 The museum is open: Monday - Friday two sessions a day 9:30 to 11:00 11:30 to 1:00 |
The Brookhaven National Laboratory Science Museum offers free programs in the museum to students in the first grade through eighth grade. The programs focus on the physical sciences and utilize the inquiry method of teaching. All of the science museum programs address the New York State Math & Technology Standard 1 - Scientific Inquiry and standard 4 - Science in the Physical Setting. Some of the programs address Standard 5 - Technology. "Discoveries in Science" are offered to grades 1-3. "Investigations in Science" are offered to grades 4-6. "Inquiries in Science" are offered to grades 6-8. The museum is opened to Scouts, Enrichment Programs, Science Clubs & Camps during school vacations. The museum has a capacity of 90 children for each time period with a minimum group size of 15. |
To come to Brookhaven, you need to provide a bus or van for transportation around the Lab site. There are no accommodations for lunch.
Tours are on weekdays only, advance reservations are required.
Call 631 344-4495 or e-mail rfernow@bnl.gov.
The Laboratory is located on William Floyd Parkway (County Road 46), one-and-a-half miles north of Exit 68 of the Long Island Expressway.
BNL sponsors three major competitions for budding scientists.
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basswood bridges to the ultimate pressure test, and compete for
an expenses-paid trip to the international competition!
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every spring, in cooperation with the Suffolk County Technology
Education Association (SCTEA), Hofstra University, and the Long
Island Technology Administrators' Association.
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