"Sharks: Predators through Time" -- An exhibit that highlights active NSF-funded research

这项向公众传播研究（CRPA）的建议是基于目前美国国家科学基金会资助的研究，编号0418042，关于巨型新生代鲨鱼的进化，包括C。在200万到1500万年前的新第三纪期间生活在世界各地的巨齿鲨。 该项目是在佛罗里达自然历史博物馆（佛罗里达大学）开发一个3,000平方英尺的巡回展览，随后在迈阿密科学博物馆和科学与工业博物馆（MOSI），坦帕。 该展览名为“巨齿鲨--有史以来最大的鲨鱼”，包括博物馆收藏的标本以及最近捐赠给博物馆的许多稀有标本。 展览活动将集中在（1）科学过程，特别是PI如何研究可能导致这些鲨鱼异常大小的主要因素，以及（2）公众对鲨鱼的误解，正如已经进行的前端研究所确定的那样。

This Communicating Research to Public Audiences (CRPA) proposal is based on current NSF-funded research, EAR 0418042, on the evolution of giant Cenozoic sharks, including the C. megalodon that lived worldwide during the Neogene from 2 to 15 million years ago. The project is the development of a 3,000 square-foot traveling exhibit at the Florida Museum of Natural History (University of Florida), with subsequent venues at the Miami Museum of Science and the Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI), Tampa. The exhibit, "Megalodon -- The Largest Shark That Ever Lived," includes specimens from the museum's collection and many rare specimens that have been donated to the museum recently. Exhibit activities will focus on (1) the process of science, in particular how the PI studies major factors that could have contributed to the extraordinary size of these sharks, and (2) on public misconceptions about sharks, as identified in front-end research already conducted.