The PNC Foundation awarded the National Air and Space Museum a two-year grant to improve science education for pre-kindergarten students in District of Columbia Public Schools. The Grow Up Great with Science grant was announced at an educational activity day and press event with District of Columbia public school children, who also viewed the Washington, D.C., premiere of Sesame Street's "One World, One Sky: Big Bird's Adventure," a multi-cultural planetarium show.
To mark the 400th anniversary of Galileo's first recorded astronomical observations with a telescope and in conjunction with the International Year of Astronomy, the Museum opened a Public Observatory on the National Mall.
The PNC Foundation awarded the National Air and Space Museum a two-year grant to improve science education for pre-kindergarten students in District of Columbia Public Schools. The Grow Up Great with Science grant was announced at an educational activity day and press event with District of Columbia public school children, who also viewed the Washington, D.C., premiere of Sesame Street's "