Penguin Science

该项目将制作一部30分钟的教育DVD/电视电影和互动网站，其中包括有关气候变化及其对生物群影响的课堂材料，介绍过去和现在对南极最容易接近的指示物种阿德利企鹅的研究。该项目将针对5-8年级的学生。“企鹅科学”的每个部分都将呈现一个引人入胜的案例研究，向学生讲授生态学，气候变化的复杂科学及其影响，无论是积极的还是消极的。它不仅会展示大卫·安利和联合pi的格兰特·巴拉德和凯蒂·达格的作品，还会展示威廉·斯莱登的作品，他在48年前的国际地球物理年（IGY）期间开始了第一次由美国国家科学基金会赞助的企鹅研究。1970年的纪录片《企鹅城》（Penguin City， CBS）中有关斯莱登及其工作的档案电影片段将传达长期研究的价值，并展示仅在一个职业生涯中发生的生物变化。该工程将于2007年完成，以配合国际极地年。

This project will produce an educational 30-minute DVD/TV film and interactive website with classroom materials about climate change and its effects on biota by presenting past and current research on the Adelie penguin, Antarctica's most accessible indicator species. The project will target students in grades 5-8. Each component of "Penguin Science" will present an engaging case study to teach students about ecology, the complex science of climate change and its impacts, both positive and negative. It will not only feature the work of David Ainley and co-PI's Grant Ballard and Katie Dugger, but also William Sladen who began the first NSF-sponsored penguin studies 48 years ago during the International Geophysical Year (IGY). Archival film clips of Sladen and his work from the 1970 documentary, "Penguin City" (CBS), will convey the value of long-term research and show biotic changes during just one professional lifetime. The project will be completed in 2007 to coincide with the International Polar Year.