STEM DAY AT THE FLORIDA CAPITOL ADVOCATES FOR A FUTUE OF INNOVATION AND PROSPERITY Tallahassee, Fla. – January 28, 2022 –The Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention and leaders from science centers and museums from around the state assembled during STEM Day at the Florida Capitol on January 25, 2022. The goal was to engage legislators about the critical role that Science Centers and museums play with inspiring and creating the STEM workforce of tomorrow while also advocating for increased funding to support these efforts. Participants were stationed inside and outside the Capitol building with experiments, displays, robots and more! Throughout the day, state legislators took part in hands-on activities while learning how STEM education helps grow Florida’s technological workforce. Science museums act as a hub for STEM learning and can easily facilitate opportunities between industry, education and the public. Collaborations between science museums, corporations and education are key to developing a comprehensive approach to promote STEM learning from cradle to career. The challenges of the past 18 months have reminded all of us that science matters now more than ever. Science literacy not only leads to a better understanding of life’s problems, but it promotes the development of skills to help solve them. Through study and experimentation, we acquire knowledge, which leads to understanding, innovation and ultimately prosperity. Our youth can save the world and science can help them do it. “We are in the middle of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, seamlessly blending our digital and physical worlds. Technology is evolving so quickly, we don’t know what the future will look like, but we do know how we can prepare for it,” says Stephanie Bailes, CEO & President of the Cade Museum. “We can teach our children to think like inventors, to be creative and problem solve, to work in teams and explore new perspectives, and to learn how to be fueled by failure rather than fear it.” During STEM Day at the Capitol, participating partners, including student groups, shared their passion for science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) with legislators, demonstrating the impact that their efforts can have on economic development across the state. Displays will reinforce how science museums light the spark of curiosity, promote future careers and build essential 21st century skills while also illustrating how increased funding could expand these efforts. STEM DAY 2022 PARTICIPANTS:
WHEN: Tuesday, January 25, 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. WHERE: Florida Capitol Courtyard & Rotundas 400 S. Monroe Street, Tallahassee, FL 3299 Go to https://www.osc.org/blog for more information about the 2022 STEM Day at the Florida Capitol. About the Cade Museum The Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention, a museum in Gainesville, Florida is committed to transforming communities by inspiring and equipping future inventors, entrepreneurs, and visionaries. Since opening in 2018, more than 100,000 visitors have experienced the Cade’s unique hands-on programming for children designed to spark imagination and inspire creativity. The Cade’s programs also help to build bridges to the innovation economy for those without access, low-income families, underserved communities, and those needing assistance to access education and start on the career paths available to them to fulfill their dreams. To learn more about the Cade Museum’s mission, visit cademuseum.org. Located at 811 S Main Street, Gainesville, Florida. Hours of operation: Thursday-Friday, noon to 5 p.m. and Saturday-Sunday from 10 a.m - 5 p.m. ### Photos: 1) Kathryn Rohlwing, Senior Marketing Manager (left) and Melissa Aguiar, Development Intern (right) visit the Florida State Capitol for STEM Day 2) The Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention and leaders from science centers and museums from around the state assembled during STEM Day at the Florida Capitol on January 25, 2022.
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The Cade illuminates new learning pathways with Head StartMedia contact: Kathryn Rohlwing, Senior Marketing Manager, krohlwing@cademuseum.org
GAINESVILLE, FLA., January 20, 2022—The Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention and Episcopal Children’s Services are teaming up to make a difference in the lives of toddlers and young children. The Cade is on a mission to build bridges and create new spaces for fun and learning inside and outside the museum’s iconic copper-and-glass building, sparking a curiosity for all things science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics (STEAM). A new pilot program with Episcopal Children’s Services (ECS) will bring the Cade’s unique STEAM education to Head Start participants at two ECS sites, Northwood and Nanny’s Loving Arms. Head Start is a comprehensive early learning program that ensures readiness for school in its young participants (ages 3-5) and works to increase parental knowledge in children’s growth and development. “We are thrilled to be working with Episcopal Children’s Services on Head Start,” says Jody Farmer, Senior Director of Outreach for the Cade Museum. “It’s never too early to build a foundation of STEAM learning and have fun while doing it! Reaching the youngest children in our community is vital for setting them up for success later in life.” A relationship long in the making, the Cade has worked with the Head Start program since the museum opened in 2018. Initially led by the Early Learning Coalition of Alachua County, Head Start has co-hosted an annual breakfast with the Cade every December and ongoing programming in the museum. The Cade will pilot its new outreach initiative with Episcopal Children’s Services by conducting site visits to lead fun activities that spark young imaginations. The learning program works from Black and White Rabbit’s ABC Book by Alan Baker, presenting activities related to preschoolers’ affinity for colors, shapes, ABCs and 1,2,3s. Through the Cade-ECS Head Start programs, young participants can engage with the Baker-inspired rabbit tales through hands-on activities like building their own bunny ears. A take-home component allows families to share in the learning. Additionally, the Cade will offer continued learning opportunities through free museum memberships for participants and their families. “Our goal is to slowly expand our offerings,” explained Patty Lipka, the Cade’s Director of Experiential Education. “This is a short program, just two months of weekly programming at two ECS sites, but we are hoping to take these activities and curriculum to two more sites, and then another two. Our goal is to have offered this programming at all ECS sites by the end of 2022.” This pilot program bolsters ECS in its mission to help Northeast and Central Florida families by building a solid foundation for educational success. Working with children from birth to age 5, the most critical years for cognitive development, the organization employs dedicated instructors and staff who teach from curriculums based on the latest research and best practices to help ensure school readiness. “This partnership allows our children and families to be immersed in the creative world of the arts and sciences and provides enriching hands-on opportunities that they may not otherwise be afforded,” said Chief Executive Officer Connie Stophel. “We are grateful for partners like the Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention who help us provide our children a head start in life.” About Episcopal Children’s Services Episcopal Children’s Services serves more than 25,000 children and their families in 14 counties in Florida. ECS offers School Readiness, Head Start and Early Head Start programs in Baker, Bradford, Clay, Duval, Nassau, Putnam, St. Johns, Marion, Dixie, Gilchrist, Lake, Levy, Citrus and Alachua counties. ECS uses research and best practices to help families ensure their children enter school ready to learn. Talented, dedicated teachers and staff work proactively with children from birth to age five and their families to build a strong educational foundation. Visit www.ecs4kids.org/programs/head-start/ for more information. About the Cade Museum The Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention, a museum in Gainesville, Florida is committed to transforming communities by inspiring and equipping future inventors, entrepreneurs, and visionaries. Since opening in 2018, more than 100,000 visitors have experienced the Cade’s unique hands-on programming for children designed to spark imagination and inspire creativity. The Cade’s programs also help to build bridges to the innovation economy for those without access, low-income families, underserved communities, and those needing assistance to access education and start on the career paths available to them to fulfill their dreams. To learn more about the Cade Museum’s mission, visit cademuseum.org. Located at 811 S Main Street, Gainesville, Florida. Hours of operation: Thursday-Friday, noon to 5 p.m. and Saturday-Sunday from 10 a.m - 5 p.m. ### Tech Tapestry: Threads of Invention unravels the amazing evolution of textile technology GAINESVILLE, FLA., January 10, 2022—Visitors to the Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention will discover a patchwork of wonders in an all new museum-wide theme Tech Tapestry: Threads of Invention and its accompanying exhibit Fabric Frontiers: Textiles and Technology. Running Feb. 3-May 29, 2022, the surprise-filled theme and exhibit go beyond the fabrics of fashion and furniture. They explore innovations that span from the South Pole to outer space and the vast expanse of the internet. In Tech Tapestry, the life and work of the textile craft’s inventors and artisans unfurl onto imaginative displays of bios, stories and infographics. Each space of the museum explores a different aspect of textiles. In the Creativity Lab, visitors can discover how textiles are made, from yarn to garment. They can spin yarn from fiber, stretch slime into gooey threads, and design their own runway-ready fashions. In the Fab Lab, kids and adults can explore 3D printed textiles and piece together an electronic quilt. In the theme’s special exhibit, Fabric Frontiers, visitors can take a deeper dive into the world of textiles. The latest, freezing-cold-protective outerwear worn by Antarctic explorers adds an undeniable cool factor. One display jets back to the lunar landing, when NASA turned to older female garment workers to send astronauts to the moon. In 1965, one could have observed a dozen women passing needles through metal eyelets in an activity that could have been mistaken for weaving. But, they were weaving ferrite core beads and copper wire—creating computer memory. Nearby, a craft activity invites visitors to mimic textile-inspired technology using large threads to weave messages in binary code. This way, kids and adults can learn hands-on about hard drives stitched by “little old ladies” for the Apollo Guidance Computer. “In signature Cade fashion, STEAM learning is infused into new interactive activities in Tech Tapestry,” said Cade Museum Executive Director Stephanie Bailes. “I’m proud of the many ways our educators mix fun and learning. They never fail to surprise us with new approaches and learning outcomes.” For the ultimate STEAM-powered cross-pollination, everyone should dabble, at least once, with the exhibition’s digital loom. Guests can feed the clever machine a stack of cards that holds a hidden pattern. With each punch card, the loom reveals a row of colored lights. Visitors can copy the patterned lights with colored pencils, one row at a time, to complete a picture. Indeed, magic comes from weaving together different disciplines. Discovering those common threads lies at the heart of Tech Tapestryand the Cade Museum’s mission to spark wonder in us all. About the Cade Museum The Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention, a museum in Gainesville, Florida is committed to transforming communities by inspiring and equipping future inventors, entrepreneurs, and visionaries. Since opening in 2018, more than 100,000 visitors have experienced the Cade’s unique hands-on programming for children designed to spark imagination and inspire creativity. The Cade’s programs also help to build bridges to the innovation economy for those without access, low-income families, underserved communities, and those needing assistance to access education and start on the career paths available to them to fulfill their dreams. To learn more about the Cade Museum’s mission, visit cademuseum.org. Located at 811 S Main Street, Gainesville, Florida. Hours of operation: Thursday-Friday, noon to 5 p.m. and Saturday-Sunday from 10 a.m - 5 p.m.
 Cade Codebotics Club sparks curiosity in technologyPlant those seeds of tech and AI curiosity early by encouraging children grades 3-6 to enroll in the Codebotics Club at the Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention. In Codebotics Club, children learn how to use coding to control robots through exciting challenges, featuring Dash robots from Wonder Workshop. Participants will be placed into teams and work on solving puzzles and navigating obstacle courses. Each week, new knowledge and skills are layered on, culminating in a public exhibition and competition in May. The skills learned in Codebotics are not only fun, but vital to preparing children for their futures. The World Economic Forum report states that nearly a third of the most important skillsets in 2025 will comprise technology skills not yet imperative today. “The Cade Museum’s vision to spread an inventive mindset around the world,” says Stephanie Bailes, President & Executive Director of the Cade Museum. “We are in the middle of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, seamlessly blending our digital and physical worlds. Technology is evolving so quickly, we don’t know what the future will look like, but we do know how we can prepare for it. We can teach our children to think like inventors, to be creative and problem solve, to work in teams and explore new perspectives, and to learn how to be fueled by failure rather than fear it. Codebotics is an exciting new addition to the Cade’s slate of programming that will introduce children to what will one day become everyday technology—robotics.” Codebotics layers learning opportunities with each session building on skills that participants learn in the previous session. That’s why it’s recommended that students commit to attending every session. Jan. 18-Feb. 8 is open registration; club dates after Feb. 8 are available to returning participants only. Even if your children’s high school graduation day may be a long way off, engaging them in fun, STEM-focused activities and experimentation will lay the groundwork for that someday job offer, internship, or game-changing idea. Program Costs: A one-time $150 down payment is required for registration and is due at the student's first class. Weekly classes are $15 per session, including the first session. Cade Museum Members receive 10% off the down payment and weekly fees. Students must be registered weekly. Codebotics meets from 5 to 7 p.m. every Tuesday from Jan. 18 to May 17 (excluding March 22). Open registration dates are Tuesdays, Jan. 18 through Feb. 8. Returning participants only thereafter. About the Cade Museum The Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention, a museum in Gainesville, Florida, is committed to transforming communities by inspiring and equipping future inventors, entrepreneurs and visionaries. Since opening in 2018, more than 100,000 visitors have experienced the Cade’s unique hands-on programming for children designed to spark imagination and inspire creativity. The Cade’s programs also help to build bridges to the innovation economy for those without access, low-income families, underserved communities, and those needing assistance to access education and start on the career paths available to them to fulfill their dreams. To learn more about the Cade Museum’s mission, visit cademuseum.org. Located at 811 S Main Street, Gainesville, Florida. Hours of operation: Thursday-Friday, noon to 5 p.m., Saturday-Sunday from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.  |
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