Note: Session was canceled due to absence of convenor and speakers. Multimedia handheld guides and smartphone applications offer many new possibilities for interaction between audiences and science museums — prior to, during and after a...
Space and time are abstract concepts until they are measured. Children estimate distance and time poorly and have little practice in measuring either one, yet these two issues are fundamental to experiments and understanding science. Immediate...
Social media is everywhere. Individuals and institutions use it all the time. Social media can influence the way people perceive time and space. The ideas of time and space are changed through social media; the museum space gets bigger and bigger...
The session will mix juniors and seniors from various exhibition fields. In these fields, seniors could be seen as representatives of established and efficient methods and juniors as messengers of innovative ideas which can help exhibitions...
What kind of teacher training and professional development do informal science institutions offer that other providers do not? What resources, experiences and expertise can we provide that are better than those available elsewhere? In this...
An exhibition is a set of exhibits wherein the visitor walks through, touching nd experiencing one after the other. From time to time, however, our visitors like like to have real person-to-person contact. The visitor wants to talk, demonstrate...
Sustainable development will be high in political and media agenda with the Rio+20 Conference coming up in June 2012. This is a wonderful opportunity for our institutions not only to reinforce public awareness of environmental issues but also to...
The role of science centres is not limited to the four walls of a building. They have the expertise to make their engagement activities work from a distance, to go to where the people are, and to reach wider and new audiences, switching them on...
At its heart, science is a practical, hands-on subject. Scientists must explore, test, experiment and investigate over time and across nations to gain new insights of how we humans, and the world around us works. However, the amazing careers and...
How do we communicate scientific information effectively through colors, shapes, animations, and other visual means? Visualization enables visitors to think in creative ways about the information in front of them, bringing brand new perspectives...
This session is an opportunity for those involved in the operation of small science centres to exchange ideas, learn new developments and renew contacts. Centres with astronomy, space science or related themes will be approached for contributions...
How do science centres link with the innovation sector (companies, research institutions, etc.)? Do we go beyond treating partners as potential sponsors by inviting them as active subjects in shaping our content? Do we convey to our audiences...