This presentation was made at the 2009 meeting of the American Association of Museums in Philadelphia. The talk was part of a session called, "Drawing Visitors In:Engaging Visitors in Science, Art & Children’s Museums." After each speaker presented, the audience broke into groups to try out the speakers' methods for engaging visitors.

1. Drawing Visitors In: Engaging Visitors in Science, Art & Children’s Museums Julie Charles - SFMOMA Tsivia Cohen - Chicago Children’s Museum Josh Gutwill - Exploratorium

3. Fostering Inquiry in Science Museums Josh Gutwill Acting Director Exploratorium Visitor Research & Evaluation

4. Context: Exhibit Design SMM Experiment Benches Exploratorium APE MOS, Boston Investigate! PISEC study

5. G roup I nquiry by V isitors at E xhibits National Science Foundation Funded by

6. Group Inquiry by Visitors at Exhibits Sue Allen Craig Anderson Mark Boccuzzi Fay Dearborn Beth Gardner Josh Gutwill Malia Jackson Adam Klinger Nerissa Kuebrich Suzy Loper Kathy McLean Lisa Sindorf Erin Wilson

7. Research questions Is it possible to explicitly teach visitors a useful set of inquiry skills? Can we help groups work together?

8. Which Inquiry Skills? Questioning Investigating Explaining Using Evidence Problem solving Reflecting Propose Action Interpret Results Designing Experiment

9. Format: Juicy Question Game Play with Exhibit Do the Experiment Brainstorm “ Juicy Questions” Ask more “ Juicy Questions” Interpret Results