Flight of the Butterflies

电影制作人合作公司、Principal large - format LTD和SK Films， Inc.正在申请资金，以制作大型3d电影和多组件教育材料和活动，内容包括帝王蝶的年度迁徙，它们的生命周期和它们降落的特定地点的生活网。该项目的目标是：1)提高观众对科学调查的本质和科学过程的开放性的理解；2)向新的观众加强和扩展公民科学项目；3)提高对帝王蝶生物学、昆虫生态学和栖息地重要性的认识。创新/战略影响：影片将以3-D和2-D 15/70格式同步上映。RMC研究公司将对该项目进行评估，包括研究该电影的2d和3d版本的可比优势，并评估3d版本提高学习体验的有效性。RMC还将对该项目的公民科学项目进行长期评估。合作：该项目承诺项目团队与史密森学会、项目学习树、课堂上的君主、君主观察、4-H通过肯塔基大学推广和佛罗里达大学WINGS项目、奇卡诺人和印第安人进步协会（SACNAS）、在线新闻一小时和地球与天空之间建立高度合作的伙伴关系模式。RMC将进行形成性和总结性评估，以评估项目材料在传播科学和实现项目学习目标方面的成功。

Filmmaker's Collaborative, Principal Large-Format LTD, and SK Films, Inc. are requesting funds to produce a large format, 3-D film and multi-component educational materials and activities on the annual migration of monarch butterflies, their life cycle and the web of life at select sites where they land. Project goals are to 1) raise audience understanding of the nature of scientific investigation and the open-ended nature of the scientific process, 2) enhance and extend citizen science programs to new audiences, and 3) create better awareness of monarch biology, insect ecology and the importance of habitat. INNOVATION/STRATEGIC IMPACT: The film will be simultaneously released in both a 3-D and 2-D 15/70 format. RMC Research Corp. will conduct evaluation of the project, including a study of the comparable strengths of the 2-D and 3-D versions of the film and to assess the effectiveness of 3-D to enhance the learning experience. RMC will also conduct a long-term evaluation of the project's citizen science programs.COLLABORATION: This project promises a highly collaborative model of partnerships between the project team and The Smithsonian, Project Learning Tree, Monarchs in the Classroom, Monarch Watch, 4-H through the University of Kentucky Extension and the University of Florida WINGS programs, The Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans (SACNAS), Online NewsHour, and Earth & Sky. RMC will conduct formative and summative evaluations to assess the success of project materials in communicating science and achieving the project's learning goals.