Penguin Science

该项目将制作一个30分钟的教育DVD/TV电影和互动网站，通过展示过去和现在对阿德利企鹅的研究，提供关于气候变化及其对生物群的影响的课堂材料，阿德利企鹅是南极洲最容易接近的指示物种。该项目将以5-8年级的学生为目标。“企鹅科学”的每个组成部分都将提供一个引人入胜的案例研究，向学生传授生态学、气候变化的复杂科学及其积极和消极的影响。它不仅展示了David Ainley和Pi的联合创始人Grant Ballard和Katie Dugger的工作，还包括威廉·斯拉登，他在48年前的国际地球物理年(IGY)期间开始了第一个由NSF赞助的企鹅研究。1970年的纪录片《企鹅城》(CBS)中的斯拉登和他的工作的档案电影剪辑将传达长期研究的价值，并展示一个职业生涯中的生物变化。该项目将于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.