science on a sphere
DESCRIPTION
Science on a Sphere. Presented by Bishop Museum and Sponsored by NOAA. SOS at Bishop Museum. Support: NOAA Office of Education (Environmental Literacy Grant) and NOAA Pacific Services Center. Barrier from Octanorm. Opening day – Mad About Science, March 11, 2006. Bishop Museum programs. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Science on a Sphere
Presented by Bishop Museum
and
Sponsored by NOAA
SOS at Bishop Museum
Support: NOAA Office of Education (Environmental Literacy Grant) and NOAA Pacific Services Center
Barrier from Octanorm
Opening day – Mad About Science, March 11, 2006
Bishop Museum programs
• Debuted 3/11/06 with automated show about the planets using NASA and NOAA data
• Equivalent of an automated planetarium show
• Live shows started with “Climate of Paradise” in late spring 2006—using sphere to explain climate of Hawaii
• With this “Science of Paradise” demonstration we started using Hawaii/Pacific NOAA as resources for datasets
• We also started using animations with the debut of this show
IPRC Sea Surface Temperature
Worldwide wind patterns 2005
Data from Jim Potemra at IPRC (International Pacific Research Center), University of Hawaii
Worldwide hot spots 2005 (fires, volcanoes, oil rigs)
Data from Eric Pilger at HIGP (Hawaii Institute Geophysics and Planetology), University of HI
Global Warming exhibit
• Opened 11/17/06
• Funding came from NOAA Science Literacy Grant
Opened new live demonstration on Global Warming on SOS on same
day
VIP opening on November 17, 2006
NOAA Hawaii Staff at opening
Stats to date
• Total of all visitors to Bishop who have seen Science on a Sphere since March 2006 180,431
• Live demonstration attendance: 7,740
• Footprints attendance (Dec 8 – 10, 2006): 678
Future plans
• News/weather broadcasts
• Lecture series
• Teacher workshops
School Programs for all grades
5th Grade• Program Name: Destination
Solar System.
• Science Standards:
• 5.8.1 Describe the relationship (size & distance) of earth and other components in the solar system
• 5.8.3 Explain that the planets orbit the sun and that the moon orbits the Earth