The Golden Gate Bridge As An Informal Science Education Resource

金门大桥公路运输区(GGBHTD)与地震工程大学研究联盟(CUREE)合作，并与普林斯顿大学、斯坦福大学、圣何塞州立大学、科学中心(纽约州伊萨卡)、探索博物馆(旧金山)、Eyeink、西风实验室、EHDD建筑师、美国公共工程协会和国际桥梁、隧道和收费公路协会合作，正在实施一个多方面的项目，关于金门大桥的科学和工程，以及全国各地的公共工程设施如何有可能成为公众了解和参与科学和工程的场所。GGBHTD负责运营和维护大桥、渡轮和公交车，目前位于大桥南端(旧金山)的游客中心每年接待超过1000万游客，为另外200万渡轮用户提供服务，并拥有一个受欢迎的网站(http://goldengatebridge.org/).该项目的交付成果计划在2012年与大桥1937年通车75周年同时进行。教育产品包括：金门大桥的室外展览；区渡口上关于大桥的展览；探索馆的室内展览；关于大桥的教育材料的扩展网站；周年纪念日前后在旧金山举行的关于公共工程作为非正式科学教育场所的国际会议；教育文件和面向全国各地公共工程工作人员的专业发展计划；以及一套面向公众和公共工程研究专业人员的出版物。该项目涉及一项协调的评估工作。因弗内斯研究协会正在开展前端和形成性评价活动。终结性评估将由David Heil&Amp；Associates进行。

The Golden Gate Bridge Highway Transportation District (GGBHTD), in collaboration with the Consortium of Universities for Research in Earthquake Engineering (CUREE), and in partnership with Princeton University, Stanford University, San Jose State University, the Sciencenter (Ithaca, NY), the Exploratorium (San Francisco), Eyethink, West Wind Laboratory, EHDD Architects, the American Public Works Association, and the International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association, is conducting a multi-faceted project about the science and engineering of the Golden Gate Bridge and about how public works facilities around the country can potentially become sites for public understanding of and engagement with science and engineering. GGBHTD, which operates and maintains the bridge, ferries and buses, hosts over 10-million visitors annually to their current visitor center at the south end of the bridge (San Francisco), serves an additional 2-million users of their ferries, and hosts a popular Web site (http://goldengatebridge.org/). The project deliverables are scheduled to coincide in 2012 with the 75th anniversary of the 1937 opening of the bridge. Educational products include: outdoor exhibits at the Golden Gate Bridge; exhibits about the bridge on the District's ferries; indoor exhibits at the Exploratorium; an expanded Web site with educational material about the bridge; an international conference in San Francisco around the time of the anniversary about public works as sites for informal science education; educational documents and a professional development program for public works staff from around the country; and a suite of publications for the public and professionals on public works research.The project involves a coordinated evaluation effort. Front-end and formative evaluation activities are being conducted by Inverness Research Associates. Summative evaluation will be conducted by David Heil & Associates.