Laserfiche WebLink
Exhibit A <br />Imagine Children’s Museum – Everett Transit <br />Education Program Plan 2025 - 2027 <br />Goals <br />Imagine Children’s Museum proposes to offer a suite of engaging learning opportunities to schools and <br />families within Everett Transit’s service area. The goals of this education program are to: <br />•Raise awareness of the mass transit services available in Everett (with emphasis on the Everett <br />Transit system and Everett Station transit hub) <br />•Inform children and families of the practical benefits of using Everett Transit for their local <br />transportation needs <br />•Offer local classroom teachers ways to bring transit learning opportunities to their students that <br />help to meet their students’ learning goals <br />•Provide children with playful learning opportunities that will build positive experiences around <br />using transit <br />•Promote “Youth Ride Free” or other applicable, active transit programs so that youth and <br />families are fully aware of Everett Transit and other local public transportation as an affordable <br />transit option <br />Program Components <br />To meet these goals, Imagine offers the following program components: <br />1)Everett Transit Bus Exhibit at the Museum: All visitors to the Museum have the opportunity to <br />sit behind the wheel of our Bus Exhibit. The steering wheel and realistic controls give children a <br />playful positive experience centered around being on the bus. Everett Transit’s logo and bus <br />schedules provided in the exhibit educate visitors on the place of Everett Transit in the <br />community. <br />2)Transit program during Community Access Nights at the Museum: Visitors to the Museum’s <br />Community Access Nights have the opportunity to ride an Everett Transit bus to and from <br />Everett Station. During the bus ride and the short walking tour of the station, children and <br />families learn practical information about riding the bus, as well as the role of Everett Station in <br />the region’s transit system. <br />3)Transit On-the-Go classroom program: In this one-hour classroom program led by an Imagine <br />educator, students learn practical skills such as reading a bus schedule and determining the best