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Xplora Science Teachers Conference 2006

http://www.imss.fi.it

Exploring Scientific Instruments Through ICT

Silvana Barbacci [email protected]

Institute and Museum of the History of Science, Florence

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Galileo’s telescopes

Inventor and maker: Galileo GalileiDate: ca 1610

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Tall-stem thermometersMaker: unknown Date: Mid-17th c.

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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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Drum electrical machine

Maker: unknownDate: ca 1776

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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

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Multimedia Catalogue

1,204 catalogued instruments435 Biographies750 “In Depth” files110 multimedia presentations55 3D animations (related to 178 instruments) Around 4,000 images

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The Instruments of Science

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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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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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Inventor: Galileo GalileiDate: ca 1606

The Geometric and Military Compass

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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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