Tools of the Astronomer, An Interactive Science Education Exhibit

天文学家的工具，互动科学教育展览

• 批准号: 9253363
• 负责人: Robert Millis
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Lowell Observatory
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1992
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1992-07-15 至 1995-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9253363&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Tools; Astronomer; Interactive; Science; Education

Lowell Observatory astronomers will collaborate with educators, museum specialists, and planetarium professional to design and implement a unique series of interactive science education exhibits entitled Tools of the Astronomer. The exhibits will capitalize on widespread interest in astronomy to illustrate the research process, demonstrate the theory and function of basic astronomical instruments, and encourage visitors to discover how measurements made with these instruments reveal the properties of celestial objects. Exhibit concepts developed by the Lowell staff will be evaluated by a National Exhibit Advisory Board (NEAB). The original concepts will then be modified to reflect the Board's recommendations, and prototype exhibits will be built. The prototypes will be extensively tested for durability and effectiveness in achieving the educational goals. Students and teachers from Arizona (including those from nearby Navajo and Hopi Indian Reservations), plus members of the general public, will participate in the testing. The NEAB will then review the completed prototypes and test results, and recommend any further modification or testing needed prior to selection of a professional exhibit fabricator to build the final exhibits. The completed exhibits will be installed and further evaluated in a new educational facility to be opened at Lowell Observatory in spring of 1994. There, the exhibits will be experienced by tens of thousands of people who visit Lowell Observatory each year. A significant fraction of these visitors will be school children who will participate in instructional programs designed around the exhibits. The exhibits also will ultimately be used in teacher workshops. To achieve maximum impact, all software, exhibit designs, teacher's guides, and other material developed in this project will be marketed to schools, science centers, planetaria, observatories, and other educational entities at the cost of reproduction.

洛厄尔天文台的天文学家将与教育工作者、博物馆专家和天文馆专业人员合作，设计和实施一系列独特的互动科学教育展览，名为“天文学工具”。展品将利用人们对天文学的广泛兴趣来说明研究过程，展示基本天文仪器的理论和功能，并鼓励参观者发现使用这些仪器进行的测量如何揭示天体的性质。洛厄尔工作人员开发的展览概念将由国家展览咨询委员会（NEAB）进行评估。然后将修改最初的构想，以反映审计委员会的建议，并将建造原型展品。将对原型进行广泛的耐久性和有效性测试，以实现教育目标。来自亚利桑那州的学生和教师（包括来自附近的纳瓦霍和霍皮印第安人保留地的学生和教师），以及普通公众将参加测试。然后NEAB将审查完成的原型和测试结果，并建议在选择专业的展品制造商之前进行任何进一步的修改或测试，以建造最终的展品。完成的展品将在1994年春季在洛厄尔天文台启用的一个新的教育设施中安装和进一步评价。在那里，每年参观洛厄尔天文台的数万人将体验这些展品。这些参观者中有很大一部分将是学生，他们将参加围绕展览设计的教学计划。这些展品最终也将用于教师讲习班。为了达到最大的影响，所有的软件，展览设计，教师指南，以及在这个项目中开发的其他材料将出售给学校，科学中心，天文馆，天文台，和其他教育实体在复制成本。