Pilot volunteer programmes in the Science Museum (London)

2005 ◽  
pp. 68-91
Keyword(s):  
Science Museum

Everything you've always wanted to know about what your students think they know but were afraid to ask.

2000 ◽  
Vol 632 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Werwa
Keyword(s):  
Materials Science ◽  
Science Museum ◽  
Science And Engineering ◽  
Museum Exhibit ◽  
Museum Visitors ◽  
The Public ◽  
Materials Science And Engineering ◽  
Properties Of Materials ◽  
Formal Science ◽  
Lay Public

ABSTRACTA review of the educational literature on naive concepts about principles of chemistry and physics and surveys of science museum visitors reveal that people of all ages have robust alternative notions about the nature of atoms, matter, and bonding that persist despite formal science education experiences. Some confusion arises from the profound differences in the way that scientists and the lay public use terms such as materials, metals, liquids, models, function, matter, and bonding. Many models that eloquently articulate arrangements of atoms and molecules to informed scientists are not widely understood by lay people and may promote naive notions among the public. Shifts from one type of atomic model to another and changes in size scales are particularly confusing to learners. People's abilities to describe and understand the properties of materials are largely based on tangible experiences, and much of what students learn in school does not help them interpret their encounters with materials and phenomena in everyday life. Identification of these challenges will help educators better convey the principles of materials science and engineering to students, and will be particularly beneficial in the design of the Materials MicroWorld traveling museum exhibit.

Aesthetic Dissonance: The Impact of Viewing Fine Art in a Science Museum

2021 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 202-215
Author(s):  
Jana Greenslit ◽  
Aaron Price ◽  
Tiffany Malone
Keyword(s):  
Fine Art ◽  
Science Museum ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Rubber Industry Display at the Science Museum

Nature ◽  
1960 ◽  
Vol 185 (4711) ◽  
pp. 432-432
Keyword(s):  
Science Museum ◽  
Rubber Industry

Environmental Behavior of Visitors to a Science Museum

2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-95
Author(s):  
Nicole M. Ardoin ◽  
Janel S. Schuh ◽  
Kathayoon A. Khalil
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Behavior ◽  
Science Museum

Fit for a King: Decoding the Great Sloane Astrolabe and Other English Astrolabes with “Quatrefoil” Retes

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (1-5) ◽  
pp. 311-354 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Davis
Keyword(s):  
British Museum ◽  
Illuminated Manuscripts ◽  
Science Museum ◽  
Teaching Tool

Abstract The great Sloane astrolabe in the British Museum is the largest and most important of all medieval English instruments and yet its history is completely lost. In this paper, evidence from its various engravings is used to show that it is likely to have been commissioned, ca. 1326, by Richard de Bury as a teaching tool for Prince Edward of Windsor who was soon to become King Edward iii. Comparisons are made with two illuminated manuscripts, the “Milemete Treatise” and a copy of the Secretum Secretorum, which were also used in the Prince’s education. Two other medieval astrolabes, now in Liège and in the London Science Museum, are believed to be closely associated with the Sloane instrument and derived from it.

scholarly journals Television Exhibition at the Science Museum

Nature ◽  
1937 ◽  
Vol 139 (3529) ◽  
pp. 1077-1077
Keyword(s):  
Science Museum
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