Museum 2.0

MARCH 18, 2015

So the Community Science Workshop model is to put a drop-in, FREE community science center in a place that is walkable to kids'' lives and schools. The core program is a permanent, dedicated physical space, full of interactive hands-on physical exhibits, as well as a tinkering and making space, and recycled materials. It''s powerful.

Green 20

Green Interview Share Community 20

Museum 2.0

MARCH 12, 2014

This qualitative, exploratory study involved tracking and interviewing 32 Spanish-speaking intergenerational groups in fully bilingual exhibits at four different science centers/museums. We saw kids and adults switch from English to Spanish not only mid-conversation but mid-sentence, both in the exhibition and in the interviews afterwards.

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Intergenerational Museum NSF Facilitation 53

Museum 2.0

MAY 7, 2007

What happens to the surprises designers encountered, the interactive that visitors loved, the bits that never seemed to work quite right? Wendy: Part of the thinking was that NSF supported the book Are We There Yet? , NSF requires grant applicants to build on prior knowledge--where do you get it? Why is that?

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NSF Interview Case Study Museum 20