Search the repository
Submit to Repository Upload
Search the Site

Community Repository Search Results

resource evaluation Exhibitions

Mission: Mars - Bridging Earth and Mars (BEAM) Summative Evaluation

The Saint Louis Science Center (SLSC) project Bridging Earth and Mars (BEAM), based upon work supported by NASA under grant award NNX14AD08G, engages the general public and children from schools and community groups. Visitors learn of NASA’s exploration of Mars through exhibits simulating control of robotic rovers on the surface of Mars, as well as related educational programming. Two public exhibition galleries opened on November 21, 2015: (1) Mission: Mars Control, located on the second floor of the SLSC Main Building; and (2) Mission: Mars Base, located in the SLSC Planetarium Building
DATE:
TEAM MEMBERS: Carey Tisdal
resource evaluation Exhibitions

Formative, Remedial and Summative Evaluations of My Sky

My Sky is a NASA funded project, which developed a traveling exhibition on astronomy. Boston Children’s Museum (BCM) created the exhibition in collaboration with the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO). Formative and remedial evaluations were conducted at BCM while the summative evaluation took place at the first two venues following BCM: Stepping Stones Museum for Children (Stepping Stones) in Norwalk, CT and The Providence Children’s Museum (PCM) in Providence, RI. Formative evaluation of the My Sky exhibit was conducted between April 2013 and June 2014 to ensure that the components
DATE:
TEAM MEMBERS: Tim Porter Susan Sunbury Mary Dussault
resource evaluation Planetarium and Science on a Sphere

Science on a Sphere Visitor Baseline Study Year 2

Visitor Baseline Study of Science on a Sphere at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. This resource includes the Research Assistant Protocol, Observation Protocol, and Visitor Questionnaire.
DATE:
TEAM MEMBERS: Andrea Giron
resource evaluation Media and Technology

Science on a Sphere Visitor Baseline Study Year 3

Visitor Baseline study for Science on a Sphere at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. Resource includes Research Assistant Protocol and Visitor Questionnaire.
DATE:
TEAM MEMBERS: Andrea Giron Denver Museum of Nature & Science
resource evaluation Media and Technology

Science on a Sphere Visitor Baseline Study

Visitor Baseline study for Science on a Sphere at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. The Sphere was installed in DMNS’ permanent space science gallery, Space Odyssey, in February 2010. Space Odyssey “Museum Galaxy Guides” (volunteer facilitators) were trained on Sphere operation and content in April 2010. The purpose of the Baseline Visitor Study was to establish a baseline of visitors’ length of stay, behavior, interactions, perceptions, and interest in the Sphere near the beginning of the grant period. These data and findings will serve a basis of comparison for future evaluations and
DATE:
TEAM MEMBERS: Andrea Giron Denver Museum of Nature & Science