56:1 January 2013
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A scene from Guardians, a ballet of the life of the seas, co-produced by the Long Beach Ballet and the Aquarium of the Pacific.
SPECIAL ISSUE ON COMMUNICATING SCIENCE
- Peter Linett and Zahava Doering: Exploring the Questions in This Issue
FORUM
- Alan J. Friedman: Reflections on Communicating Science through Art
- Kirsten Ellenbogen: The Convergence of Informal Science Education and Science Communication
THE THOUGHTFUL MUSEUM
ARTICLES
- David A. Ucko: Science Centers in a New World of Learning
- Pryce R. Davis, Michael S. Horn and Bruce L. Sherin: The Right Kind of Wrong: A “Knowledge in Pieces” Approach to Science Learning in Museums
- Terrence M. Gosliner and Meg Burke: From Parachutes to Partnerships: An “Integrated” Natural History Museum Expedition in the Philippines
CASE STUDIES
- Meena Selvakumar and Martin Storksdieck: Portal to the Public: Museum Educators Collaborating with Scientists to Engage Museum Visitors with Current Science
- Sherri Wasserman and Marion Friedman Young: The Great Immensity: A Theatrical Approach to Climate Change
- Marti Louw and Kevin Crowley: New Ways of Looking and Learning in Natural History Museums: The Use of Gigapixel Imaging to Bring Science and Publics Together
DIGITAL
- Nancy Proctor: Crowdsourcing—an Introduction: From Public Goods to Public Good
- Susan Cairns: Mutualizing Museum Knowledge: Folksonomies and the Changing Shape of Expertise
- Trevor Owens: Digital Cultural Heritage and the Crowd
EXHIBITIONS
BOOKS
- Kirsten Ellenbogen: Fool Me Twice: Fighting the Assault on Science in America by Shawn Lawrence Otto, New York, NY: Rodale, 2011. 376 pages. Hardcover: $25.99.