A museum-based educational effort to engage students in their community during the school day. Offering ideas that readers can use in their communities, this book demonstrates the viability of merging formal and informal learning. It will be useful to those interested in and charged with educating children.

With the current increased focus on accountability and achievement, less attention and importance is given to community-based learning experiences. This book demonstrates the viability of merging formal and informal learning and using community venues as an extension of the classroom. All those interested in and charged with educating children will find this book useful in exploring powerful learning experiences that occur outside traditional classroom settings.