A Continuation… Science Online

Strategies? Conversational Personal Connections Enthusiasm Aim the content level

Benefits Real time Level playing field Unique access

NABOS Summer School 2013Hands-On Activity Worksheet

Lindsay BartholomewMiami Science Museum

Developing a Hands-On Activity

Background Development

Developing a Concept

What is your research topic?

If you do not have your own research topic yet, what field/topic are you interested in pursuing?

Be more specific than just “climate modeling” or “oceanology.” Describe your topic.

3 of the Main Points in Your Topic

Or another way to think about the question…

What are the three main points that it is most important for the public to understand about your research field/topic?

What’s the Science/Math?

Think about your first-year science or math classes.

What are some of the basic concepts involved in the “main points of your research?”

Remember the Post-It Activity?

You wrote how an experience in a museum or out in nature made you feel.

What were the two words or phrases that you wrote?

Remember that you want to create an experience that people will remember.

Inventory of Hands-On Activity Methodologies

Open-ended explorationStructured activity

Problem-solving challengeExperiential/visceralPersonal connection

Visual/DramaticGame style

DemonstrationQuestion & AnswerMetaphor-Driven

Storytelling

PROJECTDevelop Your Own Hands-On Activity

(*about YOUR research/topic)

Outline (refer to handout)

I. Research Area/Topic (be specific!)II. General Concept and Goal (Write 1-2

paragraphs)III. Set-Up (what the display/activity consists of)IV. Materials ListV. Steps (along with goal of each step)

An Example from One of Our Own