The same dedication to educational technology that made the Lawrence Hall of Science a leader in public computing decades earlier, lives on today in a range of exciting multimedia projects. Our in-house programmers, designers, and producers, strive to both enhance educational materials and foster new inquiry-rich experiences through innovative multimedia design.
Examples of educational technology can be seen throughout our programs and products, including:
Websites
LHS has a large family of websites of all sizes and functions stretching from our content management system (CMS) driven home page to highly specialized project pages. Technology developers at LHS use the latest dynamic programming tools to deliver websites filled with interactive media and opportunities for visitor contributions.
Although LHS has websites for many audiences, we specialize in those with youth-oriented content and design. Enjoy the examples below:
LHS Kids Site
Planet FOSS
nanoZone
Power of Small
BAEER Fair
SEPUP home site
FOSS home page
LHS View
Coalition For Science Afterschool
Curriculum
Rich media, interactives, and simulations are used to enhance many curriculum products developed at LHS including those from FOSS, GEMS, SEPUP, MARE, and EQUALS. Technology and curriculum developers at LHS work as full partners to create research-based materials that carry on the LHS tradition of excellence. The results of this partnership scaffold science and math learning experiences with engagement and strong content. Below are some examples of activities from LHS curricula:
FOSS 3-6 modules
SEPUP Plate Motion Simulation
Kepler Exoplanet Transit Hunt
MARE Build-a-fish
Digital Libraries
LHS leads a group of science museums in a nationwide effort to establish and sustain the Science and Math Informal Learning Educators (SMILE) digital pathway. SMILE is an online portal for museum and outdoor educators, afterschool front-line staff, homeschoolers, and others to discover and share activities. SMILE will also support the digital management needs of the informal education community through best practices in metadata and curation. This project is part of the National Science Digital Library (NSDL), funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF).
For more information visit the website below:
SMILE Pathway home page
NSDL home page
Exhibit Design
Technology has become a common element within museum exhibits designed and fabricated at LHS. We emphasize engaging and interactive experiences with technology that smoothly integrate with contextual exhibit design. As technology advances, we are moving away from screens and keyboards on the museum floor to more natural human-computer interfaces. Some of our technology-infused exhibit examples can be seen below:
nanoZone exhibit catalog
Science On a Sphere
