Predicting the Future: The Science and Technology of Weather Forecasting

在为所有年龄段的非正式学习者解释科学过程的全机构战略倡议的基础上，科学博物馆将在四年的时间里开发、评估和实施一个项目，通过天气预报传播科学过程。该项目基于这样一种理念，即短期天气预报过程是科学过程的基础。MOS提议创建一个1800平方英尺的展览，为学生和教师提供项目，一个互动网站，以及旨在帮助人们了解天气预报的一分钟电视广告。该项目基于MOS的战略承诺，即让人们参与科学活动和新技术的使用。该项目的主要组成部分是天气展览，参观者将学习如何使用不同水平的技术预测未来几个小时的天气，包括肉眼观测、天气图数据、太空卫星和地面雷达站的实时图像。辅助项目包括为新英格兰地区100多所“天气网”学校提供教育材料，一个将覆盖数十万用户的互动网站，以及将在WBZ-TV第四频道播出天气预报过程的电视插播。在其整个生命周期中，该项目将吸引数百万儿童和成人参与科学进程。

Building on an institution-wide strategic initiative to interpret the process of science for informal learners of all ages, the Museum of Science will work over four years to develop, evaluate and implement a project to communicate the processes of science through weather forecasting. The project is based on the idea that processes involved in short-term weather forecasting are basic to the process of science. MOS proposes to create a 1,800 square foot exhibit, programs for students and teachers, an interactive website, and one-minute television spots aimed at helping people understand weather forecasting. The project is grounded in MOS strategic commitment to engaging people in the activity of science and the use of new technologies. The major component of the project is an exhibition of weather in which visitors will learn how to forecast the weather over the next few hours using different levels of technology, including naked eye observations, data from weather maps, and real-time images from space satellites and ground radar stations. Ancillary programs include educational materials for over 100 WeatherNet schools in New England, an interactive website that will reach several hundred thousand users, and television spots on the process of weather forecasting to be aired on WBZ-TV Channel 4. Over the course of its life the project will engage several million children and adults in the process of science.