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Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Science Museum

Video from the Human Body exhibit. Great for engaging kids.

Signage from the Calculus exhibit

Robot

Sign from the Disease Detectives

Emma's Adventure to the Science Musuem Pt 2

I found it interesting that we were trying to dispel robot stereotypes...this sure looks a lot like a human.

Last week we learned to take things to the extreme if we had a doubt in physics. It seems as though museum creators feel the same. It is doubtful that people won't notice this display.

Emma's Adventure to the Science Musuem

A great way to make a sign interactive

Is that a real stomach?

The flip book format made it easier to cram in a lot of information with a little amount of space.

The Microbe display caught my attention. The four pictures below are from the display.

Some background information about some experts in the microbe field. The magnify glasses were all over the exhibit area introducing visitors to real-life health experts.

Another great form of signage. This sign is describing how certain features about our bodies, for example blood, help protect us from harmful microbes.

Here I am dancing the Microbe dance. Only after Pang and I successfully complete the quiz did I get to dance (it took us two tries). This was located right at the entrance of the exhibit. It is a great way to engage younger people because it uses the DDR format.

The arrow pad that I am standing on is an example of a robot. By standing on a certain arrow I was able to answer the questions on the screen.

This is the cheat sheet that they had posted by the Microbe Quiz station. The separate pieces of paper, picture, and bolded microbe names all made it easier to reference the information quickly as I was completing the quiz.

Science Museum Signage!

A giant replica of a head louse! Yikes! Show this to a kid and they will never want to share hats or clothing again! The flip chart to the right was also an organized and easy way to provide information about head lice and their parasitic ways!

"They're just trying to make a living." Jill Welter

Fun dinner?

Not your typical menu!

This is such a neat signage which allows visitors to not only read about harmful bacteria, but they can also learn about where they may encounter some of these bacteria in their everyday life.

This neat robot allow visitors to control the light source through an isolating handle. The light shines through each circular frame and the visible colors of light is displayed underneath the screen (which is graphing the wavelength of the light).

The Science Museum@

This neat gadget displays the temperature of your forehead. It's really the Raytek gun in disguise reading your temperature with infrared radio waves!