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resource evaluation Media and Technology
The Science Museum of Minnesota prototyped interpretive approaches to using an innovative scientific visualization system developed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) called Science On a Sphere (SOS). SOS is composed of a wide variety of visualizations projected onto a six-foot sphere creating animated, whole-planet views of the Earth, other planets in our solar system, and their moons. Visualizations of the Earth cover topics such as weather, climate, topography, earth system dynamics, and geophysical processes. A challenge of SOS is making the content accessible
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resource evaluation Media and Technology
The Science Museum of Minnesota conducted a study to find out how many visitors stopped at the Science on a Sphere (SOS) exhibit during their visit to the museum, visitors' prior knowledge of SOS, and why a visitor might chose not to visit SOS. A total of 189 visitors were interviewed. Findings included: - Groups of adults and children were more likely to visit SOS than groups composed of adults only. - Most visitors just happened across the exhibit during their visit rather than sought it out. - Of the visitors who did not stop at SOS, few were familiar with the exhibit. - Both visitors who
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TEAM MEMBERS: Amy Grack Nelson Beth Janetski
resource evaluation Media and Technology
In May of 2006, Science on a Sphere (SOS) was set up in a permanent exhibit space at the Science Museum of Minnesota. With the new installation of the Sphere, came the addition of a variety of features that were not included in the initial front-end study. These new features included an expanded playlist, new audio for some of the visualizations, accompanying labels projected on the wall describing the visualization, indication on the labels of what image will be playing next, and seating for visitors so they can sit and view the sphere. The new master playlist was composed of three smaller
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TEAM MEMBERS: Amy Grack Nelson
resource evaluation Media and Technology
During January 2007, the Science Museum of Minnesota carried out a study to gather visitor feedback on a variety of potential interpretive features of Science on a Sphere. Visitor preferences related to the use of interpretive labels and graphics directly on the Sphere and the speed in which visualizations rotate were studied. A total of 51 visitors were interviewed. Key findings include: 1. Three quarters of visitors preferred descriptive labels to be directly on the Sphere. 2. If labels were projected on the Sphere, almost all the visitors wanted them to disappear after a period of time. 3
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TEAM MEMBERS: Amy Grack Nelson Levi Weinhagen
resource research Media and Technology
There is a recognized need to rigorously examine the efficacy of approaches to supporting informal learning. In this study, we used a 2 × 2 factorial experimental design to test the impact of a computer guide on 3 proximal measures of visitor learning at an interactive math exhibit. In total, 128 families were systematically assigned to engage with the exhibit either with or without access to a supplementary computer kiosk. Visitor groups with access to the computer spent longer, on average, at the exhibit and engaged in more mathematical behaviors compared to other groups. However, based on
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TEAM MEMBERS: Oregon Museum of Science and Industry Scott Pattison Scott Ewing Angela Frey
resource research Media and Technology
The January 2013 issue includes articles and features on crowdsourcing, partnerships in natural history museums, communicating science through art, theater as climate change education, case studies on informal science education-related projects like gigapixel imaging and museum educators collaborating with scientists to engage visitors, and more.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Zahava Doering
resource research Media and Technology
Poster on NSF DRL-0638977 (Water's Journey through The Everglades) presented at the 2012 ISE PI Meeting.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Eileen Smith
resource research Media and Technology
Poster on NSF grant DRL-1132393 (Cyberlearning Research Summit 2012: Imagining the Future of Learning, Systems, People, and Technology) from the 2012 ISE PI Meeting.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Sherry Hsi
resource research Media and Technology
Poster on NSF grant DRL-1114663 (3D Visualization Tools For Enhancing Awareness, Understanding, And Stewardship Of Freshwater Ecosystems) from the 2012 ISE PI Meeting.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Geoff Schladow
resource research Media and Technology
Presentation on CAISE resources developed prior to the 2012 ISE PI Meeting, March 15th, 2012.
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TEAM MEMBERS: James Bell
resource research Media and Technology
Presentation on the Online Project Monitoring System (OPMS) presented at the 2012 ISE PI Meeting, March 14th, 2012.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Gary Silverstein
resource research Media and Technology
Presentation on NSF grant management for new grantees presented at the 2012 ISE PI Meeting, March 14th, 2012.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Pamela Hawkins