A Design for an Interactive Television Series

小行星9627171 哈佛-史密森天体物理中心的科学教育部将制作和评估一系列针对9 - 12岁青少年的课后电视节目的试点。 该系列是基于申请人对儿童对科学的误解进行的研究，将帮助观众理解往往理解不足或误解的科学原理。 该项目将通过使用互联网和800号码进行高度互动。 在这部电视剧中，观众将看到解释基本科学概念的不同方法的“证据”，并将被要求理解关键证据，自己进行进一步的调查，并通过互联网和万维网或拨打800号码登记他们的发现。 作为对观众判决的回应，当地电视台将播出一个“有罪”或“无罪”的决议--这两个决议都将澄清正在考虑的科学概念。 该项目的PI将是哈佛-史密森天体物理中心科学教育部主任Philip Sadler。 项目经理将是Matthew Schneps，科学媒体集团的董事。 教育和科学内容将由科学教师和课程开发人员Hal Coyle和该中心的教育专家Roy Gould负责。 首席科学顾问将是天体物理中心主任欧文夏皮罗，首席教育顾问将是哈佛大学名誉教授查尔斯惠特尼。 录像将与纽约的Terra Associates合作制作。

9627171 Sadler The Science Education Department of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics will produce and evaluate a pilot for a series of after school television program targeted at youth aged 9 -12. The series, which is based on the research into children's misperceptions about science conducted by the applicant, will help viewers make sense of often poorly understood or misunderstood science principles. The project will be highly interactive through the use of the Internet and 800 numbers. In the television series, viewers will see "evidence" for different ways to interpret basic science concepts and will be called upon to make sense of the key evidence, conduct further investigation on their own, and register their findings via the Internet and World Wide Web or by calling an 800 number. In response to the viewer's verdict, local stations will air either a "guilty" or "innocent" resolution -- both of which will clarify the science concept being considered. The PI for the project will be Philip Sadler, Director of the Science Education Department at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. The Project Manager will be Matthew Schneps, Director of the Science Media Group. Education and science content will be the responsibility of Hal Coyle, a science teacher and curriculum developer, and Roy Gould, an Education Specialist at the Center. The principal science advisor will be Irwin Shapiro, Director of the Center for Astrophysics, and the chief educational advisor will be Charles Whitney, Prof. Emeritus Harvard University. The video will be produced in cooperation with Terra Associates in New York.