Too Small to See Summative Evaluation Report

December 1st, 2007 | EVALUATION

Too Small to See is a 5,000 square-foot interactive traveling museum exhibition designed to provide hands-on nanotechnology science education to youth age 8 to 13 and adults. It debuted at Disney's Epcot and will reach over three million people during a five-year US tour. This evaluation examines the exhibition’s outcomes and impact on increasing visitors’ awareness of, interest in, engagement with, and understanding of nanoscale science, engineering, and technology. An overarching goal is to document the project’s contribution to the portfolio of federally funded Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) projects through Informal Science Education (ISE). A second goal is to provide information for professionals in the NISE Network (Nanoscale Informal Science Education) funded by NSF’s Nanoscale Science and Engineering Education (NSEE) program. The Pre-Post Interview Protocol used in this study is included in this document.

Document

report_248.PDF

Team Members

Douglas Spencer, Evaluator, Edu, Inc.
Tina Phillips, Evaluator, Edu, Inc.
Tori Angelotti, Evaluator, Edu, Inc.
Shane Murphy, Evaluator, Edu, Inc.
Fred Conner, Editor, Edu Inc.
Cornell University, Contributor

Funders

Funding Source: NSF
Funding Program: ISE/AISL
Award Number: 0426378
Funding Amount: 1869025

Related URLs

Too Small To See

Tags

Audience: Adults | Elementary School Children (6-10) | Evaluators | Middle School Children (11-13) | Museum | ISE Professionals
Discipline: Chemistry | Education and learning science | Engineering | Physics | Technology
Resource Type: Evaluation Reports | Interview Protocol | Research and Evaluation Instruments | Summative
Environment Type: Exhibitions | Museum and Science Center Exhibits