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Science Live

March 1, 2015 | Public Programs

From intimate science cafes to massive science festivals, the public science events sector encompasses an enormous diversity of activity involving a wide range of practitioners and target audiences. As unique as each instance of an event can be, public science events are all live, in-person programs designed to engage the public with science in a social context. This activity is already taking place on a grand scale in both the US and UK, and initial evaluations of some of these event forms have begun to demonstrate distinct beneficial impacts. Despite some significant leaps forward, there are several issues that this Science Learning+ project seeks to address: (1) insufficient connectivity and communications between many event organizers; (2) little overall tracking of event activity; (3) few comparative evaluations across different event forms; and (4) lack of shared terminology, key facts, and a coherent narrative for the role live events play in the science learning ecosystem. A landscape study, organized into a single document and simple website, is the main deliverable. This will summarize existing activity and findings related to events, and provide an overview of potentially fruitful areas for future investigation.

Funders

Wellcome Trust
Funding Program: SL+
Funding Amount: 114864

TEAM MEMBERS

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    Principal Investigator
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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    Co-Principal Investigator
    Science Festival Alliance
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    Co-Principal Investigator
    Cornell University
  • Nicola Buckley
    Co-Principal Investigator
    University of Cambridge
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    Co-Principal Investigator
    University of Cambridge
  • Laura Fogg Rogers
    Co-Principal Investigator
    University of the West of England, Bristol
  • Discipline: Education and learning science | General STEM
    Audience: Elementary School Children (6-10) | Middle School Children (11-13) | Youth/Teen (up to 17) | General Public | Museum/ISE Professionals
    Environment Type: Public Programs | Public Events and Festivals

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