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The Voyage of the Mimi is a thirteen-episode American educational television program depicting the crew of the ship Mimi exploring the ocean and taking a census of humpback whales. [2]
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The Voyage of the Mimi: With Peter Marston, Victoria Gadsden, Edwin De Asis, Judy Pratt. The Voyage of the Mimi is a thirteen-episode American educational television program depicting the crew of the Mimi exploring the ocean and taking a census of humpback whales. Ben Affleck starred in the series.
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- 1984
- The Voyage of the Mimi was created because of a U.S. Department of Education proposal. In the early 1980s, the U.S. Department of Education put out a request for proposals for a middle school multimedia science curriculum that would include TV, computer software, video disks, teacher guides, and other educational materials.
- The Voyage of the Mimi was the brainchild of educational entertainment heavyweights. The late Richard Ruopp, then the president of Bank Street, put together a small team to create the proposal and recruited Children Television Workshop’s Samuel Y. Gibbon, Jr., a producer on shows like Sesame Street and The Electric Company, to help.
- Research done for 3-2-1 Contact influenced the topic of Voyage of the Mimi. From formative research done at the Children’s Television Workshop, Gibbon knew that shows with a plot were more interesting to kids than ones without.
- The Voyage of the Mimi had a board of science advisors. “We had consultants and an advisory board that met regularly throughout the project,” Driggs said.
Sep 4, 2012 · The Voyage of the Mimi was a phenomenon among elementary and middle schools of the time with PBS providing student handouts and worksheets based on each episode. It remains as a groundbreaking educational show, which some have criticized but most revere who experienced it.
Aug 25, 2009 · Voyage of the Mimi was my personal and immediate introduction to reform ideas in science education, and was surely one of the experiences that lured me into geo-ed.
The Voyage of the Mimi (TV Series 1984) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
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