Science on a Sphere

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Science on a Sphere

• Presented by Bishop Museum
• and
• Sponsored by NOAA

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SOS at Bishop Museum
Support NOAA Office of Education (Environmental
Literacy Grant) and NOAA Pacific Services Center
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Barrier from Octanorm
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Opening day Mad About Science, March 11, 2006
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Bishop Museum programs

• Debuted 3/11/06 with automated show about the
  planets using NASA and NOAA data
• Equivalent of an automated planetarium show

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• Live shows started with Climate of Paradise in
  late spring 2006using sphere to explain climate
  of Hawaii

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• With this Science of Paradise demonstration we
  started using Hawaii/Pacific NOAA as resources
  for datasets
• We also started using animations with the debut
  of this show

IPRC Sea Surface Temperature
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Worldwide wind patterns 2005
Data from Jim Potemra at IPRC (International
Pacific Research Center), University of Hawaii
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Worldwide hot spots 2005 (fires, volcanoes, oil
rigs)
Data from Eric Pilger at HIGP (Hawaii Institute
Geophysics and Planetology), University of HI
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Global Warming exhibit

• Opened 11/17/06
• Funding came from NOAA Science Literacy Grant

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Opened new live demonstration on Global Warming
on SOS on same day
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VIP opening on November 17, 2006
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NOAA Hawaii Staff at opening
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Stats to date

• Total of all visitors to Bishop who have seen
  Science on a Sphere since March 2006 180,431
• Live demonstration attendance 7,740
• Footprints attendance (Dec 8 10, 2006)
  678

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Future plans

• News/weather broadcasts
• Lecture series
• Teacher workshops

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School Programs for all grades

• 5th Grade
• Program Name Destination Solar System.
• Science Standards
• 5.8.1 Describe the relationship (size distance)
  of earth and other components in the solar system
• 5.8.3 Explain that the planets orbit the sun and
  that the moon orbits the Earth

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