The ‘3rd Basic Plan for Science Hall Promotion’ was prepared to present the policy direction of 117 science halls nationwide for five years for the’World’s Powerful Science Contents’.
On the 23rd, the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning announced the 3rd Basic Plan for Science Education Promotion, which suggests five strategies, including 18 initiatives, such as streamlining the operation of science halls, spreading science culture contents based on imagination and creativity, nurturing and utilizing professional manpower.
If the policy direction for the past five years has focused on quantitative growth, which expands science museums to one-third of advanced countries, the five-year plan from this year to 2018 focused on qualitative growth.
The Ministry of Science and ICT plans to first construct a comprehensive science museum in Seoul and Busan, reflecting regional characteristics, and remodel the existing Seoul National Science Museum to create a’science museum for children to touch and experience’.
The Seoul Gangbuk Science Museum, which costs 47 billion won in total project cost, will open in 2016, and the Busan Science Museum with a total project cost of 1.3 billion won will open in 2015. The National Science Museum consists of History of Science and Technology, Natural History, Basic Science (Central Science Museum), Advanced Creative Experience (Gwacheon Science Museum), Light and Art (Gwangju Science Museum), Industrial Science and Energy (Daegu Science Museum), Transportation Science and Nuclear Medicine (Busan Science Museum). It focuses on specialized exhibitions and research.
In the content section, the focus is on an easy and fun scientific story beyond simple understanding of science.
Instead of being overlooked by the eye, visitors-participating exhibits that allow scientific experiences will be expanded, and a system will be prepared to display all the development processes of science and technology from basic to applied in a storytelling format. All facilities in the science hall, such as corridors, toilets, and ticket booths, are planned to be reorganized into science exhibits that add cultural and artistic elements to science.
In order to expand the creative experience programs tailored by age and by life cycle, and to develop logical thinking skills of elementary, middle and high school students, a software coding program is operated to create and experience prototypes by programming using micro PCs (finger computers) such as Arduino.
The Ministry of the Future plans to cultivate science culture experts who easily communicate and communicate science and technology to the public, and operate contents in science museums, infinite loss, and after-school schools. Infinite Sangsangsil, a space where people can come up with various ideas, will be installed at least one in 227 cities, counties, and districts nationwide centering on the Science Museum by 2017.
In addition, a plan to service exhibition, education, and event information of 117 science museums nationwide through the online portal’National Science Museum Comprehensive Exhibition Information Center’ and a smart app is also included in the basic plan. The’Smart Science Museum’, where you can experience an offline science museum online, will also be opened by grafting cutting-edge information and communication technologies such as 3D image technology and Digilog to the exhibits of the Science Museum.