[Popular Science Education] “Science Season 2010: Climate Change” Begins at Kaohsiung

[Popular Science Education] “Science Season 2010: Climate Change” Begins at Kaohsiung (Chinese Version)

Udn.com ( 2010/08/09), RTI & National Educational Radio (2010/08/08)）The opening ceremony of the cooperative program of Ministry of Education, National Science Council and National Science & Technology Museum, “Science Season 2010: Climate Change Exhibition” (trans. temp.), was held on August 8. Minister of Education Ching-ji WU said during his opening address that it had become a globally common responsibility to pay and draw attention to the global warming; he urged the public to act for the earth by carrying out “the energy saving and carbon reduction,” for instance, to eat less meat or to reduce the air-conditioner, computer and auto-vehicle using, etc.

NSC Deputy Minister Wen-Chang CHANG pointed out, the annual science season has stepped into its eleventh year. The globally noticed issue “climate change” was selected to be this year's topic, and a five-year permanent exhibition hall on environmental protection, which was the initiative undertaking in Taiwan, was established. It was expected that with the five-year-term exhibition, more public engagement in the environmental issues could be made possible.

The climate change exhibition hall is built with green materials and divided into five theme-zones. It has the first nationwide mobile theater, whose operation depends on an energy-saving mechanism, a 360 degree dome screen, and the other special interactive designs which combines virtual reality technology and the sound & light effects. These ten sets of interactive exhibits present fifty two exhibition units, and the presentations are designed with the spirit to localize the climate change issues with the global perspective. The exhibition hall is intended to invite the visitors into an amusement park of environmental education.

To maintain the quality of the exhibition, a flow control (an hour per tour, eight tours per day, 250 persons per tour) will be executed before September 20. Group tours are advised to make reservations. Reservation Hotline: 0800-800236.


Related Historical Message:
[Popular Science Education] 400 Years of Heaven Gazing, NSC 2009 Science Season About to Start 2009/07/28


Further Information:
Udn.com 2010/08/09 (Chinese)
RTI 2010/08/08 (Chinese)
National Education Radio 2010/08/08 (Chinese)

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