Boletín 
agosto 2006
Boletín
agosto 2006
Como parte de los programas, les enviamos copia del boletín del *Proyecto sobre el Impacto de los Centros de Ciencia*, iniciativa apoyada por centros y museos de la Cooperación Asia-Pacífico, en cooperación con las redes internacionales de ASPAC, ASTC y Red Pop. Les invitamos a suscribirse directamente al boletín, para mantenerse informados de las novedades.
Update 13 for Participating Institutions
July 2006
What contributions are science centres and museums making in your community? What best-practice or innovative approaches are working well in other science centres and museums? This is a monthly update on the APEC Science Centre Impact Project, in which your organisation has agreed to participate. Do contact us if you have a story to share!Subscribe Unsubscribe Forward to a Colleague
The challenges of representing global warming in science museums
This thesis examines how science museums in the United States and Canada are creating socially responsible programming, using global warming as a case study. The research focuses on the challenges inherent in exhibiting global warming and other contentious issues, and the creative ways such difficulties have been addressed by various types of science museums. In particular, this paper describes exhibition techniques found to be successful in imparting motivational conservation messages to museum visitors. Partnering between museums and with major environmental organizations is shown to be effective in bringing climate change information to the science museum audience, and inspiring and equipping those visitors to make a difference.
Link to the thesis (384 kB, pdf)
Engaging science
A new book entitled Engaging Science: thoughts, deeds, analysis and action has been published by the Wellcome Trust. Featuring essays from leading researchers, practitioners and commentators, this book examines what we have learned about the relationships between these groups and what the implications are for future practice. Topics include public attitudes to science, how audiences form attitudes about emerging technologies, and a guide for successfully evaluating science engagement events.
Download individual chapters
New on our website
For a summary of what?s new on the website each month, use the link below. Previous issues of this monthly update are also archived here.
What?s new
For further information, contact:
APEC Science Centre Impact Project Secretariat
Questacon - The National Science and Technology Centre
King Edward Terrace, Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
Email: apecproject@questacon.edu.au
Website: www.aspacnet.org/apec
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La RED POP, Red de
popularización de la Ciencia y la Tecnología, surge de la
convocatoria realizada por UNESCO en 1990 a los diferentes grupos y programas
relacionados a la divulgación en ciencias y tecnología, muchos
de los cuales hoy la integran. CIENTEC
es miembro fundador y actualmente ocupa la Dirección Ejecutiva de
la RED.
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