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Designing the Science Laboratory for the School of Tomorrow Advanced Technologies in Education Hellas, Athinas 26 - 27 January 2007. Asger Høeg Executive Director of Experimentarium since April 1988 President of ECSITE, The European Network of Science Centres and Museums.
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Designingthe Science Laboratoryfor the School of TomorrowAdvanced Technologies in EducationHellas, Athinas26 - 27 January2007
Asger HøegExecutive Directorof Experimentariumsince April 1988President of ECSITE,The European Network of Science Centres and Museums
Associate Professorat theCopenhagen Business SchoolTeaching Experience and Transformation Economy
I would like to express my thanks and gratitude to the European Commission who supports this important conference and who also support to the two projectsDiscovery Space and CONNECT
ExperimentariumThe Danish Science CentreA FoundationFounded, November 1986Opened to the publicJanuary 1991
Since then 5,7 million visitorsThe same as980 visitorson average everyday,7 days a week,361 days a year
Which means that you must introduce new activities at least twice a year
A main exhibition of 300 experimentsTwo temporary exhibitions
Experimentarium is much more than the exhibitions!! Demonstrations
Experimentarium is much more than the exhibitions!! Educational material
Experimentarium is much more than the exhibitions!! Workshops
Experimentarium is much more than the exhibitions!! Conferences
Experimentarium is much more than the exhibitions!! Science night
Experimentarium is much more than the exhibitions!! Out-reach in a truck Rescue Team for one day
Experimentarium is much more than the exhibitions!! Danish Inventor Land
Experimentarium is much more than the exhibitions!! School competitions Galathea 3
Experimentarium is much more than the exhibitions!! School competitions
Experimentarium is much more than the exhibitions!! Xciters. Peer-to-peer teaching
Experimentariums Visionfor 2014Establish four new departments
Department for teachers training and other coursesDepartment foreducational material
Department for teachers training and other coursesDepartment foreducational materialResearch centre forinformal learning
Department for teachers training and other coursesDepartment foreducational materialResearch centre forinformal learningDepartment for science news
Research centrefor informal learningWhen are the children learning something?
Research centrefor informal learningWhen are the children learning something? What are the children learning?
The formal learning system in Denmark’s needs to be inspired by new methods of learning in new institutions of informal learning