Category Archives: Science Museums

Public Understanding and Engagement in Science Centers

By Adam Blankenbicker
Posted: June 3, 2013

Category: Informal Science Education, Public understanding of science, Science Museums | Tagged citizen science, Informal Science Education, public engagement with science, public understanding of science, science museums | 2 Comments

Can a museum object be more like a dog?

By Cristina Russo
Posted: May 13, 2013

Category: Informal Science Education, Public understanding of science, Science education research, Science Museums | Tagged climate change, culture consumption, Informal Science Education, national zoo, Natural History Museum, participatory museum, science education, science museums, social objects | 2 Comments

My Top 3 Geology Education Models

By Adam Blankenbicker
Posted: May 6, 2013

Category: Informal Science Education, Science Museums, Science teaching | Tagged geology, geology education, Informal Science Education, models, museums, science education | 1 Comment

Can you worry about an animal you’ve never seen? The role of the zoo in education and conservation.

By Cristina Russo
Posted: March 11, 2013

Category: Public understanding of science, Science communication, Science education research, Science Museums, Uncategorized | Tagged conservation, moa, national zoo, zoo | 48 Comments

Selling memories: the line between museum education and consumerism

By Cristina Russo
Posted: January 7, 2013

Category: Public understanding of science, Science Museums | Tagged Informal Science Education, science education, Science Museum, science museums | 22 Comments

Informal Science Education in Museums – Learning by Accident

By Adam Blankenbicker
Posted: December 17, 2012

Category: Public understanding of science, Science Museums | Tagged Informal Science Education, Natural History Museum, Science Museum, The 95 Percent Solution | 6 Comments

A moa walks into a mall

By Cristina Russo
Posted: November 27, 2012

Category: Science Museums | Tagged culture consumption, ice age, moa, science education, science museums | 3 Comments