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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 of 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 or 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