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| | h1. What *is* _Science Buzz_? |
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| | Multiple-award-winning _Science Buzz_ is both a website and a library of digital and traditional exhibit components focused on science in the news, emerging research, and technology. |
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| | * integrates *up-to-the-minute science news* with interactive experiences and object-based displays; |
| | * *challenges visitors' perspectives* on museums' role in addressing today's science issues; |
| | * *personalizes museum experiences* and extends they beyond the museum walls, linking visitors with activities, resources, experts, citizen science opportunities, and each other; |
| | * encourages visitors to be savvy consumers of science information and makes science content engaging and relevant by using *real voices (scientists' and visitors')* to tell science stories; |
| | * puts a variety of *researchers and their work* in the public eye and allows visitors to interact with them; and |
| | * its "templates" and digital infrastructure allow developers to *create experiences quickly*, responding to and communicating science stories in real time. |
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| | h1. What if I only want content on specific topics, or I want screen to match my exhibit? |
| | | h1. What if I only want content on specific topics, or I want the screens to match my exhibit? |
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| | Content driven from the [website|http://www.sciencebuzz.org] to the exhibit floor can be customized (within reason) to match your exhibit design and chosen topic(s). |
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| | You can create your own content, but the community can also help contribute stories to keep your topic fresh. |
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| | h1. Who's using _Science Buzz_ now? |
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| | There are currently _Buzz_ kiosks in: |
| | * SMM's _[_Disease Detectives_|http://www.diseasedetectives.org/]_ |
| | * The Field Museum's [Nature Unleashed|http://www.fieldmuseum.org/natureunleashed/] |
| | * SMM/American Museum of Natural History's [Water: H20=Life|http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/water/] |
| | * and [North Carolina Museum of Life and Science|http://www.ncmls.org/] (one focused on health and one focused on energy and the environment).\\ |
| | | * and [North Carolina Museum of Life and Science|http://www.ncmls.org/] (one focused on health and one focused on energy and the environment). |
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| | h1. What's next for _Science Buzz_? |
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| | *We are requesting supplemental funding from NSF to try to develop a distribution plan that makes* *{_}Science Buzz{_}* *affordable and usable by other institutions.* |
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| | If you're interested in becoming part of the _Science Buzz_ network, or talking about how _Science Buzz_ might work for your institution, please read through the rest of this wiki, and then contact us\! We want to hear from you. |
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