Biophilia Education Series

In collaboration with Björk and The Creators Project, NYSCI is producing education programs for children, as well as a multimedia installation, as part of Björk’s Biophilia residency in New York City.   Fifty local middle school students will participate in the Biophilia Education Series. Students will explore the fundamentals of music composition and production using a suite of iPad apps created by Björk for her latest project, Biophilia, in which each of the album’s 10 songs delves into a scientific concept.

Students will also participate in demonstrations and hands-on activities led by NYSCI instructors that explore the scientific themes of Biophilia, including lunar phases, DNA, dark matter, viruses, equilibrium and more.

 Students participating in the Biophilia Education Series are from middle schools in NYSCI’s neighboring communities of Corona and Flushing. The schools are partners in NYSCI Neighbors, a community participation program begun by NYSCI in 2011. In partnership with nearby schools, NYSCI Neighbors encourages non-traditional museumgoers to see cultural institutions (like NYSCI) as resources for lifelong family learning and involvement. In its inaugural year, more than 120 families joined NYSCI Neighbors. In 2012, the program is expanding into 25 additional schools.  