Roadside Science: Informal Science Education for the Eastern Sierra Nevada Byways

路边科学：内华达山脉东部小道的非正式科学教育

• 批准号: 0520319
• 负责人: Michael Collopy
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Board of Regents, NSHE, obo University of Nevada, Reno
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-07-01 至 2005-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0520319&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Roadside; Science; Informal; Education; Eastern

This project proposes a new approach for delivering informal science education to the traveling public through scenic highway programs. This pilot project would engage travelers as they drive along the 220-mile Eastern Sierra Scenic Byway between California and Nevada, a corridor that traverses an unspoiled landscape rich in natural resources and unique contributions to scientific research. The project plans to use the new Advanced Traveler Information System (ATIS) to broadcast informal science education "stories" via transmitters along the highway. Students in afterschool programs will develop the content of the microcasts and related hands on activities. These microcasts would then direct travelers to roadside pull-offs, visitor centers and museums to engage in hands-on science activities that are led by local, trained docents. The planning grant will be used to create, implement and evaluate a pilot test site at an established roadside pull-out that will include signage, radio broadcasts, docent-led activities and participant surveys.

本计画提出一种新的方法，借由风景公路计画来提供非正式的科学教育给旅游大众。 这个试点项目将吸引游客，因为他们沿着加州和内华达州之间的220英里的东部塞拉风景道行驶，这条走廊穿越了一个未受破坏的景观，自然资源丰富，对科学研究有独特的贡献。 该项目计划使用新的高级旅行者信息系统（ATIS），通过沿着的发射机广播非正式的科学教育“故事”。 课外活动的学生将开发微广播的内容和相关的动手活动。 然后，这些微型广播将引导游客到路边的停车场、游客中心和博物馆，参加由当地训练有素的讲解员带领的动手科学活动。 规划补助金将用于在一个已建立的路边撤出地点建立、实施和评估一个试点试验地点，其中包括标志、无线电广播、讲解员主导的活动和参与者调查。