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Defining goals and telling the story Andrea Hart –Exhibit Development Intern Orlando Science Center

Educational goals

 Cognitive  Affective  Performance:

 Developing skills  Social goals

Example, goals expressed as a message:

“I never knew that sharks were endangered!” Original goals: Visitors will recognize that sharks are endangered. (cognitive) Visitors will care about sharks. (affective)

Writing your goals

 Be specific in your goals and messages with one idea

per line

 Use definitive language in your goals “the visitor will…”  Your goals, objectives, messages, must have

measurable or observable outcomes

 Don’t be overly specific in your goals, you don’t want to

make visitors feel right or wrong

 Don't outline the exhibition contents in your goals

• area. These will appear in your storyline.

Which is the better goal?

 Visitors will learn how a body is preserved

in a peat bog .

 Visitors will understand that peat

preserves things from decay.

Which is the better goal?

 Visitors will know that iron meteorites

contain taenite and kamacite crystals.

 Visitors will know that iron meteorites

are made up of metal compounds not found on earth

What types of goals are these?

I never realized there was a difference between a rainforest and a jungle.

The most dangerous creatures in the ocean are not necessarily big.

We should recycle more items rather than throwing things away.

I did not know that the same elements that cause rubies to be red cause emeralds to be green.

Visitors will test variation in wheel sizes to determine which ones make a faster solar car.

Jelly fish are cool!

Visitors will assemble and disassemble the jointed wood examples to understand that nails were never used in Ming woodworking.

Quantifying your goals

 You are creating goals that will help in evaluating

whether your exhibit is successful or needs refinement

 If you were to write a questionnaire that your visitors

would take after using your exhibit, what percentage of your goals would be retained?

Types of questions in a survey

• Open-ended questions--allow visitor to word things in

their own way

• Closed questions, often referred to as multiple choice.

These include two subgroups:

 Checklists--allow visitors to select one response or as many

responses as are applicable

 Scales--used to determine values such as frequency, intensity,

quantity and quality

How questions reveal the success

• f your goals

 Example goal: Visitors will understand that most

species of sharks are not man-eaters.

 Quantifying question:  Do you agree or disagree that most sharks are man-

eaters? Agree Somewhat agree Somewhat disagree Disagree

 If you survey 20 people

 2 people agree  4 people somewhat agree  8 people somewhat disagree  6 people disagree

Therefore 70% of your visitors either somewhat disagree

• r completely disagree with this statement showing that

your goal was successfully perceived

Now your ready to design!

Exhibit storyboard

 Create a written or visual account of what the visitor

will experience

 Write up a step by step guide i.e

 Visitor walks up to display and sees a dial, button, and

• joystick. When the visitor presses the button x happens….

 Or sketch a literal story board of what your exhibit will

do

Preparing your budget

 Based on your sketches figure out how much material

you need:

 i.e. how many sq ft of, wood, plexi, metal, plastic

 Special component costs  Wiring costs  As a separate item include anticipated maintenance

cost

 If supplies need to be replenished provide a yearly cost