its locality.\u00a0 Help is needed in guiding students with their collections and in ensuring that items are properly labeled.\u00a0 The ESM also sets up a sales booth and a free fluorescent mineral display at the Flagg Show.\u00a0 Both activities are very popular, and volunteers are needed during the three day event.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since the concept and plans for the University of Arizona&#8217;s Mineral, Mining, &amp; Natural Resources Education Museum are still under development, volunteer opportunities involving the new museum are somewhat limited at this time.\u00a0 However, you can help with two on-going ESM activities. The first activity involves a science resource lending library for Title 1 schools [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template_fullwidth.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/earthsciencemuseum.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/585"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/earthsciencemuseum.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/earthsciencemuseum.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/earthsciencemuseum.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/earthsciencemuseum.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=585"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/earthsciencemuseum.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":664,"href":"http:\/\/earthsciencemuseum.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/585\/revisions\/664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/earthsciencemuseum.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}