The document outlines Experimentarium's school program strategy from 2020-2024. It aims to increase the number of school visitors by developing new educational formats, targeted communication and marketing, and partnerships. Experimentarium focuses on informal science education for children and young people, with over 100,000 school visitors in 2019. An example workshop described is the Bootcamp in Engineering, where students use the engineering design process to solve challenges and build solutions.

1. The school program at
Experimentarium
Sheena Laursen
Emergent project meeting Dec 2020
2020-2024

2. An important target
group

3. Pre school, schools
and secondary
education
All of these are special target groups for
Experimentarium because
• Experimentarium’s aim is to create an
interest in science and technology with a
specific focus on children and young people.

4. A special platform
Experimentarium is Denmark’s largest informal
learning environment within science and
technology
Today, several universities look at our senses-
and experienced-based learning with interest
and have initiated research projects on exactly
this topic and how it resonates with our visitors at
Experimentarium.
Schools focus on multi-disciplinary topics and
didactic methods that can develop and increase
children’s engagement in science.
The target group
represented 22,8% of our
443.780 gæster in 2019 -
all in all 101.393
Our aim is to have 125.000
school visitors by 2024

5. School Strategy
2020-24
Bringing the school closer
to Experimentarium
through 3 targeted initiatives

6. 1. New Products
Developing special school formats that support the
annual themes for all our target groups (pre-
school, schools and secondary education).

7. 2. Communication and
marketing
Developing a targeted communication plan with a
focus on networks, user involvement and loyality.
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8. 3. Partnerships
Developing partnerships with external partners to
develop educational material
Establishing an academy for senses- and
experienced based learning with research
institutions
Establishing a close collaboration with experts and
researchers from business and industry

9. Bootcamp
in Engineering
A phenomenal example
of a school workshop

10. Learning to use
engineering design
processeso School pupils are given a concrete challenge
o They then develop a solution to this
challenge – they build, test and improve it in
our exhibitions.
o Inclusion of all the pupils is key from
development to execution of this workshop.

11. Thank you
sheenal@experimentarium.dk