Using the relative strengths of each museum, the Science On a Sphere Partnership between the Maryland Science Center and the Science Museum of Minnesota has developed two complementary exhibit approaches to Science On a Sphere (SOS). Audiences interacting with SOS are able to observe global connections in geophysical phenomena not possible with any two dimensional representation of the Earth. The goal of the project is for museum visitors, particularly underserved audiences, to comprehend how human activities are influencing global processes now and might do so in the future. The project also tests new partnership models for working with NOAA and other science research organizations to broaden the educational impact on all groups.
Funders
NOAA
Funding Program:
2005: Environmental Literacy
Award Number:
NA05SEC4691009
Funding Amount:
$219,999
NOAA
Funding Program:
2005: Environmental Literacy
Award Number:
NA05SEC4691008
Funding Amount:
$279,926
TEAM MEMBERS
Roberta Cooks
Principal Investigator
Maryland Academy of Sciences / Maryland Science Center
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