The World Around Us (WAU) -- An Exhibition Project

我们周围的世界（WAU）——一个展览项目

• 批准号: 0337087
• 负责人: Theresa Mattei
• 金额: $ 102.2万
• 依托单位: Louisville Science Center
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-01-01 至 2006-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0337087&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: World; Around; Us; WAU; Exhibition

The Louisville Science Center (LSC) proposes to develop "The World Around Us (WAU)," an 8,000 sq ft exhibition, plus programs and materials designed to increase environmental awareness of citizens, inspiring greater understanding and respect for earth's natural resources. INTELLECTUAL MERIT Exhibition components are CenterStage; AtmoSphere: Air that Surrounds Us; TerraSphere: Environments that Support Us; and AquaSphere: Water that Sustains Us. The exhibition integrates hands-on activities and media-based visitor experiences with approximately 1,000 specimens from the LSC collections. The project takes an interdisciplinary thematic approach founded in educational goals and STEM content that is closely linked to national science standards.BROADER IMPACTTarget audiences are children in grades 3-8, parents, caregivers and teachers. LSC expects to reach some five million visitors over ten years after opening the exhibition. The project focuses on reaching rural and underserved audiences in Kentucky and Indiana. Its impact will be extended through strong ties to the schools and with ancillary materials. The distance learning capability of the Collections Discovery Gallery will extend the reach of the exhibition beyond the museum walls. In addition, the application of PDAs and handheld GIS technology will add to experience of the field in these areas. Dissemination of "green" fabrication techniques will help other science centers follow similar approaches.

路易斯维尔科学中心 (LSC) 提议开发“我们周围的世界 (WAU)”，这是一个 8,000 平方英尺的展览，并提供旨在提高公民环保意识的项目和材料，激发人们对地球自然资源的更多理解和尊重。智力优势 展览组件是 CenterStage；大气：我们周围的空气； TerraSphere：支持我们的环境；和 AquaSphere：维持我们生存的水。 该展览将动手活动和基于媒体的参观者体验与 LSC 收藏的约 1,000 件标本融为一体。 该项目采用跨学科主题方法，以教育目标和与国家科学标准密切相关的 STEM 内容为基础。影响更广泛。目标受众是 3-8 年级的儿童、家长、看护者和教师。 LSC 预计展览开幕后十年内将吸引约 500 万名参观者。 该项目的重点是覆盖肯塔基州和印第安纳州的农村和服务不足的受众。 其影响力将通过与学校的紧密联系和辅助材料来扩大。 收藏探索画廊的远程学习能力将把展览的范围扩展到博物馆之外。 此外，PDA和手持式GIS技术的应用将增加这些领域的经验。 传播“绿色”制造技术将有助于其他科学中心遵循类似的方法。