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Welcome to the session : „ Organizing events in exhibition spaces” Alexandra Lang - lang@welios.at. Wels, Austria. Join - Wonder - Explore
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Welcome tothesession: „Organizing events in exhibition spaces” Alexandra Lang - lang@welios.at
Join - Wonder - Explore Grasprenewableenergy in thehands-on exhibition, bigandsmall, oldandyoung will beequallyenthralled: Explore a housefullofenergyfeaturing 150 hands-on exhibitswith lots ofcranksto turn, knobstotwirlandbuttonsto push.
Whatkindofexhibits? • Basics ofphysics • Solar energy • Wind power • Water power • EnergyfromBiomass • Geothermal energy
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Outdoor activity: Summer Science Saturdays
Varietyofexhibits… • Minds-On • Bodies-On • Artistic • Competitionevoking • Suitableforgroups • Multimedia • Storyline Exponate
Organisation oftheEnergiathlon • Date: October, the8th, 2011 • Team registering via the Welios-Website or Facebook • Teams: minimum 3, maximum 5 people • 6 stations, supervisedbyscouts • Time span: 4 hours • Finals: best4 out of 47 teams • Final competitionatexhibit „racecompetition“ • Award ceremonyforbest 3 groups, trophyforthewinner
How fast canyoureact tovisualstimuli ?
Loadyourtrunk using all bricks!
Howmany timescanyou makethe solar plane turn in 1 minute ?
Letthemirror ball glow!
Things not thoughtof… • Individual visitorswantedtotakepartaswell • Somefamilieswantedtohavetheirchildrensupervised • => Waiting queuesatthestations • => Problems withclosing time (4 hourstooshort) • Space Problems atthefinals (toomanyvisitors) • Problems withexhibits
Conclusion: Suggestion fornext time • Inexpensive, easy-to-organizeevent • Deadline forregisteringforspontaneousgroups • Involvemoreexhibitsorothergroupactivity • Longer time span • Choosenexhibitsprovedtobegood • Have „spare“ exhibits • Final competitionattractsvisitors • Award ceremonyimportant!
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