September 15th, 1993 - August 31st, 1999 | PROJECT
Boston Museum of Science seeks funds from the National Science Foundation for the development of a group of interactive exhibits and educational programs that will comprise the Museum's permanent TESTING THE THEORY activity center. The project is part of a new approach to exhibits that aims to make the experiences available to visitors closer to the actual process of scientific discovery. Visitors will carry out experiments in fields ranging from chemistry and cognitive psychology, to statistics, optics, and materials science. The focus will be on promoting specific experimental skills and scientific habits of mind, and on encouraging the transfer of these skills to everyday activities. The exhibit techniques developed during the prototyping and production of TESTING THE THEORY are expected to be of importance to science museums and others concerned with increasing science literacy.
Project Website(s)
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Team Members
Mary Dussault, Principal Investigator, Museum of ScienceLarry Bell, Co-Principal Investigator, Museum of Science
Funders
Funding Source: NSF
Funding Program: ISE/AISL
Award Number: 9353537
Funding Amount: 1666125
Tags
Audience: General Public | Museum | ISE Professionals
Discipline: Chemistry | Life science | Mathematics | Nature of science | Social science and psychology
Resource Type: Project Descriptions
Environment Type: Exhibitions | Museum and Science Center Exhibits