A Self-supporting Science Exhibition to Serve Rural Communities.

太平洋科学中心将设计，分发和评估一个主要的 科学巡回展及配套项目 狂欢节，旨在接触城市难以服务的农村人口， 科学博物馆 3,000平方英尺的基础科学主题展览 结合公共示范项目和教师培训 科学活动将在华盛顿的15个地点进行， 爱达荷州和蒙大拿州，在三年的时间里， 50万人有限地进入科学博物馆和现代化的 科学教育方法 流动博物馆将被设计成在社区内工作， 小至10，000人，将适合许多不同设施， 从学校到县集市和展览中心。 一个特殊 将努力确保美洲土著人的参与， 来自展览社区的西班牙裔和黑人少数民族家庭 将到达。 大部分运营费用将由 赚取收入，确保计划的长期可行性。 各种评价活动将监测 项目和确定营销机会和教育 访问对每个社区的影响。 继成功 演示，太平洋科学中心将分享基本规划 与全国的科学博物馆合作， 为感兴趣的博物馆工作人员举行会议。 总的来说，超过200万美元 在当地的支持和收入将被添加到这个NSF奖。

The Pacific Science Center will design, circulate, and evaluate a major travelling science outreach exhibition and accompanying program, Science Carnival, designed to reach rural populations not easily served by urban science museums. A 3,000 square foot exhibition on basic science topics combined with public demonstration programs and teacher training activities in science will travel to 15 sites throughout Washington, Idaho, and Montana during a three year period, reaching more than 500,000 people with limited access to science museums and to modern science education methods. The traveling museum will be designed to work within communities as small as 10,000 population, and will fit into many different facilities, ranging from schools to county fairs and exposition centers. A special effort will be made to insure the participation of Native American, Hispanic, and Black minority families from the communities the exhibit will reach. The majority of operating expenses will be covered by earned income, insuring the long term viability of the program. A variety of evaluation activities will monitor the success of the project and determine both marketing opportunities and educational impacts of the visit to each community. Following its successful demonstration, the Pacific Science Center will share essential planning information with science museums nationwide and hold a dissemination conference for interested museum staff. Overall, more than $2.0 million in local support and earned income will be added to this NSF award.//