LOOP (wt) Season One

LOOP是一个多平台项目的工作标题，该项目旨在促进6-9岁儿童及其家庭关于可持续发展的环境和科学素养。与这个年龄段的大多数教育材料不同，环路方法要求受众以跨学科的方式了解环境和人类系统的相互联系。该项目由WGBH制作，该项目的中心部分将是为公共广播公司设计的一部电视连续剧，并伴随着网络上的数字媒体，以及一项广泛的“了解你的世界”外联活动。美国林业局是该项目的合作伙伴之一。在这个开发阶段，该项目将：-进行前端研究，以获得关于儿童对环境可持续性的了解的基线。-进一步开发和测试Loop提出的创意风格。-在内容总监的参与下，制作一部全集和伴随的真人视频的动画(一个简单的模型)。-进行形成性评估，以评估动画和真人视频的学习影响，为系列片制作提供信息。协和评估小组将进行前端研究，以评估儿童对环境可持续性的知识和对动画飞行员的形成性评估。全球机械师是动画制片人。该项目有可能(1)向实地介绍如何加强幼儿对复杂生态概念的理解；(2)通过探索大众媒体如何支持当地环境调查和促进户外家庭探索来“挑战极限”。向儿童介绍系统思维，特别是围绕环境主题的系统思维，可以大大有助于他们对STEM的理解和方法。

LOOP is the working title for a multiplatform project to promote environmental and scientific literacy about sustainability for children ages 6-9 and their families. Unlike most educational materials for this age group, the LOOP approach requires the audience to learn about the interconnectedness of environmental and human systems in a cross-disciplinary manner. Produced by WGBH, the center piece of the project will be a television series designed for PBS with accompanying digital media on the web and an extensive "Get to Know Your World" outreach initiative. The U.S. Forest Service is one of the project's partners.At this development stage, the project will: - Conduct front-end research to obtain a baseline understanding about what kids know about environmental sustainability.- Further develop and test LOOP's proposed creative style. - Produce an animatic (a simple mock-up) of a full episode and accompanying live-action video, with input from Content Directors.- Perform formative evaluation to assess the learning impact of the animatic and live-action video to inform series production.Concord Evaluation Group will conduct the front-end research to assess children's knowledge of environmental sustainability and formative evaluation of the animatic pilot. Global Mechanic is the animation producer. The project has the potential to (1) inform the field on how to enhance young children's understanding of complex ecological concepts; and (2) "push the envelope" by exploring how mass media can support local environmental investigation and promote outdoor family explorations. Introducing children to systems thinking, especially around environmental subjects, could make a significant contribution to their understanding of and approach to STEM.