Busan National Science Museum Holds Popup Exhibition 'Coding and Hydrogen' Featuring Mobile Exhibits

Making Complex Science Concepts Easy and Fun:
Unveiling Self-Developed Mobile Exhibits
Touring Underserved Regions and Southeast Science Museums After the Exhibition Ends

The Busan National Science Museum (Director Song Samjong) is holding a popup exhibition titled 'Coding and Hydrogen,' featuring its self-developed mobile exhibits, from May 27 to July 6 in the first-floor touring exhibition hall of the Children's Science Museum.

Popup Exhibition 'Coding and Hydrogen' Poster.

This exhibition presents 10 types of mobile exhibits themed around 'coding,' an essential skill in the era of digital transformation, and 'hydrogen,' which is recognized as one of the 12 national strategic technologies.

The exhibition consists of five coding exhibits, five hydrogen exhibits, and three hands-on content experiences.

In the Coding Zone, visitors can experience algorithms, block coding, and artificial intelligence coding. Notably, before participating, visitors can take a computational thinking assessment, which enables customized experiences tailored to different ages and coding proficiency levels. The 'Unplugged Coding' exhibit offers an algorithm and error-finding experience through a hamburger ordering game, while the 'Artificial Intelligence Coding' exhibit allows visitors to create their own characters using generative artificial intelligence (AI).

In the Hydrogen Zone, visitors can explore how hydrogen is used in everyday life and learn about the methods of its production and storage. In particular, an exhibit inspired by a ball-drawing machine enables visitors to experience the hydrogen production process and carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology.

In addition to the exhibits, three hands-on activities are available. In 'Finding the Shortest Path,' participants use arrow direction cards to navigate obstacles and learn the principles of coding. In 'Hydrogen Classification Game,' participants sort hydrogen by color and assign eco-friendly scores. In 'Creating a Future City Mural,' participants complete a mural of a future city by attaching their imaginative drawings to the wall.

Heo Namyoung, Head of Exhibition and Research at the Busan National Science Museum, stated, "We are developing a variety of mobile exhibits on different topics so that people can experience scientific principles anywhere," and added, "These coding and hydrogen exhibits will also be brought to regional science museums and various public cultural spaces to help spread scientific culture."

The Busan National Science Museum Supporters' Association (Chairman Lee Sutae, CEO of Panasia) is currently promoting the 'Traveling Small Science Museum' initiative, which utilizes mobile exhibits for science-culture underserved regions and member institutions of the Southeast Science Museum Council. The 'Coding and Hydrogen' exhibits are scheduled to tour various regions from August to September after the exhibition concludes.

Popup Exhibition 'Coding and Hydrogen' Exhibition (Coding Zone).

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