Elena Frederick will teach Spanish classes to our youngest members at ExplorationWorks free of charge from January 27 through March 24, 2010. Spanish class will continue to be offered on Wednesdays after March 24th for a monthly fee of $40 for members and $45 for non-members. For more information please contact Christine Thennis at christinet@explorationworks.org or call 406-457-1800 ext. 2.

Exploration works will begin a new Passports series that will highlight a different region of the world every few months. The first region to be highlighted is the Middle East and will include an Explore After Hours for adults only on January 20th from 6-8 p.m. The event will include information about various aspects of Middle Eastern culture from local interests, henna, Middle Eastern foods and art. Following the Explore After Hours event, ExplorationWorks will offer an after-school program for grades 4-8 exploring the culture of the Middle East. This class will run 9 weeks and the students will celebrate with friends and family during the last class by preparing a feast and highlighting the language, music and art they have learned about. Another region will follow at the conclusion of the Middle East. Anyone with ideas or interest in volunteering to help ExplorationWorks teach our community about an interesting area of the world please contact Christine Thennis at christinet@explorationworks.org or call 406-457-1800 ext. 2.

In June of this year ExWorks found out that we were one of 13 science centers nationally to receive a NASA grant for the promotion of NASA educational objectives. The 4–year grant for $499,048 will support our collaboration with MIT, as together we develop exhibits and programs that deal with the exploration of space and with the underlying science, engineering and math that supports that exploration.

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