Evaluation Information

Network-level Evaluation

A summative evaluation was conducted of 16 sphere sites to investigate the nature and range of impacts that the sphere has on audiences who interact with it. The final report of this evaluation (completed in September 2010), conducted by the Institute for Learning Innovation, is available.

Institutional-level Evaluation

Individual institutions that have spherical display systems have conducted evaluations and have shared them here. This page contains the evaluation reports that have been shared date. If you would like to add or update an evaluation report, please contact sos.workshop@noaa.gov.

Thanks to all who have shared their evaluation reports and thereby helped to increase our collective understanding of how this technology can best be utilized.

American Museum of Natural History
Ocean‐Atmosphere Literacy Partnership Summative Evaluation

Aquarium of the Pacific
Ocean Science Center Remedial Evaluation
Ocean Science Center Summary Evaluation Report

Boonshoft Museum of Discovery
Remedial Evaluation of the SOS exhibition

Bishop Museum
Draft evaluation of two educational programs

Denver Museum of Nature and Science
Review of the evaluation literature, May 2010
SOS Baseline Visitor Study, Sept. 2010

Lawrence Hall of Science
Linking Evidence to Explanation in Global Science Evaluation Report

Maryland Science Center
Original SOS evaluation performed in Aug. 2004
Preliminary evaluation of kiosks
Summative Evaluation of the SOS Kiosk

McWane Science Center
Summary of assessment of school visits to SOS programming
Data from assessment of school visits to SOS programming

Nauticus
Questionnaire and preliminary results

North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island
Remedial Evaluation of Oceans Revealed: Powers of the Planet

Science Museum of Minnesota
SMM Science on a Sphere Formative Report July 06
SMM Science on a Sphere Front-End
Footprints Tracking Report Footprints
Footprints Interview Report
SOS Interpretive Features Prototyping Report
SOS Lobby Interview Report
Formative Evaluation for Planet Earth Decision Theater Live Performance
Exhibit Program Evaluation for Forecast: Tropical Cyclone