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

本项目提出了一种通过风景公路项目向旅游公众提供非正式科学教育的新方法。这个试点项目将吸引游客沿着加州和内华达州之间220英里的东部塞拉风景小道行驶，这条走廊穿越了一个自然资源丰富、对科学研究有独特贡献的未受破坏的景观。该项目计划使用新的先进旅行者信息系统（ATIS），通过高速公路沿线的发射机播放非正式的科学教育“故事”。参加课外活动的学生将开发微广播的内容和相关的实践活动。然后，这些微型广播将引导游客前往路边景点、游客中心和博物馆，参与由当地训练有素的讲解员带领的动手科学活动。规划赠款将用于在已建立的路边停车点创建、实施和评估一个试点试验点，该试验点将包括标牌、无线电广播、讲解员引导的活动和参与者调查。

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.