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"I consider Leopardi's poetry and pessimism to be the best expression of what a scientist's credo should be". This quotation is from Bertrand Russell, no less. With these very emblematic...
DATE: June 21st, 2002
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"We can only appeal to society, considering that governments and parties have fallen constantly short of expectations since the late eighties. The public must know that without research there is...
DATE: June 21st, 2002
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What may be defined as the "standard model" of the public communication of science began to develop in the second half of the nineteenth century, gained a clear structure (especially...
DATE: June 21st, 2002
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There is no use denying it: whenever a scientist gets a piece of news in a newspaper or on television concerning his own field of research, eight times out of...
DATE: June 21st, 2002
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The following QuarkNet evaluation data were collected between September 2011 and September 2012. Questions from an Evaluation Matrix developed by QuarkNet program director and NSF program director are addressed, preceded...
DATE: September 1st, 2012
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QuarkNet is a national program that partners high school science teachers and students with particle physicists working in experiments at the scientific frontier. These experiments are searching for answers to...
DATES: September 15th, 2007 - August 31st, 2017
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AAAS describes public engagement with science as intentional, meaningful interactions that provide opportunities for mutual learning between scientists and members of the public. Through the Alan I. Leshner Leadership Institute...
DATE: March 10th, 2016
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Under a subcontract with Randi Korn & Associates, who conducted a study of the onâsite museum exhibit, RMC was engaged to conduct an evaluation of the Places of Invention online...
DATE: December 30th, 2015
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The Science Museum has a rich tradition of exhibitions and galleries devoted to space exploration. Over several decades they have featured and highlighted examples of space hardware â rockets, satellites...
DATE: April 4th, 2016
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Flying Scotsman is arguably the worldâs most famous steam locomotive. The engine, a standard bearer of British engineering excellence and modernity in the 1920s, became, in the 1960s, a symbol...
DATE: March 15th, 2016
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I argue in this article that the tangible proximity, the sensual evocative power of things is lost in a visit to the museum. Too often the aesthetic form of the...
DATE: March 2nd, 2016
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Like many who started out as an âassistant curatorâ, I came to work in museums after years of academic study. Evolving some and swapping other habits formed whilst at university...
DATE: March 8th, 2016
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This essay is an account of the making of England and her Soldiers (1859) by Harriet Martineau and Florence Nightingale. The book is a literary account of the Crimean War,...
DATE: March 15th, 2016
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Medical photography collections often remind us of the inescapable reality of human suffering and pain, and at the same time they oblige us to deal with questions of ownership and...
DATE: March 8th, 2016
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In this essay, I will approach museums both via their glass display cases and via the particular capacities offered by the term âco-productionâ. In doing this I will draw on...
DATE: March 10th, 2016
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This poster was presented at the 2016 Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) PI Meeting held in Bethesda, MD on February 29-March 2. The third season of the national PBS series,...
DATE: March 4th, 2016
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This poster was presented at the 2016 Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) PI Meeting held in Bethesda, MD on February 29-March 2. The project's goal is to develop and refine...
DATE: April 4th, 2016
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This white paper discusses how out-of-school providers can inspire more underrepresented youth to become the innovators and problem-solvers of tomorrow. Boys & Girls Clubs of America convened key stakeholders from...
DATE: May 14th, 2014
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This brochure provides overview of work accomplished during the one-year planning grant period, and includes a proposed research agenda related to whole body interaction. The Move2Learn planning effort was a...
DATE: March 1st, 2016
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The Science Museum of Minnesota (SMM) engaged Rockman et al (REA) to conduct a summative evaluation of the museumâs Journey to Space (Space) exhibit. Space is a large-scale traveling exhibition...
DATE: December 31st, 2015
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This evaluation gathered feedback from adults in response to 18 short format ScienCentral science news videos played on large screens in three areas of Maryland Science Center. Additionally, museum visitors...
DATE: August 28th, 2007
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The Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network (NISE Network) is a national infrastructure that links science museums and other informal science education organizations with nanoscale science and engineering research organizations. ...
DATE: November 7th, 2005
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The Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network (NISE Network) is a national infrastructure that links science museums and other informal science education organizations with nanoscale science and engineering research organizations. ...
DATE: November 7th, 2005
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To provide feedback during the development of a second series for âJourney to Planet Earth,â an evaluation of one finished program in the first series was carried out with two...
DATE: January 18th, 2001
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Dr. Barbara Flagg's paper presented at the one-day symposium, Giant Screen Films and Lifelong Learning, focuses on what evaluations by Multimedia Research have taught us about making giant screen films...
DATE: August 1st, 2000
