Bill Nye the Science Guy (TV Series)

华盛顿州西雅图的公共广播电台布洛克KCTS正在为儿童电视连续剧《科学小子比尔·奈》制作和发行15集新的半小时剧集。这些项目正在考虑的主题包括：洞穴丛林动物行为熵家庭演示湖泊和池塘猫对流嗅觉和味觉生命周期矿物粘合剂原子和分子器官彗星，小行星和流星该项目还将包括向观众，教师和家长提供以下材料：一套教师工具包将分发给全国15万名四年级教师5万份免费的家长指南和15分钟的视频，通过非广播和社区合作伙伴组织“结识酷科学家”全国印刷竞赛分发。在竞赛中，孩子们将被邀请在他们的社区中撰写和说明一位科学家的简介。并通过电子邮件与比尔·奈和制作团队联系，为PBS电视台、教师团体和三个合作组织（女孩公司、全国城市联盟和全国La Raza Rockman等组织）提供关于该项目科学教育方法的会议报告和研讨会，以进行总结性评估，以扩大对该节目对儿童对科学的态度和理解的影响的理解。它还将审查校内听众的规模和组成，并将评估外联材料的使用和价值。

9614742 Brock KCTS, the public broadcasting station in Seattle, WA, is producing and distributing15 new half-hour episodes for the children's television series, Bill Nye the Science Guy. Topics being considered for these programs include: Caves Jungles Animal Behavior Entropy Home Demo Lakes and Ponds Felines Convection Smell and Taste Life Cycles Minerals Adhesives Atoms and Molecules Organs Comets, Asteroids, and Meteors The project also will include outreach to viewers, teachers, and parents by providing the following materials: A teachers kit to be distributed to 150,000 fourth-grade teachers nationwide Fifty thousand free copies of a printed parents' guide and 15-minuted video distributed through an off-air off and community partner groups Meet a Way Cool Scientist national print contest in which children will be invited to write and illustrate a profile of a scientist in their community Nye Labs Online, a Web site with series information, science topics, hands-on experiments, and an e-mail connection to Bill Nye and the production team Conference Presentations and workshops about the project's approach to science education for PBS stations, teacher groups, and the three partnering organizations, Girls Incorporated, the National Urban League, and the National Conference of La Raza Rockman Et Al will conduct a summative evaluation to extend the understanding of the show's impact on children's attitudes toward and understanding of science. It also will examine the size and composition of the in-school audience, and will assess the use and value of the outreach materials.