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Visits to Operating Science Centers Provide Valuable Insight for the Information Age Learning Center Development.
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InfoAge Scientists: 

Michael Faraday 
William Thompson (Lord Kelvin) 
James Maxwell 
George Stokes 
Heinrich Hertz 
Oliver Lodge 
George F. FitGerald 
John Poynting 
Lord Rayleigh 
Ernst Alexanderson 
Edwin H. Armstrong 
Alexander Graham Bell 
Vannevar Bush 
Lee De Forest 
Paul Dirac 
Thomas Alva Edison 
Albert Einstein 

and more...



 

Visits to Operating Science Centers Provide Valuable Insight for the Information Age Learning Center Development.

Infoage volunteers have visited the following science centers and museums to collect marketing materials, experience their hands-on exhibits and note operations. 
1) Liberty Science Center, Jersey City, NJ, USA
2) The Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, PA, USA
3) The Exploritorium, San Francisco, CA, USA
4) TheTech – Museum of Innovation, San Jose, CA, USA
5) Mystic Seaport Museum, Mystic, Connecticut., USA
6) COSI – Ohio’s Center of Science & Industry, Columbus, Ohio, USA
7) Das Deutches Museum, Munich, Germany
8) Fort Discovery, The National Science Center, Augusta, GA, USA
9) Intel Museum, Santa Clara, CA, USA
10) The Pima Air & Space Museum, Tucson, AZ, USA
11) Discovery Place, Charlotte, NC, USA
12) Museum of Science, Boston, MA, USA
13) Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL, USA
14) Steamtown, National Historic Site, Scranton, PA, USA
15) NewMetropolis science and technology center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
16) INTREPID Sea – Air – Space Museum, New York City, NY, USA
17) San Diego Children’s Museum, San Diego, CA, USA
18) The York Viking Museum, York, UK
19) The Imperial War Museum, London, UK
20) Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

What are the guiding principles in developing the center?

The main guiding principle is to use what Evans has to offer and what other organizations and individuals will offer for free or reduced costs.  Combining this with imagination, vision, planning and the partnership of sponsors in industry to develop a facility to support the mission of the Information Age Learning Center.  A secondary principle is to present the information in an interesting, even fun way, with depth of content.  It will allow people to explore what they find interesting and have lots of information for them to find of a technical and historical nature.  Finally, it will  enable individuals, including students, to contribute to the centers content. Students learn by doing.  This facility is a place to do things, make things, and try things that could not be offered in a normal school building.

 

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