Science education has changed substantially due to a better understanding of how the subject is learned. Specifically, giving learners hands-on activities retains their attention on the topic. As a result, interactive science centers, like the Swiss Science Center Technorama, were developed to give people an opportunity to explore science. Technorama’s vision is to create a hands-on environment that encourages visitors’ self-exploration of the exhibits. To enhance the experience, the team developed an interactive activity comprised of challenges that encouraged visitors to interact with the exhibits in more depth. To determine its effectiveness, the team assessed the visitors’ interaction with the exhibits and with one another as well as the time they spent at the exhibits. The data gathered demonstrated an increase in these parameters, which illustrates the benefit of the challenge activity for Technorama.

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Creator

• Bago, Ramona B.
• Charles, Nathan Patrick
• Ehlers, Karl C.
• Le, Minh Hoang

Subject

• Learning

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-101018-041943

Keyword

• Science--Study and teaching
• Interdisciplinary approach in education
• Museums--Educational aspects

Advisor

• Orr, John A.
• Albrecht, Dirk

Year

• 2018

Center

• Zurich, Switzerland Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Swiss Science Center Technorama

Date created

• 2018-10-10

Location

• Zurich

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright