RAPID: Filming the Erupting Mauna Loa Volcano to Extend the Impact of Geoscience Research to Large Diverse Audiences

地球上最大的火山莫纳罗亚火山的喷发是一个机会，可以极大地增加关于自然灾害的新信息，以及科学家和学生如何了解火山。通过获取火山喷发和周围环境的新镜头、对夏威夷原住民科学家、学生和其他人的采访，该项目希望通过提供及时有效的媒体产品，通过公共电视和互联网向广大受众传播，扩大地球科学研究、推广和教育的影响。该项目的目标是更好地了解地质现象及其对不同社区的影响，以及夏威夷土著科学家的科学研究和土著知识。该项目的目标是通过研究毛纳罗亚火山的喷发，更新地球科学关于板块构造的基本理论。通过展示吸取的经验教训和夏威夷土著科学家的本土知识，地球科学中的知识库对火山、地震、山体滑坡和洪水等地质灾害有了更好的了解。此外，该项目可以通过激励来自代表性不足社区的青年从事地球科学事业来满足对实地多样性的需求。这些活动和产品包括在夏威夷拍摄新镜头，将新内容融入一小时的纪录电影(Planet Of The Plats)，创建一个包含一系列短视频和学习材料的网站，并进行形成性和终结性评估，以确定产品的效果。视频片段和教育内容将通过焦点小组和对不同科学家、教育工作者和社区成员的调查进行形成性评估。通过分析来自PBS、配套网站和互联网(YouTube频道)的观众数据，将确定对项目目标是否正在实现的全面评估和总结性评估。该项目由推进非正式STEM学习方案资助，该方案支持致力于：(A)阐明STEM非正式学习在公平和归属STEM中的作用的研究和实践；(B)STEM个人和教育方面的成功；(C)促进公众参与科学发现；(D)培养对STEM职业的兴趣；(E)为有效的STEM非正式学习创造和加强理论和经验基础；(F)增强社区活力；和/或(G)加强科学交流以及公众对STEM和STEM过程的参与和了解。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The eruption of Mauna Loa, Earth’s largest volcano, is an opportunity to greatly increase new information about natural hazards, and how scientists and students learn about volcanoes. By acquiring new footage of the eruption and surroundings, interviews with Native Hawaiian scientists, students, and others, this project hopes to extend the impact of geoscience research, outreach, and education by providing timely and effective media products that are distributed to a wide audience via public television and the internet. The goal is to provide a better understanding geological phenomena and their impact on diverse communities as well as the scientific research and indigenous knowledge of Native Hawaiian scientists.The goal of the project is to work on updating earth science’s fundamental theory of plate tectonics by studying the eruption of the Mauna Loa volcano. By showing the lessons learned and the indigenous knowledge of Native Hawaiian scientists, the knowledge base in the geosciences becomes better informed regarding geological hazards like volcanos, earthquakes, landslides, and floods. Additionally, this project can address the need for diversity in the field by inspiring youth from underrepresented communities to pursue careers in geoscience. The activities and products include filming new footage in Hawaii, incorporating new content into a one-hour documentary film (Planet of the Plates), creating a website that contains a series of short videos and learning materials, and conducting formative and summative evaluation to determine the effectiveness of the products. The video footage and educational content will be formatively evaluated using focus groups and surveys of diverse scientists, educators, and community members. An overall assessment, summative evaluation, of whether the project goals are being achieved will be determined by analyzing viewer data from PBS, the companion website, and the Internet (YouTube channel).This project is funded by the Advancing Informal STEM Learning program, which supports projects committed to: (a) research and practice that illuminates informal STEM learning's role in equity and belonging in STEM; (b) personal and educational success in STEM; (c) advancing public engagement in scientific discovery; (d) fostering interest in STEM careers; (e) creating and enhancing the theoretical and empirical foundations for effective informal STEM learning; (f) improving community vibrancy; and/or (g) enhancing science communication and the public's engagement in and understanding of STEM and STEM processes.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.