Latest ArticlesThe science and technology museum is an important position for the spread of science spirit, popularization of scientific and technological knowledge, and dissemination of scientific thoughts and scientific methods. In recent years, the science and technology museum in China has developed rapidly, but there is still a great gap between China and developed countries. It is far from being able to meet the need of social development and the diverse needs of different audiences in China in the region of museum number, type, showing ideas, contents, and displaying methods. Based on present situation of scientific and technological museum at home and abroad and the problems in their development process, this paper offered some suggestions on how to promote the construction of the science and technology museum in China.
Driven by the market force, many science and technology museums are oriented as places where visitors can get both education and amusement, which are called “Leisure Parks of Science and Technology”, representing an important trend in this field. New projects are currently being developed by the influence of this trend, while the theme focusing on harmony and stainable development among of human, nature and society.
Problem of weather forecast nowadays lies in difficulty in understanding with too many terminologies, while that of meteorological news is shown in less coverage on newspapers and lack of information people care most. To solve these problems, humanistic and popular elements should be added to make weather news more attractive, and demands of the target audience should be made clear in order to make the news more accessible to lay people.
Base on science popularization content, this paper discusses the necessity and criterion in the construction of quality control system of science popularization on the internet. Combined with the practice of the construction of China Digital Science and Technology Museum, the paper defines the content that constitutes quality control system of science popularization. Detailed criterions, quality concepts, control goals and practice methods are addressed with aspects of management mechanism and technology standards.
The public openness of scientific research institutions benefits enhancing our science capability, also speeding up technology development. In recent years, Chinese Academy of Sciences uses its own resources to carry out the opening activities, such as “Public Science Day”. This article analysis the problems of these activities from aspects of policy, organizational operation, funding, evaluation and incentive and others, and makes certain proposed solutions to the problems.
Experiential science is a kind of popular science activity which is re-experienced by the concept of experience. The main feature of experiential science is the perfect integration of self-perfect participation and the emotional rational knowledge of the audience. There are four dimensions of experiential science, including information, entertainment, sublimation, and the total sense. Experimental science behavioral is influenced by the behavior significantly. And the main mechanisms of experimental science are including consumer attribution, mental accounting, preference reversal, information waterfall, time preferences. We summarized the factors by the behavior model of science experience and give suggestions for future research.