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EXPLORATIONS - Koshland Science MuseumBy
Broadcast: Wednesday, March 02, 2005
(MUSIC)
VOICE ONE:
I'm Steve Ember.
VOICE TWO:
And I'm Faith Lapidus with the VOA Special English program EXPLORA
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EXPLORATIONS - Koshland Science Museum
By
Broadcast: Wednesday, March 02, 2005
(MUSIC)
VOICE ONE:
I'm Steve Ember.
VOICE TWO:
And I'm Faith Lapidus with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today we tell about a new effort to help the public understand science.
VOICE ONE:
(Photo - Koshland Science Museum)
"New tools help us see deeper into the nature of things. New discoveries lie before us." These words help explain the purpose of the new Marian Koshland Science Museum in Washington, D.C. The museum is designed to help the public understand new scientific tools and discoveries.
The museum is small and different. It is created for people aged thirteen and older. It uses modern technology to explain some complex science issues to the public. The exhibits explore the links between scientific research and everyday life.
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The museum opened in April, two thousand four. It is part of the National Academy of Sciences, a private, non-profit organization. In eighteen sixty-three, President Abraham Lincoln signed a congressional charter making the National Academy of Sciences an independent adviser to the federal government. Today it is one of four organizations that advise the nation on issues of science, engineering and medicine. They publish more than two hundred research studies each year for policy makers and citizens. The exhibits in the new science museum are based on these research reports.
The museum is named for a female scientist, Marian Koshland, who had been a member of the National Academy of Sciences for many years.
VOICE ONE:
Erika Shugart (SHOE-gart) is deputy director of the Marian Koshland Science Museum. She says the idea of a new museum began with Daniel Koshland, a well-known biochemist. He wanted to honor his wife who died in nineteen ninety-seven. Marian Koshland was molecular biologist and immunologist who had made important discoveries. She also was known for wanting to get young people interested in science. And she felt it was important to increase public understanding of science.
Miz Shugart says that about six years ago, Mister Koshland offered to give money to the National Academy of Sciences to support a project that would honor his wife. Many ideas were discussed. Mister Koshland liked the idea of creating a new science museum. He and other members of the National Academy of Sciences looked at a number of science museums. They decided there was a need for a museum to present the latest scientific theories that are related to daily life.
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Miz Shugart says four goals were important in planning the Marian Koshland Science Museum. One was that the exhibits in the museum be based on research reports released by the National Academies. The museum creators also felt that any science issue being presented should be important now and for the future.
Another goal is that the subject of the exhibit be one that people disagree about in some way. And the museum planners wanted each exhibit to be based on scientific information that could be presented by modern technology in such a way that visitors have fun while learning. |
