Phytopia: Showcasing Tiny Ocean Life in a Multimedia Environment

Phytopia：在多媒体环境中展示微小的海洋生物

• 批准号: 0085447
• 负责人: Annette deCharon
• 金额: $ 8.88万
• 依托单位: Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2000
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2000-09-01 至 2002-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0085447&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Phytopia; Showcasing; Tiny; Ocean; Life

00-85447This award provides funding for scientists at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences and the University of New England to collaborate with the Data Distribution Laboratory, a facility based at California Tech/JPL, to create a multimedia educational experience that will bring the lower end of the marine food web "to life". Interaction with multimedia tools and data simulations will enable students to discover why the marine ecosystem is critical to human existence. These multimedia products will provide a window to the fascinating world of the oceans' microscopic plant life which, at present, only scientists see. In order to develop the project, the PI's will also develop the first searchable database of important phytoplankton from the world's temperate oceans using three-dimensional phytoplankton models. The program will be used and tested in the University of New England's Biology classes, which are required for all incoming freshmen, as well as the upper level courses. Although this pilot is aimed at undergraduates, the PI's propose to expand the program to include pre-college students and informal education audiences. Initially, the program will be disseminated via CD ROMS and a website, but the program is aligned with efforts to create a Digital Library for Earth Science Education.

00-85447该奖项为毕格罗海洋科学实验室和新英格兰大学的科学家提供资金，与位于加州理工学院/喷气推进实验室的数据分发实验室合作，创造一种多媒体教育体验，将海洋食物网的低端“带入生活”。与多媒体工具和数据模拟的互动将使学生能够发现为什么海洋生态系统对人类生存至关重要。这些多媒体产品将提供一个窗口，让人们了解海洋微观植物生命的迷人世界，目前只有科学家才能看到。为了发展该项目，PI还将使用三维浮游植物模型开发第一个可搜索的世界温带海洋重要浮游植物数据库。 该计划将在新英格兰大学的生物学课程中使用和测试，这是所有新生以及高级课程所必需的。虽然这个试点是针对本科生，PI的建议，以扩大该计划，包括大学预科学生和非正式教育的观众。最初，该计划将通过光盘和网站传播，但该计划与创建地球科学教育数字图书馆的努力保持一致。