CRPA: Sparks of Discovery

CRPA：发现的火花

• 批准号: 1241429
• 负责人: Douglas Weibel
• 金额: $ 15万
• 依托单位: University of Wisconsin-Madison
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-10-01 至 2015-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1241429&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CRPA; Sparks; Discovery

This CRPA award addresses the issue of multidisciplinary science and the public's awareness of the ideas. The PIs believe that the prevalence of multidisciplinary science is high and growing fast. Thus, the public and particularly the younger generations need to understand these concepts and to begin thinking in those terms. Thus, they will derive hands-on modules for three age groups that are age appropriate. The project team includes 7 NSF funded researchers who do multidiscipline-based research in biology, mathematics and engineering.These modules will be tested at the Boy and Girls Club of Dane County prior to being exhibited at the Madison Children's Museum and the Aldo Leopold Nature Center. Further, the local PBS TV station (WPT) will air some of the demonstrations giving the project more visibility and impact. Each set of modules designed for the three age groups shall be evaluated separately using age specific goals and objectives.The project is a collaboration between 7 scientists and engineers, the Boys and Girls Club of Dane County, the Aldo Leopold Nature Center, the Madison Children's Museum, and the Wisconsin Institutes of Discovery of the University of Wisconsin.

该CRPA奖旨在解决多学科科学问题和公众对这些思想的认识。pi认为，多学科科学的普及程度很高，而且增长迅速。因此，公众，特别是年轻一代需要理解这些概念，并开始用这些术语来思考。因此，他们将为三个适合年龄的年龄组派生动手模块。该项目团队包括7名NSF资助的研究人员，他们在生物学、数学和工程学领域进行多学科研究。这些模块将在戴恩县的男孩女孩俱乐部进行测试，然后在麦迪逊儿童博物馆和奥尔多·利奥波德自然中心展出。此外，当地的PBS电视台（WPT）将播放一些演示，使该项目更具知名度和影响力。为三个年龄组设计的每一套模块应分别使用年龄特定目标和目的进行评估。该项目是由7位科学家和工程师、丹麦县男孩女孩俱乐部、奥尔多·利奥波德自然中心、麦迪逊儿童博物馆和威斯康星大学威斯康星发现研究所合作完成的。