Mississippi River-Web (TM) Museum Consortium

9814286风格明尼苏达科学博物馆与伊利诺伊州立博物馆、圣路易斯科学中心和伊利诺伊大学香槟分校国家超级计算机应用中心合作，将组成一个博物馆联盟，开发两个虚拟现实互动展示(河流飞行员模拟器和数字河流流域)和其他以密西西比河为重点的网络活动。这个组织将被称为密西西比河网络博物馆联盟。每个博物馆最终都会有两个软件模块，这些模块将引导参观者了解河流的故事。这条河在当地的存在将成为每个博物馆参观者的入口点。NCSA将贡献他们对强大的计算机模拟、科学可视化和协作技术的访问和知识，这些技术通常仅限于研究环境，很少对博物馆观众或普通公众开放。该联盟还将在WWW上开发一个共享网站，邀请用户参与指导性查询，加深他们对大型、复杂和综合河流系统的理解。该项目的科学内容将包括河流水文学和地貌学、生命科学、利用地理信息系统的环境研究，以及运动物理学。这些活动将涉及一些国家科学教育标准。将这些活动与正规教育联系起来的补充计划包括RiverWeb(Tm)张贴板和RiverWeb(Tm)课堂资源指南。

9814286 Styles The Science Museum of Minnesota (SMM) in collaboration with the Illinois State Museum (ISM), the St. Louis Science Center (SLSC), and the National Center for Supercomputing Applications(NCSA) at the University of Illinois in Champaign, Illinois, will form a museum consortium to develop two virtual reality interactive displays (River Pilot Simulator and Digital River Basin) and other web-based activities that focus on the Mississippi River. This group will be known as the Mississippi River Web Museum Consortium. Each museum will end up with both software modules that will lead visitors to the story of the River. The river's local presence will serve as an entry point for the visitors at each museum. The NCSA will contribute their access to and knowledge of powerful computer simulation, scientific visualization, and collaborations technologies that are usually restricted to research settings and rarely available to a museum audience or the general public. The Consortium will also develop a shared site on the WWW that will invite users to engage in guided inquiry that will deepen their understanding of the large, complex, and integrated river system. The science content underlying the project will include river hydrology and geomorphology, life sciences, environmental studies employing geographic information systems, and the physics of motion. The activities will address a number of the National Science Education Standards. Complementary programming linking these activities with formal education include a RiverWeb(tm) Posting Board and a RiverWeb(tm) Classroom Resource Guide.