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ExplorationWorks will be CLOSED Tuesday May 20th to begin the exhibit change over
Explore the Air
An exposition of interactive exhibits and displays about air flow, aerodynamics, wind power and more!

February - May
Sponsored by
Fast Enterprises
Science of Invention
Come discover really remarkable inventions that repeat, rotate, and roll!

Explore our wide variety of interactive, hands-on exhibits that will
challenge your perceptions,
attract you to the world of magnets,
and transform your notions of geometry and shapes!
The Helena Area Kids Management Authority (KMA)
Would like to invite youth to
participate in an art show

All work will be displayed the week of May 6th – 11th at ExWorks

Do you have a science question for Kyle?
    Email him at:
kylesscience@explorationworks.org
    Every two weeks, he will answer his favorite question on TV!!
    Maybe you can even appear with him live on HCTV.
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Sunday April 27th
2 & 4 pm - Join us for 2 presentations of Southward Bound, presented by local Girl Scouts. This shortskit will bring to life the seasonal bird migration that is occurring right now in our skies.
3 pm - Migration? How do they know when to go, how come they don't get lost? - Join Carla Wambach for this hands - on workshop taling about the hows and whys of bird migration.
All Day Activities - Help us paint bird flags that will fly outside ExplorationWorks.
Saturday May 3rd
6:30am – 10am — Early morning bird hikes
Live Raptors
The Art of Birding w/Jane Beasley ( learn to draw birds )
Landscaping for Birds
Weave & build bird roosts and houses
Hands–on educational activities for all ages
For more info call 495-3711
Visit the IMBD website http://www.birdday.org

To Promote Children´s Mental Health Awareness
The Helena Area Kids Management Authority (KMA)
Would like to invite youth to participate in an art show

All work will be displayed the week of May 6th – 11th at ExWorks

DEADLINE: Art and attached Entry Form must be received by Friday, May 2.

THEME: Thriving in the Community

Purpose: The Helena Area KMA is co-sponsoring an Art Show featuring youth art that raises awareness and/or reduces stigma around children´s mental health disorders and captures or depicts the importance of youth, especially those with a mental health problem, thriving in the community. (See pg. 2 for more details about our program) Every child's mental health is important.


The Helena Area KMA is proud to co-sponsor this art show for youth to have an opportunity to be involved in our efforts to reduce stigma.
Thank you for encouraging your youth to participate!

The Helena Area KMA, a Rocky Mountain Development Council program, is part of the Montana System of Care through a grant from the Children´s Mental Health Bureau. The System of Care is a proven, national model that effectively helps youth with a serious emotional disturbance and their families work toward recovery. In Montana, the System of Care is developed and implemented at the local level. Local community teams are called a KMA (Kids Management Authority) and they partner with the family. The teams include any public or community agency the family requires services from. They work in partnership to identify, integrate, deliver, and evaluate a tailored set of services and supports that meet youth and family needs.

National statistics released in 2006 reveal that children make substantial improvements at home, at school and in the community when served through a System of Care that provides community-based services. Data released by the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration show that children and youth enrolled in a System of Care:
spend less time in inpatient care
make improvements in their overall mental health
perform better in school & higher attendance
experience fewer arrests

The overarching goal of a System of Care is to empower the individual and family to successfully manage the mental illness, strive towards recovery, and go on to live fulfilling, productive lives.
  • Mental disorders in children are just as real, common and treatable as they are in adults.
  • Many children have mental health problems
  • These problems are real, painful, and can be severe
  • Mental health problems can be recognized and successfully treated
  • Left untreated, children's mental health disorders can lead to problems at home, trouble in school and in the community, substance abuse and even suicide.
  • By working together, caring families and communities can help
  • Stigma associated with mental illness should no longer exist.


Complete Entry Form. Attach/affix to artwork.
Wrap carefully & mail or deliver to:
BY MAIL – RMDC – Attn. Pamela Helms KMA P.O. Box 1717 Helena, MT 59624

BY PERSONAL DELIVERY – 50 Park Ave., Helena, MT
This Week at ExWorks...

May 10th (3 pm)
Saturday Special:
Make a Mother's Day
Gift at ExWorks

May 12th – 5/16
Bike to Work Week:
Bike to ExWorks and
enter to win prizes!





Check out the
monthly calendar
Looking Ahead...
May 14th (7 pm)
Colonel Ken Switzer:
A talk about Coln. Switzer's experience with the Blue Angels

May 16th
Downtown Spring Artwalk:
OPEN until 10pm

May 22nd (7 – 9 pm)
Explore After Hours:
Underwater Adventures
with Terri Hamilton and Dennis Small

Kids Camps
Summer Camps 2008 :
Register now before
classes fill up

The following classes are full:

Gardenworks Minis (all three)
Intro NXT Session I
Mission NXT
In The Press
Hands-on learning at science museums
April 29, 2008  ( By JOE MENDEN, Independent Record – Associated Press )

When Staci Dawes took her East Valley Middle School health class to ExplorationWorks museum on Friday, she saw an amazing thing happen — and it wasn’t part of an exhibit...

Hours of Operation
Tuesday — Saturday........10:00 am — 6:00 pm
Wednesday Evening.........Open until 8:00 pm
Sunday..............................12:00 pm — 5:00 pm
Mondays............................Closed

Admissions
Members.................................Free
Adults.....................................$8.00
Seniors (65+).........................$6.50
Students (w / ID) ...................$6.50
Kids under 18.........................$5.50
Kids under 2............................Free


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