Water is Life: Immersing the Public in Aquatic Diversity

加州科学院将制作“水是生命”，这是一个30,383平方英尺的永久性展览，有教育节目。 该展览旨在让公众参与水的生活世界，促进环境管理和提高科学素养。 三个生境组成部分-菲律宾珊瑚礁、加州海岸和全球雨林-通过“水星球”在概念和经验上相互联系，该项目探讨水的物理特性及其如何影响生物体和导致水生生物多样性。 每个组成部分还强调了保护水生资源的重要性。 教育方案将“水是生命”带到当地学校和社区活动以及万维网上，并为展览设计要素的形成性评价提供场所。 借阅工具包的开发，加上辅助手册和讲习班，将在区域和国家两级扩大“水是生命”的影响范围。 同样，制作桌面活珊瑚礁的指导手册和讲习班将产生全国性影响。 活的有机体的引人注目的吸引力，动手活动，并通过教育节目丰富展览提供了一个大的，不同的观众访问。 该展览每年将吸引超过100万的参观者，更多的观众将体验分布式教育计划。

The California Academy of Sciences will produce"Water is Life," a 30,383 square-foot permanent exhibit with educational programming. The exhibit is designed to engage the public with the living world of water, to foster environmental stewardship and increase science literacy. Three habitat components -- Philippine Coral Reef, California Coast and Global Rainforests -- are conceptually and experientially linked through "Water Planet," which explores water's physical properties and how they impact living organisms and lead to aquatic diversity. Each component also reinforces the importance of conserving aquatic resources. Educational programming takes "Water is Life" to local schools and community events and onto the World Wide Web, as well as provides venues for formative evaluation of exhibit design elements. The development of lending kits, plus supporting manuals and workshops, will extend the reach of "Water is Life" regionally and nationally. Similarly, instruction manuals and workshops for creating desktop, living reefs will have national impact. The compelling draw of live organisms, hands-on activities, and exhibit enrichment through educational programming provide accessibility to a large, diverse audience. The exhibit will reach over one million annual visitors, and a larger audience will experience distributed educational programs.