"Rough Science" -- A New Science Series for Television

大华盛顿教育电信协会(WETA)与BBC2和开放大学合作，正在制作10个半小时的电视节目，探索科学发现的现实。在每一集中，五名被遗弃在荒岛上的科学家仅使用他们的集体专业知识、智慧、岛上的资源和几个基本工具来解决基于科学的挑战。例如，在一集中，科学家们需要：1)用准确的经纬度计算他们的位置，2)制造驱虫剂，3)设计和制造一个自制的无线电。这些节目既捕捉了失败实验的失望，也捕捉到了成功的喜悦和兴奋。电视连续剧将由《粗糙科学冒险》和一个粗糙科学网站支持，该实地体验讲述了公众如何解决与电视节目中的科学家所面临的挑战类似的问题。外展合作伙伴包括纽约科学馆、全国黑人工程师协会和国际教育技术协会。

The Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association (WETA) in partnership with BBC2 and the Open University, is producing ten half-hour television programs that explore the reality of scientific discovery. In each episode, five scientists who have been abandoned on a deserted island solve science-based challenges using only their collective expertise, wits, the island's resources and a few basic tools. In one episode, for instance, the scientists will need to: 1) calculate their location with the exact latitude and longitude, 2) create insect repellant, and 3) design and build a homemade radio. The programs capture both the disappointments of experiments that go wrong as well as the joy and excitement of success.The television series will be supported by "Rough Science Adventures," field experiences where members of the public solve challenges similar to those facing the scientists in the television program, and by a Rough Science website. Outreach partners include the New York Hall of Science, the National Society of Black Engineers, and the International Educational Technology Association.