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Museums and the Mind: Applying Cognitive Neuroscience to Free-Choice Learning

This is a handout from a session presented at the 2008 ASTC Conference. Advances in neuroscience are revealing biological pathways underlying emotion, attention, and memory. How can this research be integrated with educational pedagogy to enhance free-choice learning? Join experts from neuroscience, education, and museums to explore practical ways in which new insights about the brain can be applied to creating museum experiences.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Jayatri Das
resource research Professional Development, Conferences, and Networks

OMCA Natural Science Gallery Symposium (2008)

This document contains the proceedings from the Natural Science Gallery Symposium held by the Oakland Museum of California on September 15 & 16, 2008. Attendees discussed plans and ideas for an updated design of the Natural Science Gallery.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Lori Fogarty
resource research Public Programs

Methodology for a Creole Museum, For a Postcolonial Museum of the Living Present

In 2010, a museum and cultural center, Maison des civilisations et de l'unité réunionnaise, will open on Reunion island, Indian Ocean, in a park of 22 hectares overlooking the ocean. Reunion is a small island, uninhabited when it was colonized by the French in the 17th century, whose society has gone through two centuries of slavery, a century of colonialism and barely sixty years of postcolonial democracy. Colonialism erased the material traces of the lives of slaves, indentured workers and poor settlers who, despite the brutality of colonial order, created a rich, complex, and very diverse
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TEAM MEMBERS: Francoise Verges
resource research Citizen Science Programs

Citizen Science Toolkit Conference, June 2007, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, Ithaca, N.Y.

In June of 2007, scientists, educators, technology specialists, and other experts of varied backgrounds, gathered at the Laboratory of Ornithology in Ithaca, NY, to discuss how to best support new and existing projects. Ideas generated during the conference were used to develop the Citizen Science Toolkit, and are now inspiring a broader conversation about collaborative research ventures.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Rick Bonney Janis Dickinson Steve Kelling Jason Mobley Ken Rosenberg Sheila Grinell Bonnie Sachatello-Sawyer Rob Semper Julie Johnson Erik Peterson Rick Borchelt Wendy Wheeler Catherine McEver
resource research Public Programs

Toolkit Manual

The Citizen Science Toolkit is a compilation of resources and ideas, currently organized under a step-wise framework for project development. Steps include choosing a question, forming a team, refining protocols, recruiting participants, training participants, accepting data, analyzing data, disseminating results, and measuring effects.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology
resource research Exhibitions

Goosebumps! The Science of Fear

This article features critiques of the "Goose Bumps! The Science of Fear" exhibit at the Liberty Science Center. Brenda Cowan, Chairperson of the Graduate Exhibition Design program at SUNY/Fashion Institute of Technology, Paul Orselli, Chief Instigator of Paul Orselli Workshop, and Martin Weiss, Science Interpretation Consultant at the New York Hall of Science, share their analysis of the exhibition and assess its strengths and weaknesses.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Brenda Cowan Paul Orselli martin weiss
resource research Exhibitions

The Kenneth E. Behring Family Hall of Mammals

This article features critiques of the "The Kenneth E. Behring Family Hall of Mammals" exhibit at the National Museum of Natural History. Barbara Brennan, Senior Exhibition Designer at the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum, Rebecca Singer, Youth Audiences Manager at Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens, and Andrew Pekarik, policy analyst in the Office of Policy and Analysis at the Smithsonian Institution, share their analysis of the exhibition and assess its strengths and weaknesses.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Barbara Brennan Rebecca Singer Andrew Pekarik
resource research Exhibitions

A New Way To Play: Shaping a New Environment for the New York Hall of Science's Youngest Visitors

In this article, Joan Krevlin, Partner at BKSK Architects, discusses the "Preschool Playground" exhibition at the New York Hall of Science, where children discover the environment and learn principles of science through sensory exploration. Krevlin outlines the background, planning process, and design of the unique exhibit.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Joan Krevlin