Children's Discovery Museum
General Information about Group Play
Pricing
Group Play $7/person
Scholarships
We offer scholarships to low-income schools and youth organizations, subject to availability. Participation in a post-visit survey is required.
Scholarships are for Group Play admission fees and/or transportation. Transportation invoices（发票）must be received within 60 days of your visit to guarantee the scholarship.
Group Size
We require one chaperone（监护人）per ten children. Failure to provide enough chaperones will result in an extra charge of $50 per absent adult.
Group Play is for groups of 10 or more with a limit of 35 people. For groups of 35 or more, please call to discuss options.
Hours
The Museum is open daily from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm.
Group Play may be scheduled during any day or time the Museum is open.
Registration Policy
Registration must be made at least two weeks in advance.
Register online or fill out a Group Play Registration Form with multiple date and start time options.
Once the registration form is received and processed, we will send a confirmation email within two business days.
Guidelines
●Teachers and chaperones should model good behavior for the group and remain with students at all times.
●Children are not allowed unaccompanied in all areas of the Museum.
●Children should play nicely with each other and exhibits.
●Use your indoor voice when at the Museum.
We journalists live in a new age of storytelling, with many new multimedia tools. Many young people don't even realize it's new. For them, it's just normal.
This hit home for me as I was sitting with my 2-year-old grandson on a sofa over the Spring Festival holiday. I had brought a children's book to read. It had simple words and colorful pictures—a perfect match for his age.
Picture this: my grandson sitting on my lap as I hold the book in front so he can see the pictures. As I read, he reaches out and pokes（戳）the page with his finger.
What's up with that? He just likes the pictures, I thought. Then I turned the page and continued. He poked the page even harder. I nearly dropped the book. I was confused: Is there something wrong with this kid?
Then I realized what was happening. He was actually a stranger to books. His father frequently amused the boy with a tablet computer which was loaded with colorful pictures that come alive when you poke them. He thought my storybook was like that.
Sorry, kid. This book is not part of your high-tech world. It's an outdated, lifeless thing. An antique, Like your grandfather. Well, I may be old, but I'm not hopelessly challenged, digitally speaking. I edit video and produce audio. I use mobile payment. I've even built websites.
There's one notable gap in my new-media experience, however: I've spent little time in front of a camera, since I have a face made for radio. But that didn't stop China Daily from asking me last week to share a personal story for a video project about the integration of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei province.
Anyway, grandpa is now an internet star—two minutes of fame! I promise not to let it go to my head. But I will make sure my 2-year-old grandson sees it on his tablet.
The elderly residents（居民）in care homes in London are being given hens to look after to stop them feeling lonely.
The project was dreamed up by a local charity（慈善组织）to reduce loneliness and improve elderly people's well-being, It is also being used to help patients suffering dementia, a serious illness of the mind. Staff in care homes have reported a reduction in the use of medicine where hens are in use.
Among those taking part in the project is 80-year-old Ruth Xavier. She said: "I used to keep hens when I was younger and had to prepare their breakfast each morning before I went to school.
"I like the project a lot. I am down there in my wheelchair in the morning letting the hens out and down there again at night to see they've gone to bed.
"It's good to have a different focus. People have been bringing their children in to see the hens and residents come and sit outside to watch them. I'm enjoying the creative activities, and it feels great to have done something useful. "
There are now 700 elderly people looking after hens in 20 care homes in the North East, and the charity has been given financial support to roll it out countrywide.
Wendy Wilson, extra care manager at 60 Penfold Street, one of the first to embark on the project, said: "Residents really welcome the idea of the project and the creative sessions. We are looking forward to the benefits and fun the project can bring to people here. "
Lynn Lewis, director of Notting Hill Pathways, said: "We are happy to be taking part in the project. It will really help connect our residents through a shared interest and creative activities. "
As we age, even if we're healthy, the heart just isn't as efficient in processing oxygen as it used to be. In most people the first signs show up in their 50s or early 60s. And among people who don't exercise, the changes can start even sooner.
"Think of a rubber band. In the beginning, it is flexible, but put it in a drawer for 20 years and it will become dry and easily broken," says Dr. Ben Levine, a heart specialist at the University of Texas. That's what happens to the heart. Fortunately for those in midlife, Levine is finding that even if you haven't been an enthusiastic exerciser, getting in shape now may help improve your aging heart.
Levine and his research team selected volunteers aged between 45 and 64 who did not exercise much but were otherwise healthy. Participants were randomly divided into two groups. The first group participated in a program of nonaerobic（无氧）exercise—balance training and weight training—three times a week. The second group did high-intensity aerobic exercise under the guidance of a trainer for four or more days a week. After two years, the second group saw remarkable improvements in heart health.
"We took these 50-year-old hearts and turned the clock back to 30-or 35-year-old hearts," says Levine. "And the reason they got so much stronger and fitter was that their hearts could now fill a lot better and pump（泵送）a lot more blood during exercise. " But the hearts of those who participated in less intense exercise didn't change, he says.
"The sweet spot in life to start exercising, if you haven't already, is in late middle age when the heart still has flexibility," Levine says. "We put healthy 70-year-olds through a yearlong exercise training program, and nothing happened to them at all. "
Dr. Nieca Goldberg, a spokeswoman for the American Heart Association, says Levine's findings are a great start. But the study was small and needs to be repeated with far larger groups of people to determine exactly which aspects of an exercise routine make the biggest difference.
Writing an essay is a difficult process for most people. However, the process can be made easier if you learn to practice three simple techniques.
When you are first trying to think of ideas for an essay, put your pen to your paper and write nonstop for ten or fifteen minutes without letting your pen leave the paper. Stay loose and free. Don't worry about grammar or spelling. Even though this technique won't work for everyone, it helps many people get a good store of ideas to draw on.
The next technique is to write your draft rapidly without worrying about being perfect. Yet, by learning to live with imperfection, you will save yourself headaches and a wastepaper basket full of crumpled（弄皱）paper. Think of your first draft as a path cut out of the jungle—as part of an exploration, not as a complete highway.
The third technique is to try printing out a triple-spaced（三倍行距）copy to allow space for revision. As a result, these writers never get in the habit of crossing out chunks（大块）of their draft and writing revisions in the blank space. After you have revised your draft until it is too messy to work from anymore, you can enter your changes into your word processor. The resulting blank space invites you to revise.
A. Let your pen follow the waves of thought.
B. Make sure your handwriting is neat.
C. The second draft of the essay should be better.
D. Too many writers try to get their drafts right the first time.
E. First of all, learn the technique of nonstop writing.
F. Then you can print out a fresh draft, again setting your text on triple-space.
G. Many beginning writers don't leave enough space to revise.
When Beverley Burdeyney turned seventy four last year, she started having problems with her 1 , notably dryness and discomfort.
"I was simply 2 a terrible experience, " Ms. Burdeyney said at her home in Toronto. "I felt so helpless and insecure because the quality of my 3 was affected. "
Ms. Burdeyney talked to some friends who had 4 problems and discovered that they were largely suffering in 5. " Nobody chooses to talk about it because it seems so 6 she said. " But more and more are suffering and lives are being 7.
Eventually, Ms. Burdeyney learned about plans for an eye research, 8 at Tel Aviv University in Israel. The research team 9 Canadian doctor Allan Slomovic, who has done10 work on eye care using stem cells. Seeing a ray of hope, Ms. Burdeyney began raising 11 for the project with a friend, Toronto businessman Meyer Zeifman. 12 she has raised $ 110, 000 with another $40, 000 13 .
"I'm trying to get more and more people to 14 that there are solutions（解决办法）said Ms. Burdeyney, a trained nurse who is still working as a personal trainer after 15 . "I say there is no old 16 , there's only neglect （忽视）. Don't stand 17 , do something about it. "
Ms. Burdeyney 18 that she is hoping to do more for the research project. "I just want to bring 19 into people eyes and this is just the 20. There is still a long way to go"
After orbiting Earth for six months, the three crew members of China's Shenzhou XIII mission departed from the Tiangong space station and returned to the mother planet on Saturday morning, (finish) the nation's longest manned spaceflight.
Major General Zhai Zhigang, was the mission commander, Senior Colonel Wang Yaping and Senior Colonel Ye Guangfu (breathe) fresh air for the first time after the half-year space journey as ground recovery personnel opened the hatch of their reentry capsule at 10:03 am.
They were then carried out one by one by ground workers and placed onto (chair) in front of the capsule.
“I am feeling very good. We want to report to the motherland and the people that we have(success) completed the Shenzhou XIII mission. We thank all the Chinese people for their support and (encourage). Our gratitude also goes to all of those (involve) in our mission who accompanied us day and night,” Zhai told China Central Television.
“It is the power and strength of our country built the high-flying space station. I am proud my great motherland,” he said.
Wang, the first Chinese woman (live) in the Tiangong station told the State broadcaster that she is very happy to return to the motherland and wants to tell her little daughter that “mom has returned after reaching for the stars”.
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I'm glad to have received your letter say that you are interested in China. Now I am writing to sincere invite you to visit China, where won't let you down. As you know, China, with a long history and great culture, have a sea of famous cities and different types of places of interesting for you to explore. Among them he can't miss the Great Wall! Beside, you can also enjoy various delicious food and convenience transport like high-speed trains and shared bikes. They are sure give you a brand new experience!
Wish you all are the best!
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