Wando 'Visiting Science Museum'... Innovative Technology Products Gathered in One Place

Exhibition of Advanced Content Including Augmented Reality and Gonggi Cannon
Open Until the 28th... Participation and Experience Fees Fully Free

Elementary, middle, and high school students in the Wando area attracted attention on the 26th by visiting the ‘2024 Traveling Science Museum’ held at the Wando Farmers and Fishermen Culture and Sports Center.

The ‘2024 Traveling Science Museum’ is an event hosted by the Ministry of Science and ICT, the Korea Foundation for the Advancement of Science and Creativity, and the Korea Science Museum Association, and sponsored by the Lottery Commission and Wando-gun.

Elementary school students visiting the '2024 Traveling Science Museum' held at Wando Nong-eo Farmers and Fishermen Culture and Sports Center are experiencing a video exhibit.

Operating until the 28th, the ‘Traveling Science Museum’ tours marginalized and vulnerable areas with limited access to scientific and cultural facilities, exhibiting various science culture contents. Participation and experience fees are completely free.

The facility that caught the students’ attention that day was the ‘Augmented Reality’ booth. ‘Augmented Reality’ is a program showcasing technology that combines digital images or sounds with the real world for real-time interaction. It allows participants to see and touch innovative technology products leading Korea’s advanced science and technology in one place. In particular, students’ curiosity was stimulated as they could directly move their bodies to experience technology based on the principles of light through various physical activity contents on the floor screen.

The ‘Air Cannon’ booth also attracted attention. The ‘Air Cannon’ is a device demonstrating the power of fluids including air, providing a space to experience air pressure using Pascal’s principle.

Group visits from daycare centers and kindergartens continued as well. The children showed great interest in scientific tools such as afterimage effect animation experiences and coloring educational materials.

Children from national and public daycare centers visiting the science museum are experiencing afterimage effect animations.

Additionally, booths such as the hand boiler using body temperature and the pressure competition using syringes displayed a variety of science culture contents, including uniquely shaped boilers, syringes, and pipes, lined up for exhibition.

Jung In-ho, Director of Population and Job Policy at Wando-gun, said, “The Traveling Science Museum is a valuable program that provides various sights and enjoyable experiences that are difficult to experience in island regions,” and added, “We hope that residents of the Wando area and schools at all levels will take great interest and participate actively.”

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