{"id":1071,"date":"2009-06-28T08:40:29","date_gmt":"2009-06-28T07:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jurecuhalev.com\/blog\/?p=1071"},"modified":"2009-06-28T08:40:29","modified_gmt":"2009-06-28T07:40:29","slug":"exploratorium-hooray-for-tacticle-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jurecuhalev.com\/blog\/exploratorium-hooray-for-tacticle-science\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploratorium: hooray for tacticle science"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I visited <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Exploratorium\" rel=\"wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Exploratorium\">Exploratorium<\/a> with the idea that this is yet another <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Science museum\" rel=\"wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Science_museum\">science museum<\/a> with a bit more hands on approach. I was very positively surprised to discovered that it&#8217;s far from that. Instead of being classical museum it&#8217;s a giant &#8216;playground&#8217; where each exhibit offers you an interactive experience around some concept, mostly from physics.<\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-img zemanta-action-dragged\" style=\"margin: 1em; display: block;\">\n<div>\n<dl class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 225px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/66014106@N00\/2464993904\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Whirlpool\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3153\/2464993904_14fffd2f92_m.jpg\" alt=\"Whirlpool\" width=\"215\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd zemanta-img-attribution\" style=\"font-size: 0.8em;\">Image by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/66014106@N00\/2464993904\">AGrinberg<\/a> via Flickr<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Exhibits are designed to be interacted by and you soon find yourself touching everything around you and just trying to learn by feeling and doing things. There were lots of super-excited kids running around which further hyped up the whole experience.<\/p>\n<p>Two interesting things to note about the whole experience:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Some exhibits were video taped in order to be able to optimize the exhibits. I find this very refereshing as it shows that the staff here really cares about the experience and that they&#8217;re willing to go that extra mile to make it really enjoyable for the visitors. They also nicely solved the problem of privacy as they&#8217;ve clearly marked the times when the exhibit will be under video survailance so you could come later.<\/li>\n<li>They build the exhibits themselves. Their workshop is part of the scenery and while they don&#8217;t actively work on the weekend, I imagine it has to be very interesting if you&#8217;re there during the week.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Example view:<\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-img zemanta-action-dragged\" style=\"margin: 1em; display: block;\">\n<dl class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 250px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/66014106@N00\/2463152636\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Legalize Happiness\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2089\/2463152636_d832a76347_m.jpg\" alt=\"Legalize Happiness\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd zemanta-img-attribution\" style=\"font-size: 0.8em;\">Image by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/66014106@N00\/2463152636\">AGrinberg<\/a> via Flickr<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<p>There are also a few elements that are a nice touch, like this piano with an X underneath:<\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-img zemanta-action-dragged\" style=\"margin: 1em; display: block;\">\n<figure style=\"width: 180px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/57249471@N00\/3667288822\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"piano\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3606\/3667288822_8e9b2b2b71_m.jpg\" alt=\"piano\" width=\"180\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image by Gandalfar via Flickr<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><a title=\"target by Gandalfar, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/gandalfar\/3667289226\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3373\/3667289226_3e4daa5d9f_m.jpg\" alt=\"target\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"target by Gandalfar, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/gandalfar\/3667289226\/\"><\/a><br \/>\nOverall, a very fun thing to do in San Francisco and you should check it out next time you&#8217;re around.<\/p>\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\" style=\"font-size: 1em;\">Related articles by Zemanta<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sf.curbed.com\/archives\/2009\/02\/06\/scouts_honor_exploratorium_promises_not_to_hurt_animals.php\">Scout&#8217;s Honor: Exploratorium Promises Not to Hurt Animals<\/a> (sf.curbed.com)<\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/planetesme.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/totally-irresponsible-science.html\">Totally Irresponsible Science (nonfiction)<\/a> (planetesme.blogspot.com)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Reblog this post [with Zemanta]\" href=\"http:\/\/reblog.zemanta.com\/zemified\/cffbccf0-2ed4-496e-9749-e7e4f1ba3713\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: medium none; float: right;\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/reblog_e.png?x-id=cffbccf0-2ed4-496e-9749-e7e4f1ba3713\" alt=\"Reblog this post [with Zemanta]\" \/><\/a><span class=\"zem-script more-related pretty-attribution\"><script src=\"http:\/\/static.zemanta.com\/readside\/loader.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I visited Exploratorium with the idea that this is yet another science museum with a bit more hands on approach. I was very positively surprised to discovered that it&#8217;s far from that. Instead of being classical museum it&#8217;s a giant &#8216;playground&#8217; where each exhibit offers you an interactive experience around some concept, mostly from physics. 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