Invisible Science
Interdisciplinary collaboration on a new type of science exhibit.
| Description | Fourth Year Studio |
| Date | Spring 2006 |
| Team [ASU] | Shawn Nelson, Danielle Jones, Shaun Salazar, Dave Bowen, Ian Wolfersteig, Oliver Rodrigo Romo, Joe David, Mark McCulloch, Alissa Priebe, Stephanie Francis, Katie Scallon, Thomas Allen |
| Funding | NSF Planning Grant # 0442469 Principal Investigator: Mitzi Vernon Co-PI’s: Katherine Cennamo, Steve Harrison, Margarita McGrath, Michael Ermann |
| Affiliation | Virginia Tech (project lead and funding) with SALA, Arizona State University |
Funded by a National Science Foundation (NSF) planning grant, the Phoebe’s Field project is to develop a traveling science exhibit on invisible fields (gravity, electromagnetism, acoustics, etc.). The focus audience is middle-school girls. As the architects on the team, our task was to design a terrain for parallel learning and engagement.
Related Links
Invisible Science [PDF]
More about making invisible connections visible…
A chapter from Phoebe’s Field (using narrative and design to communicate “how to think science”)…
Phoebe’s Field
All ideas used in the project are filed as a provisional patent with Virginia Tech and copyrighted to VT.