The Exploratorium is a museum of science, art, and human perception located in San Francisco, California. Online since 1993, the Exploratorium was one of the first science museums to build a site on the World Wide Web. Included in the award-winning site are more than 18 thousand Web pages and many sound and video files, exploring hundreds of different topics. The Exploratorium's Web site is designed to extend the kinds of experiences our visitors have beyond the museum's floor. Many of the resources on the site are examples of very simple uses of information technology, but thoughtfully implemented. For example, the site contains instructions for over 500 simple experiments!
A lot of excellent work has been done by planetary scientists to bring you the best information about the planets and the latest pictures from space missions. This set of links will take you to whatever solar system tour you would like. Any of them will give you an excellent presentation.
Information on the Discovery Kids Channel with show times, a TV schedule, and games. You will also be able to watch videos, and for PreK and K kids there is a link to Paz's Place, where you can play fun games.
Emergency and Early Closing Information
MCPS Newsline: (301) 279-3673
Radio: WMAL 630 AM, WRC 980 AM
Television: Channels 4, 7, 8, 9, 24, 27, 29, 52
Bar-T Kids Club : before and after-school care, located at Burning Tree
Burning Tree location: (301) 320-8544
Main Office: (301) 948-3172
Montgomery County Board of Education (BOE)President: Michael A. Durso
Vice President: Judith Docca
Carver Educational Services Center
850 Hungerford Drive, Room 123
Rockville, MD 20850
Phone: (301) 279-3617 and fax: (301) 279-3860E-Mail:
boe@mcpsmd.org(Note: All e-mails and letters will automatically be shared with the entire board.)
Superintendent of Schools
Dr. Jack Smith
Carver Educational Services Center
850 Hungerford Drive, Room 122
Rockville, MD 20850
Phone: (301) 279-3381 or fax: (301) 279-3205
General Info: (301) 279-3391
Montgomery County Council Of Parent Teacher Associations (MCCPTA)
Phone: (301) 208-0111
Website:
www.mccpta.org Montgomery County Council
100 Maryland Avenue
Rockville, MD 20850
Phone: (240) 777-7900 or 24-hour Comment Line: (240) 777-7999. TTY: (240) 777-7914
E-Mail:
county.council@montgomerycountymd.gov (Note: All e-mails and letters will automatically be copied to all Council members)
Persons wishing to speak at any advertised public hearing may sign up to testify by calling (240) 777-7931
Council President: Marilyn Praisner
Council Vice President: Mike Knapp
Council Members Serving on the Education Committee
Craig Rice, District 2
Marc Elrich, At-Large
Nancy Navarro, District 4
Bethesda is in District 1, served by
Roger Berliner Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS)
850 Hungerford Drive, Rockville, MD 20850
On the web:
www.mcps.k12.md.usCommunity Use of Schools (240) 777-2706
Curriculum & Instruction (301) 279-3411
ESOL (301) 230-0670Information Office (301) 279-3391
Magnet Programs (301) 279-3163
One-Stop Call Center (301) 309-6277
Safe School Hotline (301) 517-5995
School Announcements (301) 279-3673
Special Education (301) 279-3135
Student & Community Services (301) 279-3604
TDD (301) 279-3323
Transportation (Central) (301) 840-8130 1400s Bus Routes: Walt Whitman Cluster
Mrs. Elizabeth Embry, Transportation Cluster Manager
(301) 469-1073
