Ice Worlds: A Giant Screen Film and Outreach Project

冰世界：巨幕电影和外展项目

• 批准号: 2116070
• 负责人: Deborah Raksany
• 金额: $ 297.95万
• 依托单位: Giant Screen Films
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-10-01 至 2024-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2116070&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Ice; Worlds; Giant; Screen; Film

As part of its overall strategy to enhance learning in informal environments, the Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program seeks to advance new approaches to, and evidence-based understanding of, the design and development of STEM learning in informal environments. This includes providing multiple pathways for broadening access to and engagement in STEM learning experiences, advancing innovative research on and assessment of STEM learning in informal environments, and developing understandings of deeper learning by participants. The Ice Worlds media project will inspire millions of children and adults to gain new knowledge about polar environments, the planet’s climate, and humanity’s place within Earth’s complex systems—supporting an informed, STEM literate citizenry. Featuring the NSF-funded THOR expedition to Thwaites glacier, along with contributions of many NSF-supported researchers worldwide, Ice Worlds will share the importance of investments in STEM with audiences in giant screen theaters, on television, online, and in other informal settings. Primary project deliverables include a giant screen film, a filmmaking workshop for Native American middle school students that will result in a documentary, a climate storytelling professional development program for informal educators, and a knowledge-building summative evaluation. The project’s largest target audience is middle school learners (ages 11-14); specific activities are designed for Native American youth and informal science practitioners. Innovative outreach will engage youth underserved in science inspiring a new generation of scientists and investigative thinkers. The project’s professional development programs will build the capacity of informal educators to engage communities and communicate science. The Ice Worlds project is a collaboration among media producers Giant Screen Films, Natural History New Zealand, PBS, and Academy Award nominated film directors (Yes/No Productions). Additional collaborators include Northwestern University, The American Indian Science and Engineering Society, the Native American Journalism Association, a group of museum and science center partners, and a team of advisors including scientific and Indigenous experts associated with the NSF-funded Study of Environmental Arctic Change initiative.The goals of the project are: 1) to increase public understanding of the processes and consequences of environmental change in polar ecosystems, 2) to explore the effectiveness of the giant screen format to impart knowledge, inspire motivation and caring for nature, 3) to improve middle schoolers’ interest, confidence and engagement in STEM topics and pursuits—broadly and through a specific program for Native American youth, and 4) to build informal educators’ capacity to share stories of climate change in their communities. The main evaluation questions are 1) to what extent does the Ice World film affect learning, engagement, and motivation around STEM pursuits and environmental problem solving 2) what is the added value of companion media for youth’s giant screen learning over short and longer term, and 3) what are the impacts of the culturally based Native American youth workshops.The evaluation work will involve a Native American youth advisory panel and a panel of science center practitioners in the giant screen film’s development and evaluation process. Formative evaluation of the film will involve recruiting youth from diverse backgrounds, including representation of Native youth, to see the film in the giant screen theater of a partner site. Post viewing surveys and group discussions will explore their experience of the film with respect to engagement, learning, evoking spatial presence, and motivational impact. A summative evaluation of the completed film will assess its immediate and longer term impacts. Statistical analyses will be conducted on all quantitative data generated from the evaluation, including a comparison of pre and post knowledge scores. An evaluation of the Tribal Youth Media program will include a significant period of formative evaluation and community engagement to align activities to the needs and interests of participating students. Culturally appropriate measures, qualitative methods and frameworks will be used to assess the learning impacts. Data will be analyzed to determine learning impacts of the workshop on youth participants as well as mentors and other stakeholder participants. Evaluation of the community climate storytelling professional development component will include lessons learned and recommendations for implementation.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

作为其整体战略的一部分，以加强在非正式环境中的学习，推进非正式STEM学习（AISL）计划旨在推进新的方法，并以证据为基础的理解，在非正式环境中的STEM学习的设计和开发。这包括提供多种途径，以扩大获得和参与STEM学习经验，推进非正式环境中STEM学习的创新研究和评估，以及发展参与者对深入学习的理解。冰世界媒体项目将激励数百万儿童和成人获得有关极地环境，地球气候以及人类在地球复杂系统中的位置的新知识-支持知情，STEM识字的公民。以NSF资助的Thor对Thwaites冰川的探险为特色，沿着世界各地许多NSF支持的研究人员的贡献，Ice Worlds将在大屏幕剧院，电视，在线和其他非正式环境中与观众分享投资STEM的重要性。 主要项目成果包括一部大屏幕电影，一个为美国土著中学生举办的电影制作研讨会，这将导致一部纪录片，一个为非正式教育工作者举办的气候故事专业发展计划，以及一个知识建设总结性评估。该项目最大的目标受众是中学生（11-14岁）;具体活动是为美洲土著青年和非正式科学从业人员设计的。 创新的外联活动将吸引在科学方面得不到充分服务的青年，激励新一代科学家和研究型思想家。该项目的专业发展方案将培养非正规教育工作者参与社区和传播科学的能力。冰世界项目是媒体制作人巨幕电影，新西兰自然历史，PBS和奥斯卡提名电影导演（是/否制作）之间的合作。 其他合作者包括西北大学，美国印第安人科学与工程学会，美国原住民新闻协会，一组博物馆和科学中心的合作伙伴，以及一个顾问团队，包括科学和土著专家与NSF资助的北极环境变化研究倡议。该项目的目标是：1）增加公众对极地生态系统环境变化过程和后果的了解，2）探索大屏幕形式在传授知识、激发动力和关爱自然方面的有效性，3）提高中学生对STEM主题和追求的兴趣，信心和参与度-广泛地并通过针对美洲原住民青年的具体计划，以及4）建立非正式教育工作者在社区分享气候变化故事的能力。 主要的评估问题是：1）《冰世界》电影在多大程度上影响了围绕STEM追求和解决环境问题的学习、参与和动机; 2）陪伴媒体在短期和长期内对青少年大屏幕学习的附加价值是什么，和3）以文化为基础的美洲原住民青年讲习班的影响是什么。评估工作将涉及美洲原住民青年顾问小组和科学中心从业人员小组在巨幕电影的开发和评价过程中。 对这部电影的形成性评价将涉及招募来自不同背景的青年，包括土著青年的代表，在一个伙伴地点的大屏幕影院观看这部电影。 观看后的调查和小组讨论将探讨他们对电影的参与，学习，唤起空间存在和动机影响的体验。 对完成的电影进行总结性评价将评估其直接和长期影响。 将对评价产生的所有定量数据进行统计分析，包括比较前后知识评分。对部落青年媒体计划的评估将包括一个重要的形成性评估和社区参与期，以使活动符合参与学生的需求和兴趣。将采用文化上适当的措施、定性方法和框架来评估学习的影响。将对数据进行分析，以确定讲习班对青年参与者以及导师和其他利益攸关方参与者的学习影响。对社区气候故事专业发展部分的评估将包括经验教训和实施建议。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估来支持。