"ZOOM"-- Season Six

WGBH教育基金会申请1,261,934美元，占项目总预算3,835,236美元的33%，用于制作20个新节目以及新的外展和网络活动，用于“ZOOM”。针对8至11岁的儿童，《Zoom》是公共广播公司每天半小时的连续剧，以各种游戏、谜语、调查、食谱和诗歌为特色--所有这些都是基于年轻观众发送的材料。独一无二的是，无论是对孩子们还是对孩子们来说，《Zoom》给观众提供了一个探索、实验和分享他们的创造力的机会。ZOOM的科学和数学部分(每个半小时的节目占30%)让孩子们有机会探索科学和数学的想法、概念和现象。第六季的目标是：(1)扩展“Zoom”的工程学课程；(2)开发两个新的内容领域--运动科学、感知和感觉；(3)与美国第一乐高联盟和女童子军建立新的合作伙伴关系；(4)进行终结性评估，继续衡量“Zoom”向目标受众教授数学和科学的有效性。该项目的外展活动将包括为儿童、家庭和教育工作者提供的印刷材料。社区组织的“ZOOM”相关活动包括590个ClubZOOM科学课外项目和21个ZOOMzone科学博物馆展品。这个2400页的互动网站每周更新一次。《Zoom》目前由170家公共广播电台转播，每周有近600万儿童观看。该方案每周收到24,000封信件和电子邮件；该网站平均每月吸引14,000名访问者。

WGBH Educational Foundation is requesting $1,261,934, or 33% of a total project budget of $3,835,236, to produce 20 new shows and new outreach and Web activities for" ZOOM." Targeted to kids ages 8 to 11, "ZOOM" is a daily, half-hour PBS series featuring an assortment of games, riddles, investigations, recipes and poems -- all based on materials sent in by its young viewers. Uniquely by and for kids," ZOOM" gives its viewers a chance to explore, experiment and share their creativity. "ZOOM's" science and math segments (30% of each half-hour show) give kids opportunities to explore scientific and mathematical ideas, concepts and phenomena. The goals for Season VI are to: (1) expand "ZOOM's" engineering curriculum; (2) develop two new content areas--Sports Science, and Perception and Sensation; (3) create new partnerships with FIRST LEGO League and Girl Scouts of USA; and, (4) conduct summative evaluation to continue to gauge "ZOOM's" effectiveness at teaching math and science to targeted audiences. Outreach for the project will include print materials for kids, families and educators. "ZOOM"-related activities at community-based organization include 590 ClubZOOM science afterschool programs and 21 ZOOMzone science museum exhibits. The 2,400-page interactive web site is updated weekly. "ZOOM" currently is carried by 170 public broadcasting stations and is viewed by close to 6 million children per week. The program receives 24,000 letters and e-mails per week; the web site attracts an average of 14,000 visitors per month.