Strange Days On Planet Earth Initiative Phase Two

海洋工作室基金会将延长地球上奇怪的日子多媒体倡议，以提高公众对紧迫环境问题的科学素养。基于开创性的地球系统科学研究，第二阶段将是一个以海洋和水问题为重点的媒体和外联项目。该项目的目标是提高公众对影响海洋的关键问题的范围和规模的认识和了解。该项目的核心是PBS黄金时段的一部四集电视纪录片系列，名为《奇异的日子，海洋》。这些计划将集中在四个内容领域：海洋资源的过度开发、污染、沿海开发、气候变化和海洋在地球系统中的作用。每一集都围绕着一个引人注目的科学问题，旨在吸引观众根据不同地球系统科学学科的最新研究寻找答案。该系列着重解释科学家是如何了解他们所知道的。这一系列活动将得到国家非正式学习机构联盟、公民科学计划、非正式教育工作者培训课程和一个项目网站的支持。合作伙伴包括国家地理和三个新的主要合作伙伴：蒙特利湾国家海洋保护区计划，以扩大围绕入侵物种的公民科学计划；美国知情民主(AID)，致力于组织大学校园教育活动；海洋项目(TOP)，一个由600个组织组成的网络；以及亚利桑那州索诺拉沙漠博物馆和其他八个非正式科学机构。奈特·威廉姆斯研究传播学、公共知识和文化逻辑将评估该系列的影响。该项目将通过提供关于海洋和水问题的广泛适用的传播课程和一种创建可信、信息丰富和相关的科学教育媒体的示范方法，为非正式科学教育领域做出贡献。两个独特的成人学习案例研究的结果将通过在国家会议和讲习班上的陈述与外地分享，并在网上公布。

Sea Studios Foundation will extend the Strange Days on Planet Earth multimedia initiative to raise public science literacy on pressing environmental issues. Based on pioneering Earth System Science research, Phase Two will be a media and outreach project focused on the ocean and water issues. The goal of the project is to increase public awareness and understanding of the scope and scale of key issues affecting the ocean. At the core of the project is a four part television documentary series for PBS primetime entitled Strange Days, Ocean. The programs will concentrate on four content areas: overexploitation of ocean resources, pollution, coastal development, climate change and the role of the ocean in Earth's system. Each episode is structured around a compelling scientific questions designed to engage the audience in a search for answers based on the most current research from the varied Earth System Science disciplines. The series focuses on explaining how scientists come to know what they know. The series will be complemented by activity-based learning supported by a national consortium of informal learning institutions, a citizen science program, training sessions for informal educators, and a project website. Collaborators include the National Geographic and three new major partners: Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Program to expand citizen science programs around invasive species; Americans for Informed Democracy (AID), dedicated to organizing college campus educational events; The Ocean Project (TOP), a network of 600 organizations; plus the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum and eight other informal science institutions. Knight Williams Research Communications, and Public Knowledge and Cultural Logic will assess the impact of the series. The project will contribute to the field of informal science education by providing widely applicable communication lessons on ocean and water issues and a model methodology for creating science education media that is credible, informative, and relevant. The results of two unique adult learning case studies will be shared with the field through presentations at national meetings and workshops, and posted online.