| A short film I made for my Science Communication class @ UW. I'm interested in informal science education, particularly at museums, so I thought this would be a fun and informative project. I asked three questions: 1) What's one science fact or idea that fascinates you? 2) What would your ideal science museum be like? 3) How would you describe your last visit to a science museum? For me, what this film demonstrates is that young adults - a difficult demographic for science museums - *are* interested in science. There are clearly scientific subjects which capture their imagination - but it's somehow not being translated into an experience they can appreciate. They have ideas for what would improve their experience - such as more truly hands-on activities (instead of just button-pushing, as Hein and others have written). Otherwise, we're going to lose - or, continue losing - an amazing demographic with so much potential for learning science and its culture, and for creating a more scientifically literate - and, I believe, somewhat Renaissance - society. **You can find my science and science-education blog at realcleverscience.tumblr.com The background song - "Turning," by Vitaliy Baldych - is from creative-commons: www.jamendo.com (And my apologies for the low quality; due to technical difficulties, I had to shoot this on a flipcam last minute!) Ps And no offense to the Museum of Glass! I've actually heard that it's a very enjoyable museum! |
