Discovering the Earth: A Permanent Museum Exhibit on Earth Sciences

费城自然科学院 发现地球：地球科学永久博物馆展览 费城自然科学院是美国领先的 最古老的自然历史博物馆，将开发和安装一个永久的 3,500平方英尺的宝石、矿物和地球科学展览， 发现地球。 此次展览，采用了广泛的 互动展览技术，将在很大程度上借鉴学院的 收藏的宝石和矿物，并对博物馆的科学 资源 展览主题将包括板块构造， 地质时代，地球深部过程，地球表面过程，产品 地质学就是历史 该展览将大量使用造型设计 评估的学童，成人和家庭团体，并将 并附有大量的补充教材。 NSF 将增加近100万美元的费用分摊， 博物馆和私人基金会。

Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Discovering the Earth: A Permanent Museum Exhibit on Earth Science Philadelphia's Academy of Natural Sciences, one of America's leading and oldest natural history museums, will develop and install a permanent 3,500 square foot exhibition on gems, minerals, and earth sciences, DISCOVERING THE EARTH. The exhibition, using a wide range of interactive exhibit techniques, will draw heavily on the Academy's collection of gems and minerals and on the museum's scientific resources. Exhibit themes will includes such topics as Plate Tectonics, Geologic Times, Deep Earth Processes, Earth Surface Processes, Products of the Earth, and Geology is History. The exhibition will be designed with substantial use of formative evaluation for school children, adults, and family groups, and will be accompanied by extensive supplementary educational materials. NSF support will be augmented by nearly $1,000,000 in cost sharing from museum and private foundation sources.