A talking planet.
TellUs is an interactive visualization globe that strengthens Universeum's experiences and educational model. With TellU's visualizations, we can travel back and forth in time, explain and show how continents have changed, how the climate is shifting and how we can influence the future. We can show the Earth as we see it from space and explore other planets.
With the power of TellUs, scientific data becomes visible and understandable. By combining this advanced visualization technology with Universeum's proven pedagogy, we create captivating encounters between children, young people and science.
What is scientific capital?
Scientific capital includes more than just factual knowledge. It is about a person's collective resources in the STEM field: understanding of scientific phenomena, curiosity to explore, courage to ask questions and the ability to see connections between science and everyday life. When children and young people get to encounter science in an engaging way, such as through TellU's interactive visualizations, their scientific capital is strengthened and they see STEM as something exciting and relevant.
Universeum's work with TellUs.
Universeum's work with TellUs is in a development phase where we are testing and refining educational programs that take advantage of the visualization globe's unique opportunities. Our goal is to increase children's and young people's scientific capital with the help of AI-driven visualisation by making complex phenomena visible and understandable.
One of the strengths of TellUs is its mobility. By bringing the visualisation globe to schools, cultural centres and other meeting places, Universeum reaches children and young people in their own environment. This increases Universeum's reach and enables more people to take advantage of the exciting opportunities that Universeum offers, regardless of geographical location or socio-economic conditions.
Current programs.
Jag är en astronaut!
En interaktiv rymdresa där publiken får följa med ut till solsystemets yttersta planet, Neptunus. Längs vägen stannar vi vid olika planeter och utforskar deras egenskaper genom frågan "kan vi bada här?". Programmet har redan testats framgångsrikt med fritidshemsgrupper på Bergsjöns kulturhus under påsklovet 2025, där barnen fick uppleva rymden på ett helt nytt sätt.
Uppdrag: Rymden
I mindre grupper får barn, unga och vuxna själva navigera med TellUs och leta efter spännande platser och fenomen i vårt solsystem. Denna hands-on-aktivitet låter deltagarna bli rymdforskare för en stund och upptäcka solsystemets hemligheter genom egen utforskning.
Resan till djupet
Ett program där vi tillsammans med elever i årskurs 2 beger oss på en historisk resa för att utforska vad som gömmer sig i havens djup. Programmet pilottestades vårterminen 2025 i Kungsbacka kommun, genom sex klasser från tre olika skolor.
Pedagogical development and future.
Universeum's educators are continuously working to develop new ways to use TellUs to strengthen STEM teaching. In the next phase, we will be able to create our own visualization layers, which will allow us to tailor the content to different target groups and themes.
The long-term goal is to integrate an AI module that makes it possible for children and young people to ask questions directly to TellUs and get answers through both visualization and conversation. This will create a unique interactive learning environment where curiosity meets immediate response and where complex scientific contexts become understandable through visual storytelling.
TellUs is part of Wisdome.
TellUs is part of the Wisdome collaboration, where five prominent science centers in Sweden – the National Museum of Science and Technology in Stockholm, Visualization Center C in Norrköping, Universeum in Gothenburg, Malmö Museums and Curiosum in Umeå – work together to make science more accessible and inspiring.
Norrköping's Visualization Center C is responsible for the technical production of TellUs, while each science center develops its own educational content and program. This collaboration ensures that TellUs becomes a resource that can be used across the country, with local anchoring and pedagogical expertise from each participating institution.
Through the Wisdome collaboration, we can share experiences, develop common methods and create synergy effects that benefit children and young people throughout Sweden. TellUs will thus not only be a tool for visualization, but a bridge builder between science centers and a joint effort to strengthen the scientific capital of the next generation.