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Science on the Buses

Gorazd Planinšič

Faculty for Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana and The House of Experiments, Slovenian Hands-on Science Centre

TechnoTN Forum, 4th-5th May 2007

• 1. Goal and Idea
• The goal:

– To help rebuilding public impression

• f Physics

– To promote Physics – To promote learning – To reach wide spectrum of public

• The idea:

– Identify Questions related to everyday situations that require Physics in explanations – Put Questions and Answers in public transportation – buses

• 2. From Idea to Product

Creators of Q and A:

• Post-grad. student (BSc. Phys.Ed.),

exhibit developper at sciece centre

• Post-grad. student. (BSc Phys.Ed), Teaching

Assistant at Univeristy

• Experienced children sport swimming coach (two

exams short from BSc in Physics, )

• Experienced high school Phys. Teacher (Bsc Phys,

Msc Chem.)

• Director of Science centre,( Phd Phys.)
• Assoc. Prof. at Phys. Dept. (Phd Phys.)

• 2. From Idea to Product

Creator of illustrations: Božo Kos renown artist/cartoonist, ( also holds BSc in Physics!)

• 3. Site
• Ljubljana
• Maribor
• Celje
• Koper
• Novo mesto
• Murska Sobota

• 4. Time line
• January 2005: Talks with

transportation companies

• February, March, April

2005: Questions selected. Answers composed.

• Review. Production.
• May 2005: Questions set
• n buses.
• July, August 2005:

Monitoring.

• October, November 2005:

Analysis.

• 5. Media
• Press conference as

kickoff to the project

• It was held in the bus while

driving around the capital

• An experiment was shown
• The project was presented
• n the national TV and

some newspapers

• 6. Photos

• 7. Responses from passengers

• 8. Ceiling exhibition “Science up High”
• Dr. Janez Potočnik – Commissioner for

Science and Research – is opening the exhibition.

• 9. Money (as agreed originally...)

HE FP6

14.850 € 3.685 €

FP6 HE Total: 18.535 €

Post Festum... ...bitter part

Learn from other people mistakes!

IMPORTANT NOTE: In what follows the abbreviation “EPS” (in brackets) is used to indicate unnamed/unknown individuals and NOT the European Physical Society as a whole. We have very high respect for EPS and belief in its important mission and we feel responsible for keeping its good name. Unfortunately, our experience (as shown here) make us believe, that not all people that are working professionally for EPS act in this way.

Bitter part No. 1

Money to be received from FP6 (EPS): 14.850 € Money actually received so far: 9.653 €

Bitter part No. 2

“EPS” changed original illustrations without any consultation or notification to HE

Original:

Bitter part No. 3

“EPS” changed the name of the action from “Science on the Buses” to “Science in Public Areas” without any consultation or notification to HE

Europhysicsnews, 37/5 (2006) p9.

Bitter part No. 4

From the 5th issue of 2006 Europhysicsnews we have learnt that this successful project was “...developed by EPS, in collaboration with HE...”

Bitter part No. 4a

From another report in 2006 November issue

• f Physics Today we learnt that after all HE
• rganized the activity called “Science in Public

Areas”...

Physics Today, November 2006, p33

You can get a collection of 50 illustrated plates with Q and A for free, providing that: You keep the original design Let us know where they will be used Give us your plates in case you translate text in your language Cite authorship

Contact Miha Kos (director of HE) at miha.kos@h-e.si

HE’s homepage: www.h-e.si

Science on the Buses

(WYP2005 activity)

Credits

Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology, Ministry of Education and Sport, Municipality of Ljubljana

Miha Kos