Sea Change: What Was/May Be

奖项编号：0943286标题：海洋变化：过去是什么/可能会是什么开始/结束日期：2009年11月2012年11月项目官员：桑德拉·韦尔奇pi：莫林·雷蒙德机构：波士顿大学董事会项目：非正式科学教育（ISE）这个向公众传播研究项目的目的是开发一套媒体产品，以提高人们对全球变暖引起的海平面上升的认识以及科学家如何研究它。该项目将集中在莫林·雷莫博士由美国国家科学基金会资助的研究上，该研究着眼于上新世时代，该时代被认为是地质历史上大气中二氧化碳浓度与今天一样高的最近时期。这些多媒体资料包括录像、照片和录音，将在互联网、科学中心的信息亭和播客上广泛传播。与许多组织的合作将确保多媒体材料的广泛传播。一些合作者包括气候中心，一个新的非营利性科学和媒体组织；地球百科全书，一个同行评审，开放获取的关于地球的电子参考资料；奥杜邦杂志等。该项目还将通过组织和网站向教室里的教师和学生传播其资源。Rockman等人将对项目影响进行形成性和总结性评估。焦点小组和在线调查将在不同阶段进行，向项目团队提供反馈，并对受众影响进行总结性评估。

Award Number: 0943286Title: Sea Change: What Was/May BeStart/End Dates: November 2009-November 2012Program Officer: Sandra WelchPI: Maureen RaymoInstitution: Trustees of Boston UniversityProgram: Informal Science Education (ISE)The purpose of this Communicating Research to Public Audiences project is to develop a suite of media products to raise awareness about global-warming-induced sea level rise and how scientists study it. The project will focus on Dr. Maureen Raymo's NSF funded research which looks to the Pliocene era thought to be the most recent time in geologic history with a concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere with levels as high as today. The multimedia materials including video footage, photographic images, and audio recordings will be widely distributed on the internet, on kiosks in science centers, and through podcasts.Collaborations with numerous organizations will ensure widespread dissemination of the multimedia materials. Some of the collaborators include Climate Central, a new nonprofit science and media organization; Encyclopedia of Earth, a peer-review, open access electronic reference about the Earth; and Audubon magazine among others.The project will also disseminate its resources through organizations and websites that reach teachers and students in classrooms.Rockman Et Al will evaluate the project impacts conducting both formative and summative evaluations. Focus groups and online surveys will be conducted at various stages providing feedback to the project team as well as a summative evaluation of audience impacts.