Living on the Edge: A Coastal Exhibition and Education Program

9355632 Hickox《生活在边缘》将以三个版本的展览命名，将探索陆地和海洋、空气和海洋、海底和上覆水域以及不同水团之间的多个边界边缘。科学家们对这些边缘或锋面的研究越来越着迷，因为它提供了对诸如海岸水域生产力、海洋生物的迁徙和摄食模式、上升流和下流流、叶绿素动力学和水质问题等基本原理的新理解。教育目标是使博物馆和水族馆的广大观众了解沿海海洋科学及其社会影响。它将由八个多方面的互动活动中心组成，总面积约为1500平方英尺。该展览的两个版本将成为罗德岛大学海洋学研究生院和波士顿科学博物馆永久展览的一部分。第三个是巡回版本；它的管理将由科学技术中心协会处理。在为期三年的巡演期间，它将前往12-15个场馆。预计共有250万人将体验这次展览。将开发一套材料，供正规教育工作者与所有三个展品一起使用。这些材料将包括教师培训材料、现场口译课程的与展览相关的模块，以及用于课堂陈述的旅行工具包。

9355632 Hickox "Living on the Edge" will be the name of an exhibit in three editions that will explore multiple edges of boundaries between land and sea, air and sea, ocean bottom and overlying water, and differing water masses. Scientists have become increasingly fascinated by the study of these edges or fronts because of the new understanding it provides regarding such basic principles as the productivity of coast waters, migrations and feeding patterns of marine life, upwelling and downwelling, chlorophyll dynamics, and water quality issues, for example. The educational objectives are to bring an understanding of coastal ocean science and its social implications to broad audiences in museums and aquaria. It will consist of eight mulit-faceted interactive activity centers totally approximately 1500 square feet. Two editions of the exhibit will become part of the permanent displays at the University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography and the Museum of Science in Boston. The third will be a traveling version; the management of which will be handled by the Association of Science and Technology Centers. It will go to 12-15 venues during its three-year tour schedule. It is estimated that a total of 2.5 million will experience this exhibit. A suite of materials will be developed for use by formal educators with all three of the exhibits. These materials will include teacher training materials, exhibit-related modules for on-site interpretive programs, and traveling kits for in-class presentations.