Section 10 — Educational Impact & Community Engagement Plan

How Will the Museum Support Education and Community Engagement?

The short answer

The museum combines immersive experiences with school partnerships, early childhood education, student support, family access, and workforce pathways. 8 Waves serves as the museum’s community impact arm, extending programming into schools, classrooms, and families across Orange County.

Full supporting detail

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The I AM Children's Museum will create a new kind of educational destination for Central Florida, combining immersive museum experiences with school partnerships, early childhood education, student support, family access and workforce pathways.

At the center of the model is a simple idea:

A child should be able to discover what is possible, experience it for themselves and have a pathway to keep going.

8 Waves will serve as the museum's community impact arm, extending that opportunity beyond the museum campus and directly into schools, classrooms and families across Orange County.

Sources referenced
  • 8 Waves community impact plan

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