Explore the recently opened Cellphone: Unseen Connections exhibit at the National Museum of Natural History and participate in hands-on, object-based activities to discover how cellphones, a historically transformational object, can serve as a hook to teach about the environment, culture, technology, and society. Encourage students to think critically about the broader impacts of technology innovations from environmental shifts to cultural implications. Experience conversation boards, the Exploded Object thinking routine, the Phone of the Future board game, and other learning activities adaptable to a wide range of contexts! Leave with new ideas and access to a free digital Educator Toolkit, printable Do-it-Yourself (DIY) exhibit panels, and poster.
Marion Le Voyer, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Nicole Webster, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
