Collaborative Research: The Trail of Time: A Geoscience Exhibition at Grand Canyon National Park

合作研究：时间的轨迹：大峡谷国家公园的地球科学展览

• 批准号: 0610393
• 负责人: Karl Karlstrom
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of New Mexico
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-08-01 至 2011-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0610393&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Trail; Time; Geoscience

In this collaborative project, the University of New Mexico (UNM) and Arizona State University (ASU) will create a paved 3-km long walking trail along the south rim of Grand Canyon in partnership with the National Park Service. The "Trail of Time" is to be marked as a time line with one meter corresponding to one million years of Earth history, along with interpretive wayside exhibits. This place-based geoscience exhibition using Grand Canyon as an immersive environment is designed to help visitors gain an understanding of the magnitude of geologic time, as well as key processes and events in the geologic evolution of the region. An online "Virtual Trail of Time" and printed materials will also be developed.The "Trail of Time" will reach a large percentage of the four to five million people each year that visit the Grand Canyon, including many who would be unlikely to attend an exhibition at a science museum. It also offers new methods of interpretation, with the potential to impact many other sites within the large National Park Service system. The evaluation of learning in this natural setting should add to our knowledge of outdoor interpretation, as well as how best to communicate the concept of deep time.

在这个合作项目中，新墨西哥大学（UNM）和亚利桑那州立大学（ASU）将与国家公园管理局合作，沿着大峡谷南缘铺设一条3公里长的步行道。“时间之路”将被标记为一条1米的时间线，对应地球100万年的历史，同时还有解释性的路边展品。这个基于地点的地球科学展览利用大峡谷作为一个身临其境的环境，旨在帮助游客了解地质时间的大小，以及该地区地质演化的关键过程和事件。还将开发在线“虚拟时间轨迹”和印刷材料。每年参观大峡谷的400万到500万游客中，有很大一部分人会看到“时间的痕迹”，其中包括许多不太可能参加科学博物馆展览的人。它还提供了新的解释方法，有可能影响到大型国家公园管理局系统内的许多其他地点。在这种自然环境中学习的评价应该增加我们对户外解说的认识，以及如何最好地传达深度时间的概念。