Mesozoic Monsters, Mammals, and Magnolias: A Series of Interactive Exhibits

该提案要求为内布拉斯加大学州立博物馆新古生物馆的建设提供部分资金。这个项目将给学生和公众一个动态的视角来了解被称为爬行动物时代的时期。它强调互动展览的体验，重点关注地质时间的概念，物种如何适应和变化，相对大小，规模和时间，科学家作为榜样的活动，并为学生在课堂上提供这些体验的强化。该项目包括在博物馆中首次使用SemNet，这是一个为概念绘图和知识网络表示而设计的软件程序，将与视频光盘一起使用。所有互动展品的原型将经过形成性评估，以建立最大的观众可访问性，易用性和教育效果。展览概念将通过微型版本、在职教师培训和科学家驻校计划在内布拉斯加州传播。这个项目也将被用作内布拉斯加州大学博物馆研究研究生课程的教学实验室。

This proposal requests partial funding for the development of a new paleobiology hall at the University of Nebraska State Museum. This project will give students and the general public a dynamic view of the period of time known as the Age of Reptiles. It emphasizes experience with interactive exhibits that focus on concepts of geologic time, how species adapt and change, relative size, scale and time, the activities of scientists as role models, and it provides reinforcement of these experiences for students in the classroom. This project includes the first use in a museum of SemNet, a software program designed for concept mapping and the representation of knowledge networks, which will be used with a videodisc. Prototypes of all interactive exhibits will undergo formative evaluation to establish maximal audience accessibility, ease of use and educational effectiveness. The exhibit concepts will be disseminated throughout the state of Nebraska through mini- versions, teachers in-service training, and scientist-in- residence programs. This project will also be used as a teaching laboratory for the University of Nebraska's graduate program in Museum Studies.