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- By a generous donation from his excellency
- Sheik Khaled Ben Ali Altorky
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- To establish the first national
science garden in Jordan that attracts students and the general public,
provoking and stimulating their interests in learning science and
technology; the most important fields of knowledge in contemporary life,
and most needed for our country’s progress and advancement in the 21st
century.
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- To provide local schools with opportunities for extracurricular
activities; in science and mathematics programs, enriching the
imagination, vision, and knowledge of teachers and students, in a
stimulating and exciting natural atmosphere.
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- Highlighting and enhancing the spirit of innovation at the national
level of expertise and local industry. Therefore the Garden layout and
architecture, and every piece of
equipment and/or apparatus of the exhibits are to be completely designed
and manufactured by Jordanian engineers, scientists and technicians from
local institutions and companies.
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- Consequently sticking to allocated budget and reducing the cost of this
national project by many orders of magnitude compared with similar
projects executed in other Arab countries by foreign expertise.
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- The overall design and
selection of the Garden layout
and exhibits were manipulated and
decided by considering the following
five aspects and guidelines :
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- the layout plan were made
according to the natural landscape of the Garden area, with NO elimination of existing trees
allowed. Also keeping the needed tiled areas to a minimum and maximizing
natural green areas for more
trees to be planted.
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- Optimization of the designs of
water pools and channels so as to limit the use of water and reduce
waste and evaporation. Also natural oxidation and recycling processes
are introduced. Even though water has an apparent presence in the Garden, where water
pools are distributed among the major sections of the Garden.
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- The exhibits and galleries
in the Garden were selected to
cover a wide range of the science phenomena, math & technological
applications. Distributed into different zones; named using common
sense; and directly according to the phenomena being demonstrated by the
exhibits.
- With concentration on the
outdoor activities to exploit the
natural atmosphere intended in
this learning process.
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- The exhibits and galleries in
the Garden were chosen to be of clear and simple design, easy to
comprehend and operate by the visitor. Black boxes
were eliminated (as possible) from the exhibits designs. Each exhibit is
to be accompanied with a plateau explaining the
scientific phenomena and instructing the user for
the operation of the
exhibit; using down to earth simple
language, in both Arabic and English.
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- Considering the guidelines
and design aspects above also contributed much in reducing the costs of
the Garden infrastructure, civil works and exhibits used. Therefore the
project cost will hopefully be kept within the allocated budget.
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- (A) Main Entrance and Lobby
- (B) Sound Waves Zone
- (C) Water Works Zone
- (D) Earth and Astronomy Zone
- (E) Mathematics Zone
- (F) Mechanical Waves and Harmony
- (G) Sun Light and Energy Zone
- (H) Forces and Motion Zone
- (I) Circular Motion Zone
- (J) Indoor Zone
- (K) Meteorology Station Zone
- (L) Children Play and Learn Zone
- (M) Recreational Area
- (N) Pathology Garden Zone
- (O) Natural Pool Zone
- (P) You Can Do It at Home Exhibits
- (Q) Technology Exhibits Zone
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- Ticket Window
- Information & Brochures Window
- Show Room & Optical Illusion Gallery
- Foucalt Pendulum
- Scaled Model of the Garden
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- Sound Waves Mirrors
- The Ambient Noise Tubes
- Sound Communications Pipes
- Sound Delay Hose
- Doppler Effect in Sound
- Stone Sound Bars
- Sound Echo Tube
- Music Rock
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- The Archimedean Spiral
- Archimedes Buoyancy Principle
- Water Turbine
- Cartesian Divers
- Water Cyclone
- Water Centrifuge
- Water Bubbles
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- Earth Model
- Stone Solar System Model
- Sundial Clock
- Out of Earth Swing
- The no-gravity walk
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- Geometrical Shapes & Volumes
- Phethagorean Theory Triangle
- Trigonometric Unit Circle
- Natural Number p Derivation
Circle
- Cartesian Coordinates
- Polar Coordinates
- Spherical Coordinates
- Math Integration Model
- Natural Distribution Apparatus
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- Resonant Pendulum
- Harmony Drawing Pendulum
- Simple Pop Pendulum
- Chaotic Pendulum
- Five Ball Pendulum
- Coupled Pendulums
- Torsion Pendulum
- Resonance Bars
- Transverse Waves on a String
- Water Wave Projector
- Mechanical Wave Machine
- Water Wave Channel
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- Rainbow Pool
- Solar Tower Model
- Solar Furnace
- Solar Water Heater
- Reflections in Mirrors
- Soap Bubbles Area
- Photovoltaic Water Fountain
- Hydrogen Energy Cell
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- Gravitational Force Apparatus
- Balls Canon
- Projectiles Path
- Hydraulic Press
- Lever System
- Bernoulli Principle, Wing Model
- 5-Ball Collision App.
- Pulley System
- Toothed Gear System
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- Rotating Disk (stool)
- Double Gyroscope
- Direction Gyroscope
- Set of Gyroscope Wheels
- Motor Driven Gyro
- Centripetal Force
- Moment of Inertia Tracks
- Racing Balls Tracks
- Maxwell Flywheel
- Wind Turbine
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- Electricity & Electronics Section
- Biology Models and Animal Gallery Section
- Geology Gallery
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- Meteorology Weather Station
with different measuring instruments; already exists in the Garden.
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- Balance Platform
- Catenary Bridge Building Blocks
- The Impossible Route
- Wooden Building Blocks
- Swings
- Seesaws
- Simple Geometrical Shapes
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- Cafeteria
- Science & Mathematics Gallery
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- Contains plants and trees of
different types and families. Distributed among six sections of
different shapes.
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- Ecological natural pool
- Living Frogs and fish
- Natural oxidation cycle (water flow)
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- A set of about 120 different
simple experiment or demonstration set-ups; that could be replicated by
the visitor at home or in school. To be exhibited and demonstrated to
the visitors at any appropriate section in the Garden or in the show
room of the entry area.
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- Open Car Model
- Car Engine Section Models
- Airplane
- Space Station Model
- Satellite Model
- Submarine Model
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