- International
Engineering and Product Design Education Conference, Delft, The Netherlands, Sept. 2004:
"Design For Learning: Product Design and Engineering For a Knowledge-Based Society"
- Universeum
Science Centre and Chalmers Univerity of Technology, Gothenberg, Sweden,
Sept. 2003: “Sustaining Science Learning And Public Dialogue
On Science-Based Issues In Diverse Communities”
- University
of Maryland, College Park, MD, Dept. of Physics Colloquium, Sept.
2003: Guerrilla Science: Engaging Children And Adults In Diverse Communities
With Science Activities”
- Royal
Society, London, October 2002, COPUS (Committee on Public Understanding
of Science) and University of the West of England Science Communications
working group meeting: “Models, Media, and Metaphors for Communicating
Science”
- American
Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) annual meeting, Boston, MA
February, 2002: co-organizer and moderator with Bruce V. Lewenstein of symposium:
“Best Practices of Research Scientists Who Communicate with the Public”
- Science
Council of Japan and 21st Century Forum, Symposium on Science Education Crisis in Japan,
University of Tokyo, Komba, Japan, January, 2002: Plenary lecture, “Strategies for
Improving Inquiry-Based Science Education”
- National Academy of Sciences
USA), Planning meeting on Improving Communication of Science, Irvine CA, January, 2001:
“Communicating Science: From Gorillas Loose in the Museum to Guerilla Science in
McDonald’s.”
- Japan Science & Technology
Corporation Forum on Developing the Brain: The Science of Learning and Education, Oiso, Japan,
November, 2000, Keynote Lecture: “Stimulating Children’s Learning, Thinking, and
Creativity.”
- Hitachi Advanced Research
Laboratory, Saitama, Japan, November, 2000: “Our Roles As Scientists and Engineers in Improving
Public Understanding of Science and Technology.”
- Stanford University Learning
Design and Technology Program, Stanford, CA, July, 2000: “Designing Technology to Improve
Public Understanding of Science and Technology”
- Annual Reviews of Science Board
Meeting, Palo Alto, CA, June, 2000: “Engaging the Public in Critical Issues of Science and
Science Policy While Living in a Blizzard of Sound Bytes”
- Harvard University Science
Center and Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cambridge, MA, April, 2000: “Exploring
Science with Playful, Metaphorical Exhibits”
- Bolt, Barenek, & Newman Technology
Division of GTE, Cambridge, MA, April, 2000: Improving Public Understanding of Science and Technology:
Creating Anchors in a Fast-Moving Stream”
- MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, MA, Jan,
1999: “Hands-On Science Where It’s Least Expected”
- Walt Disney Imagineering,
Glendale, CA, March, 1998: “The Art of Creating Great Entertainment with Real Science
Content”
- American Chemical Society, Santa Clara
Valley, March, 1998: “Science by Seduction: Engaging Children with Science-Based Games in Business
Locations”
- National Institutes of Standards and
Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, September, 1997: “Science by Seduction: Placing New Opportunities for
Learning in the Path of Everyone's Daily Lives”
- Rotary Club of San Jose, July, 1997:
"Guerrilla Science: Opportunities for Children to Learn Science While Being Entertained in Commercial
Locations”
- Commonwealth Club of San Francisco,
May, 1997: “Science by Seduction: Opportunities for Learning Through Hands-on Activities in Commercial
Locations”
- National Research Council, Washington,
DC, August, 1997: Planning Meeting on Building Bridges Between Formal and Informal Science Education
- Hitachi Corporation, Central Research
Laboratory, Tokyo, Japan, July, 1996: Designing School and Play Environments To Improve Children’s
Learning and Creativity"
- University of Utah and Utah Science/Arts Center
Project, Salt Lake City, April, 1995: “Learning Science and Art Through Real and Virtual Experiences”
- Wisconsin Art Education Association,
annual meeting, Baraboo, WI, April, 1995: “Analyzing Art and Feeling Science: Creating an Integrated
Educational Experience”
- National Institutes of Standards and Technology,
Gaithersburg, MD, May, 1994: “New Technology And New Strategies For Communicating Science In Museums, Corporations,
And Courtrooms”
- Chicago Academy of Sciences, November, 1994:
“Creativity and Questions, Persistence and Passion, Science and Art,” in Symposium on Science and Art:
Creativity, Motivation, and the Joy of Learning. Also contributed to organizing this conference.
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Mechanical Engineering Dept, Cambridge, MA, May, 1993, “Guerrilla Science: Developing Hands-on Exhibits and
Toys”
- Carnegie-Mellon University, Dept. of Engineering
and Public Policy, Pittsburgh, PA, February, 1992, "Hands-on Exhibits for Communicating Issues of Health Risks and
Low-Frequency Electromagnetic Fields"
- Association of Science-Technology Centers
Annual Conference, Louisville, KY, October, 1991: “Tackling the Technical Toughies: Creating Engaging Exhibits
on Technically and Scientifically Complex Topics”
- Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of
American History, Washington, DC, May, 1991, "Freezing Bubbles, Generating Colors, and Launching the Ping Pong
Rocket": a participatory science performance.
- Science Museum, London; The Discovery Dome,
Glasgow, Scotland; Snibston Mine Site, Leicester, UK; Bristol University, Bristol, UK; Heureka Science Center,
Vantaa, Finland, April, 1991, lectures and performances: "Tickling a Crystal Spider, Freezing a Bubble, and
Firing the Ping Pong Rocket."
- Soviet Academy of Sciences, Korchatov Institute in
Troitsk and Leningrad, USSR, April, 1991, Lectures for the scientific community on hands-on science education,
science performances and workshops for children.
- Colston Symposium on "Understanding
Science", Bristol, UK, March 1991, "Playing with a Full Deck: Science Exhibits as Resource
Centers in Schools"
- Princeton University School of Engineering,
Open House, February, 1991, workshops with faculty and graduate students on communicating science to children;
workshops for middle school teachers
- Elementary School Science Association,
Northern California Annual Meeting, Palo Alto, CA, November, 1990, "Learning Science in Context: Theme and
Variations (With Thanks to Mozart and Others)"
- International Design Conference in Aspen,
CO, June, 1990: Examples and discussion of design for children
- Indo-US Subcommission on Education and
Culture Workshop on Chemistry Exhibits in Science Centers, October 1989, San Francisco, "With A Whiff, a
Bang, and a Flash of Color: Interactive Chemistry Exhibits for Science Centers."
- Royal Society of Chemistry, London, UK,
May, 1988: "Can Hands-on Chemistry Exist Outside the Laboratory?"
- Workshop on Design and Fabrication
of Interactive Exhibits, Sheffield, UK, May, 1988; Sponsored by Nuffield and Gatsby Foundations.
- American Chemical Society, Presidential
Conference on "Chemistry in the Museum Environment" at Lawrence Hall of Science, May, 1988.
- IBM Almaden Research Labs, San Jose,
CA, April, 1988: Physical Sciences Colloquium on "From Science Research to Science Exhibits: Creating Flow
Commotion, Crystal Spider, and PolePatterns"
- California Association of Chemistry
Teachers, Mills College, CA, March, 1988: Crystal Spider, FlowCommotion, and Other Enjoyable Ways of Provoking
Critical Thinking About Chemistry"
- Science Museum of Virginia, Richmond, VA,
March, 1988: Conference on Planning a Chemistry Exhibits for the "Common Sense/Science Sense" Gallery
in the Science Museum of Virginia
- IBM T.J. Watson Research Center,
Yorktown Heights, NY, January, 1988: "FlowCommotion and the Crystal Spider: Adventures of a Research
Scientist in Science Education"
- Colorado Mountain College, Glenwood Springs,
CO, November, 1987: "Warm Superconductors and Other Hot Topics in Science: Toward Improved Public Understanding
of the Excitement in Scienceland"
- Chicago Academy of Sciences, Chicago,
IL, November, 1987: "Magnetic Popcorn, Superconducting Levitators, and the Crystal Spider: Translating
Scientific Concepts into Hands-on Learning Devices for Children"
- American Chemical Society, Santa
Clara Valley Chapter, October, 1987: "Flow Commotion, Frozen Bubbles, Crystal Spider: Hands-on
Exhibits for Chemistry and Physics"
- Utah Shakespeare Festival and
Renaissance Fair, Cedar City, UT, July, 1986: Performance/Demonstrations with the Frozen Bubble Box and
other exhibits
- Exploratorium, San Francisco, CA,
April, 1986: Performance/Demonstration as a "Bubble Master" at the Second-Ever Bubble Festival
- Department of Physics, Haverford
College, PA, October, 1985: "Frozen Bubbles: An Example of a Hands-on Activity for Learning and
Teaching Science"
- California Media and Library
Educators Association meeting with California Science Teachers Association, September, 1985: workshops
on exhibit use in resource centers and classrooms
- Institute for High School
Chemistry Teachers, San Jose State University, July, 1985: workshop on the use of hands-on chemistry
exhibits in the high school classroom
- International Design Conference
in Aspen, Aspen, CO, June, 1985: Display of exhibits on optical illusions with mirrors and soap films
- American Association for the
Advancement of Science, National Meeting, Los Angeles, May, 1985; Symposium on Popular Science
Communication in Developing Countries: "Hands-on Science Exhibits as Essential Tools for
Communicating Concepts and Issues of Science in Developing Countries"
- American Chemical Society,
National Meeting, Miami, FL, May, 1985; Symposium on Museums and Chemistry: "Frozen Bubbles:
Connecting Macroscopic Events to Molecular Phenomena with Hands-on Exhibits and Interactive
Computer Simulations"
- California Association of
Independent Schools, Annual meeting of northern CA section, March, 1985: workshops on inquiry-based
learning in the classroom and science center using hands-on exhibits
- American Chemical Society,
California section, San Francisco, November, 1984: Hands-on Chemistry Exhibits Coupled with Computer
Simulations: New Educational Tools"
- Aspen Educational Research
Foundation, public lecture, Aspen, CO, October, 1984: "How Do Bubbles Do That? Stimulating
Curiosity and Learning Science with Hands-on Exhibits"
- Western Spectroscopy
Association Annual Conference, Asilomar, CA, January, 1984: "Exploring Molecular Phenomena with
Participatory Chemistry Exhibits"
- University of Southern California,
Los Angeles, Physics Department Colloquium, November, 1983: "Hands-on Exhibits of Molecular
Phenomena: New Educational Tools"
- Stanford University, CA,
Chemistry Department Colloquium, October, 1983: "Hands-on Chemistry Exhibits: Innovative
Educational Tools"
- Xerox PARC, CA, 1983:
"The Challenge of Developing Hands-on Science Exhibits"
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