Portal to the Public: Expanding the National Network

面向公众的门户网站：扩展国家网络(POP：ENN)正在全国各地成功地实施由国家科学基金会资助的面向公众门户网站模式，在该模式下，研究人员接受培训，以便与非正规科学教育机构的公众就他们正在进行的研究进行交流和互动。该项目在8个地点对该模式进行了彻底评估，并在另外15个地点进行了目前的实施，将把20个新的ISE地点纳入不断扩大的网络中，向ISE专业人员提供关于使用和改编POP实施手册和工具包的培训和指导，并开发一个将作为交流和创新中心的增强网络网站。这项工作是对ISE组织的需求和活动的回应，这些组织不断扩大其任务，不只是向公众展示现有的科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)，并正在努力成为参观者也可以通过与研究人员面对面的互动来体验当前研究的过程和前景的地方。该项目正在扩大全国各地参与的机构的种类和数量，并促进它们建立知识库、分享经验和最佳做法的能力。

Portal to the Public: Expanding the National Network (PoP: ENN) is implementing around the county the successful NSF-funded Portal to the Public model in which researchers are trained to communicate and interact with the general public at informal science education (ISE) institutions about the research that they are conducting. The project, which follows on a thorough evaluation of the model at eight sites and current implementation at an additional fifteen sites, will incorporate twenty new ISE sites into the growing network, provide training and mentorship to ISE professionals on the use and adaptation of the PoP implementation manual and toolkits, and develop an enhanced network website that will serve as a communication and innovation hub.The work is responsive to the needs and activities of ISE organizations which continue to expand their missions beyond presenting to the public established science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) and are working to become places where visitors can also experience the process and promise of current research via face-to-face interactions with researchers. The project is expanding both the kind and number of institutions involved around the country and is facilitating their capacity to develop a knowledge base, share experiences and best practices.