Questacon

With over 200 interactive exhibits filling seven galleries, Questacon provides a full day of adventure and exploration. Whether it’s free falling six metres, watching lightning strike, experiencing an earthquake or discovering new innovations, Questacon has something for visitors of all ages. 

Questacon manages to create fun and interesting games for children that effectively teach them important lessons about science. children and their parents are able to enjoyably interact while learning- combining family, learning and fun.

It was this main concept of family, learning and fun that I wanted to integrate into my design.

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Feedback from Project 2

Feedback from Project 2:

• Strong concept 
• Concept needs to connect to site more 
• Learning technique needs to be developed
• Pods could be used to protect more of the development.
• Pods could be utilised at different angles and from different surfaces 

I started by looking at the proposed development and areas that could benefit from protection.

It was this image that got me thinking about the way children learn and the benefits of interactive learning. I also started researching into the benefits of technology in teaching and the different interactive technologies that are currently being used to teach children of varying ages about the environment.

I decided to continue to develop the idea of teaching children using interactive technology and active learning.

“Learning is not a spectator sport. Students do not learn much just sitting in classes listening to teachers, memorizing prepackaged assignments, and spitting out answers. They must talk about what they are learning, write reflectively about it, relate it to past experiences, and apply it to their daily lives. They must make what they learn part of themselves."

(Chickering & Gamson, 1987).

Active learning is defined as any strategy "that involves students in doing things and thinking about the things they are doing" (Bonwell & Eison, 1991).

Project 2