SkyTellers: A Resource for Smaller Community and School Planetariums

月球和行星研究所（LPI）将在三年内使用286，915美元，即430，373美元总项目预算的67%，开发“SkyTellers”，这是一种空间科学和天文学资源，用于小型非正式（和正式）学习环境，如天文馆，博物馆课程，学校和社区图书馆，青年团体和家庭学校环境。 LPI的教育工作者和科学工作人员，在与美国原住民的故事讲述大师，评估顾问和顾问委员会协商，将开发12个SkyTeller主题。 每个SkyTeller主题都将一个神话或传说（主要是但不完全是美洲原住民）与一个相关的科学故事（天空故事/科学故事）配对，解释我们目前对古代故事试图解释的现象的理解。 辅助材料（LPI图形工作人员制作的插图，最新空间科学任务和研究的图像）将完成12个故事集，供非正式和正式的科学教育工作者在各种场所使用。 在多个测试场所进行广泛的形成性和总结性评估（alpha和beta测试），旨在确保高质量的非正式科学教育产品。

The Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) will use $286,915, or 67% of a $430,373 total project budget, over three years to develop "SkyTellers," a space science and astronomy resource for small informal (and formal) learning settings such as planetariums, museum classes, school and community libraries, youth groups and home school settings. LPI educators and science staff, in consultation with a Native American master story teller, evaluation consultants, and an advisory board, will develop 12 SkyTeller topics. Each SkyTeller topic pairs a myth or legend (primarily but not exclusively Native American) with a relevant science story (Sky Story/Science Story) that explains our current understanding of the phenomenon that the ancient tale sought to explain. Ancillary materials (illustrations produced by LPI graphics staff, images from the latest in space science missions and research) will complete the 12 story sets to be used by informal and formal science educators at a variety of venues. Extensive formative and summative evaluation (alpha and beta testing) at multiple test venues is designed to insure high quality informal science education products.