Century of Discovery

建议书编号ESIE 93-55522提案名称：发现的世纪PI：Paula Apsell美国国家科学基金会总奖金：3,695,700美元预计完成日期：1998年秋季摘要：WGBH将开发、生产和分发一个将回顾二十世纪科学的综合项目。该项目的主要组成部分将是为公共广播公司制作一系列五个、两个小时、黄金时段的纪录片节目，通过非正式和正式的科学教育机构和组织让公众参与的外联活动，用于正式课堂的材料，以及科学博物馆的组成部分。该系列的重点将是通过讲述过去100年来理解我们自己和我们的世界的斗争的戏剧性故事来回顾20世纪的科学--在这个时代，科学比以前的时代进步得更多，科学学科经历了一场革命。然而，由于在本世纪末，科学家所知道的与大多数公众理解的之间存在着越来越大的差距，该系列将探索本世纪最持久的科学努力，每个两小时的节目将探索几个相关的研究和应用领域：宇宙和物质的观点；地球和生命的起源；健康、医学和人体；人性和行为；以及技术和工程。它将为观众提供一个机会，将100年的科学追求作为一个整体来看待，重塑他们对科学和科学家的看法，并被一种认为科学是永无止境的、深刻的人类对答案和解决方案的追求所吸引和启发。该项目的宣传部分包括：o以视频为基础的部分--系列录像带、选定用于课堂使用的视频模块、一级视盘和用于家庭学习的光盘原型。发现挑战活动--一项主要针对11-14岁女孩和男孩的全国性活动。这两个阶段的活动将通过中学科学和社会研究课程提供；通过青年团体，如Girls Inc.、家庭科学计划、4-H和女孩和男孩俱乐部；在博物馆和科学中心；以及通过其他非正式教育渠道。活动的设计将使具有广泛兴趣、学习方式和技能的年轻人能够参与。印刷组件-教师指南、视频模块活动指南、视频光盘指南、海报和一本配套的贸易手册。在线组件-与项目相关的电子公告栏和电子邮件中心。将在全国各地的图书馆、社区中心和学校建立公共访问点，拥有家用计算机的公众将能够免费连接到WGBH。在线提供的服务和活动将包括观众评论节目、向制作团队提问、下载教育材料和订购项目材料的能力。公告牌将为教育工作者提供一个电子论坛，让他们在使用项目资源时交流策略和想法，并使发现挑战的参与者能够利用在线资源和共享信息。在线组件将在WGBH进行管理和控制。博物馆部分-由博物馆工具包和活动组成，将通过邮寄方式纳入科学。Nova的执行制片人兼WGBH科学部主任Paula Apsell将担任负责生产的执行主管。乔恩·帕尔弗雷曼将担任执行制片人，并将领导一个由执行主编托马斯·弗里德曼、高级制片人和两名制片人组成的项目团队。外联活动将由教育印刷和外联主任Beth Kirsch和外联经理Simone Bloom负责。

Proposal No. ESIE 93-55522 Proposal Name: CENTURY OF DISCOVERY PI: Paula Apsell Total NSF Award: $3,695,700 Anticipated Completion Date: Fall 1998 ABSTRACT: WGBH will develop, produce, and distribute a comprehensive project that will review science of the twentieth century. The major components of the project will be a series of five, two-hour, prime time documentary programs for PBS, an outreach campaign to involve the public through informal and formal science education institutions and organizations, material for use in formal classrooms, and a science museum component. The focus of the series will be to review the science of the twentieth century by telling the dramatic story of the struggle to understand ourselves and our world over the past 100 years -- a time when science advanced further than in previous eras combined and when scientific discipline underwent a revolution. However, because at the close of the century there is an ever-widening gap between what scientists know and what most of the public comprehends, the series will explore the century's most enduring scientific endeavors with each two-hour program probing several related fields of investigation and application: views of the universe and of matter; origins of the Earth and of life; health, medicine, and the human body; human nature and behavior; and technology and engineering. It will offer viewers an opportunity to view 100 years of scientific pursuits as a whole, to recast their perceptions of science and scientists, and to be intrigued and inspired by a view of science as a never-ending and deeply human quest for answers and solutions. The outreach component of the project include: o Video-based Components - videocassettes of the series, video modules selected for classroom use, level one videodiscs, and a prototype for a CD-ROM for home learning. A Discovery Challenge Activity - a national campaign targeted primarily for girls and boys 11-14 years of age. The two-phase activities will be offered through middle school science and social studies classes; through youth groups such as Girls Inc., Family Science Programs, 4-H, and Girls and Boys Clubs; at museums and science centers; and through other informal education outlets. Activities will be designed so they can be undertaken by youth with a wide range of interests, learning styles, and skills. Print Components - teacher's guide, video module activity guide, videodisc guide, poster, and a companion trade book. On-line Component - an electronic bulletin board and e-mail center related to the project. Public access sites will be established in libraries, community centers, and schools throughout the country and members of the public with home computers will be able to connect to WGBH at no cost. Service and activities offered on-line will include the ability of viewers to critique programs, ask questions of the production team, download educational materials, and ordering project material. The bulletin board will provide an electronic forum for educators to exchange strategies and ideas as they use the project's resources and enable participants in the Discovery Challenge to tap into the on-line resources and share information. The on-line component will be managed and controlled at WGBH. Museum Component - consisting of a museum tool kit and activities to be incorporated Science-by-Mail. Paula Apsell, executive producer for NOVA and director of the WGBH Science Unit, will serve as executive-in-charge of production. Jon Palfreman will be executive producer and will head up a project team consisting of the executive editor, Thomas Friedman, a senior producer, and two producers. Outreach activities will be the responsibility of Beth Kirsch, Director of Educational Print and Outreach, and Simone Bloom, Outreach Manager.