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Xplora Science Teachers Conference 2006
http://www.imss.fi.it
Exploring Scientific Instruments Through ICT
Silvana Barbacci silvana@imss.fi.it
Institute and Museum of the History of Science, Florence
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Xplora Science Teachers Conference 2006
http://www.imss.fi.it
Exploring Scientific Instruments Through ICT
Silvana Barbacci silvana@imss.fi.it
Galileo’s telescopes
Inventor and maker: Galileo GalileiDate: ca 1610
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Exploring Scientific Instruments Through ICT
Silvana Barbacci silvana@imss.fi.it
Tall-stem thermometersMaker: unknown Date: Mid-17th c.
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Exploring Scientific Instruments Through ICT
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Polyhedral dial
Maker: Stefano BuonsignoriDate: 16th c.
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Nocturnal and sundial
Maker: Girolamo della VolpaiaDate: 1568
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Surveying instrument
Maker: Baldassarre LanciDate: 1557
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Exploring Scientific Instruments Through ICT
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Drum electrical machine
Maker: unknownDate: ca 1776
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Exploring Scientific Instruments Through ICT
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Main Digital Resources
• Website: www.imss.fi.it• Online Multimedia Catalogue• Multimedia Catalogue on DVD• WHYRE: wearable computer of MUSE project• Scientific Instruments Online series • Digital material created in conjunction with temporary exhibitions• Digital Library
CERN
Xplora Science Teachers Conference 2006
http://www.imss.fi.it
Exploring Scientific Instruments Through ICT
Silvana Barbacci silvana@imss.fi.it
CERN
Xplora Science Teachers Conference 2006
http://www.imss.fi.it
Exploring Scientific Instruments Through ICT
Silvana Barbacci silvana@imss.fi.it
Multimedia Catalogue
1,204 catalogued instruments435 Biographies750 “In Depth” files110 multimedia presentations55 3D animations (related to 178 instruments) Around 4,000 images
CERN
Xplora Science Teachers Conference 2006
http://www.imss.fi.it
Exploring Scientific Instruments Through ICT
Silvana Barbacci silvana@imss.fi.it
CERN
Xplora Science Teachers Conference 2006
http://www.imss.fi.it
Exploring Scientific Instruments Through ICT
Silvana Barbacci silvana@imss.fi.it
CERN
Xplora Science Teachers Conference 2006
http://www.imss.fi.it
Exploring Scientific Instruments Through ICT
Silvana Barbacci silvana@imss.fi.it
CERN
Xplora Science Teachers Conference 2006
http://www.imss.fi.it
Exploring Scientific Instruments Through ICT
Silvana Barbacci silvana@imss.fi.it
The Instruments of Science
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Xplora Science Teachers Conference 2006
http://www.imss.fi.it
Exploring Scientific Instruments Through ICT
Silvana Barbacci silvana@imss.fi.it
Understanding the functioning of scientific instruments is quite hard.They cannot be touched nor seen working because they are fragile.
How to disclose the multifaceted meanings of the instruments to the public, particularly to schools?
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Xplora Science Teachers Conference 2006
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Exploring Scientific Instruments Through ICT
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The Series “The Instruments of Science”
Multimedia applications that aim to provide helpful information
for the comprehension of the most significant objects in the IMSS collections.
They are organized in three sections:
7. History: the historical aspects surrounding the Instruments are described
8. Explore: the user can manipulate the instrument through a real-time rendering
9. Simulation: the user can apply the instrument to solve concrete problems, often through games
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Xplora Science Teachers Conference 2006
http://www.imss.fi.it
Exploring Scientific Instruments Through ICT
Silvana Barbacci silvana@imss.fi.it
Inventor: Galileo GalileiDate: ca 1606
The Geometric and Military Compass
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Exploring Scientific Instruments Through ICT
Silvana Barbacci silvana@imss.fi.it
CERN
Xplora Science Teachers Conference 2006
http://www.imss.fi.it
Exploring Scientific Instruments Through ICT
Silvana Barbacci silvana@imss.fi.it
CERN
Xplora Science Teachers Conference 2006
http://www.imss.fi.it
Exploring Scientific Instruments Through ICT
Silvana Barbacci silvana@imss.fi.it
Galilean Compound Microscope
Inventor: Galileo GalileiMaker: Giuseppe Campani [attr.]Date: Second half of 17th c.
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Key points to achieve effective educational tools
• Strong collaboration between scholars and multimedia team to
ensure the correct presentation of contents;
• Attention to the choice of the most appropriate kind of
symbolic representation for each kind of content;
• Organization of contents into different levels of complexity;
• Within the Pencil project collaboration with teachers was
emphasized in order to achieve a stronger pedagogical impact
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