Voyage through the Solar System: Formative Evaluation of Physical Kit Activiites

February 1st, 2023 | EVALUATION

Voyage through the Solar System is a collaboration between Sciencenter, Museum of Life and Science, and the Science Museum of Minnesota to develop and distribute a suite of activities focused on human space exploration. This project includes the development of a toolkit of new hands-on facilitated museum activities, and a mobile app with both app-based activities and DIY activities. The toolkit expands on the Explore Science series from the NISE Network and will be distributed to 350 NISE Network partner sites. This evaluation report focuses on the formative evaluation of the facilitated museum activities at the Science Museum of Minnesota. 

Document

Voyage-Through-the-Solar-System-Formative-Eval-Summary-of-Physical-Kit-Activities.pdf

Team Members

Elena Tsakakis, Author, Science Museum of Minnesota
Gretchen Haupt, Author, Science Museum of Minnesota

Funders

Funding Source: NASA
Funding Program: NASA Content Area: Human Exploration
Award Number: 80NSSC21M0082

Tags

Audience: Elementary School Children (6-10) | Evaluators | Families | Middle School Children (11-13) | Museum | ISE Professionals
Discipline: Space science
Resource Type: Formative
Environment Type: Exhibitions | Museum and Science Center Exhibits