Living on the Edge: A Coastal Exhibition and Education Program

生活在边缘：沿海展览和教育计划

• 批准号: 9355632
• 负责人: Sara Hickox
• 金额: $ 66.32万
• 依托单位: University of Rhode Island
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1994
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1994-07-15 至 1998-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9355632&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Living; Edge; Coastal; Exhibition; Education

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.

9355632希考克斯“生活在边缘”将是三个版本的展览的名称，将探索陆地和海洋，空气和海洋，海底和覆盖的水，以及不同的水团之间的边界的多个边缘。科学家们对这些边缘或前沿的研究越来越着迷，因为它提供了关于海岸水域生产力、海洋生物迁徙和摄食模式、上升流和下升流、叶绿素动力学和水质问题等基本原理的新理解。教育目标是在博物馆和水族馆向广大观众介绍沿海海洋科学及其社会影响。它将由八个多面互动活动中心组成，总面积约1500平方英尺。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。第三部将是旅行版；由科学技术中心协会负责管理。在为期三年的巡演计划中，它将前往12-15个场馆。预计将有250万人参观这次展览。将开发一套材料，供所有三个展品的正规教育工作者使用。这些材料包括教师培训材料、现场解说项目的展览相关模块以及课堂演示的旅行工具包。