“Your Magic – It’s Chemistry” Exhibition
Activity by Teruto Ohta | added on Jul 19, 2011 | Japan
Sponsor(s): The Chemical Society of Japan and Japan Association of Chemical Industries
An exhibition are planned to let visitors experience fun, surprise and wonder through exhibition pieces related with chemistry and materials. Through this, science museums in the world will be inspired to introduce more exhibition of chemistry.
What would be most effective way to attract very young people, who have not learned atom and molecule at school, to chemistry? On the occasion of the international year of chemistry in 2011, The Chemical Society of Japan, in cooperation with the National Museum on Emerging Science and Innovation (Miraikan) and Japan Association of Chemical Industries, plan to hold an exhibition in which materials with unique properties have been effectively presented and let visitors surprise, wonder and joy at them. The exhibition is planned to be held from 23th to 27th of November, 2011 at the Miraikan in Tokyo.
A number of local governments in Japan have constructed and maintain science museums to let young people enjoy science. However, there are few exhibition pieces based on chemical principle in those museums, maybe because chemistry is not easy to have experience through exhibition, but through experience in laboratory. Development of exhibition themed chemistry is our challenge and we will share know-how of this development process.
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