A Documentary Film: Earth As We Know It

该项目将根据国家研究理事会最近出版的“地球的起源和演变：对一个变化中的星球的研究问题”中所载的材料制作一个一小时的电视纪录片。 NRC出版物提供了地球科学主要主题知识状态的广泛概述，组织成一组世纪初地球科学家最关心的十大研究问题。该出版物是一个令人信服的，丰富的迷人的，及时的信息来源，从工艺这一拟议的纪录片。关于地球和其他行星的起源，生命的进化，行星的结构和过程的问题？的内部，地球的动态性质？的表面和气候，以及地球的相互作用？的非生命和生命的元素，重点是提高人类与自然环境的相互作用的理解，将改编自NRC出版物的探索在纪录片。纪录片？它的主要受众是PBS电视台的黄金时段节目观众，次要受众是高中和本科生的普通科学和地球科学入门课程的年轻学生。电影制片人是地球图像基金会的道格·普罗斯和黛安·拉马基亚，他们是为PBS广播和一系列教育用途制作地球科学纪录片的获奖制片人。首席科学顾问是加州大学伯克利分校的地质学家唐纳德·德保罗，他也是撰写这份报告的核管理委员会主席。项目咨询委员会将由一个多元化的多学科小组组成，其中包括领先的地球科学家、公共广播公司的制作和推广人员、教育工作者以及来自多文化科学教育和专业组织的工作人员。 科学教育家Diana Curiel将进行形成性评估，以提高项目目标的成功率。该媒体项目强调的地球科学研究是前沿的，多学科的，旨在探索现代科学的根本问题。这部纪录片，通过改编一个权威的，有声望的NRC出版物中包含的重要信息，为大众提供一个非技术性的电视故事，将提供一个可信的，鼓舞人心的，广泛获取的信息来源，提高公众？我们对地球起源和演化的最新研究及其与人类的相关性的认识。这款产品会及时在那上市吗？由于灾难性的社会影响和媒体对最近地震、海啸和火山爆发的密集报道，人们对强大的地球过程造成的危害高度关注。这部纪录片将为理解这些事件的原因提供一个权威的背景，以及地球科学研究在描述、预测和大大减轻其潜在威胁方面所发挥的重要作用。更广泛的影响将是加强公众对地球科学研究的支持，使公众更多地知情参与资源管理和自然灾害风险管理等公民事务，进一步促进公共安全。纪录片？对一群在鼓舞人心的地方从事有趣的实地工作的不同科学家的描述，将在不同背景的年轻人中产生对地球科学事业的更大兴趣，从而增加本科地球科学课程的入学人数和多样性，并最终解决该行业新招聘人员短缺的问题。

This project will create a one-hour television documentary based on the material contained in the recent National Research Council (NRC) publication, "Origin and Evolution of Earth: Research Questions for a Changing Planet". The NRC publication provides a broad overview of the state of knowledge of major topics in the earth sciences, organized into a set of ten grand research questions that most concern earth scientists at the beginning of the 21st century. The publication is a compelling, rich source of fascinating, timely information from which to craft this proposed documentary. Questions about the origin of the Earth and other planets, the evolution of life, the structure and processes of the planet?s interior, the dynamic nature of Earth?s surface and its climate, and the interaction of Earth?s non-living and living elements, with emphasis on improving the understanding of human interactions with the physical environment, will be adapted from the NRC publication for exploration within the documentary. The documentary?s intended primary audience are PBS viewers watching prime-time programming, and its secondary audience are young students in high school and undergraduate general science and introductory earth science classes. The filmmakers are Doug Prose and Diane LaMacchia of Earth Images Foundation, award-winning producers of Earth Science documentaries for PBS broadcast and a range of educational uses. The chief scientific advisor is geologist Donald DePaolo, University of California, Berkeley, who also chaired the NRC committee that produced the report. The project advisory committee will comprise a diverse, multidisciplinary group of leading earth scientists, PBS production and outreach staff, educators, and staff from multicultural science education and professional organizations. Formative evaluation to enhance the success of project objectives will be conducted by science educator Diana Curiel.The earth science research highlighted by this media project is cutting edge, multidisciplinary, and aimed at exploring deep fundamental questions that are at the root of modern science. The documentary, by adapting the important information contained in an authoritative, prestigious NRC publication into a non-technical television story for a mass audience, will provide a credible, inspiring, widely accessible source of information that raises the public?s awareness about the latest research into the origin and evolution of the Earth, and its relevance to people. This product will be timely in that the public?s attention and concern over the hazards posed by powerful Earth processes are high as a result of disastrous social impacts and intense media coverage of recent earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions. The documentary will provide an authoritative context for understanding the causes of these events, and the vital role that earth science research has played in characterizing, predicting, and greatly lessening their potential threats. The broader impact will be to strengthen public support for earth science research and increase informed public participation in civic matters of resource stewardship and risk management of natural hazards, further contributing to public safety. The documentary?s depiction of a diverse group of scientists doing interesting field work in inspiring locations will generate greater interest in earth science careers among young people of diverse backgrounds, with the effect of increasing enrollments and diversity in undergraduate earth science programs and ultimately addressing the shortage of new recruits in the profession.