"ZOOM"-- Season Six

WGBH教育基金会正在申请1,261,934美元，即项目总预算3,835,236美元的33%，为“ZOOM”制作20个新节目、新的宣传和网络活动。“ZOOM”是PBS的一档面向8至11岁儿童的节目，每天播出半小时，内容包括各种各样的游戏、谜语、调查、食谱和诗歌——所有这些都是根据年轻观众发送的材料制作的。“ZOOM”专为儿童设计，为观众提供了探索、实验和分享创造力的机会。“ZOOM”的科学和数学部分（每半小时30%）为孩子们提供了探索科学和数学思想、概念和现象的机会。第六季的目标是：(1)扩展ZOOM的工程课程；(2)开发两个新的内容领域——体育科学和感知与感觉；(3)与FIRST乐高联盟和美国女童子军建立新的合作伙伴关系；(4)进行总结性评估，以继续衡量“ZOOM”在向目标受众教授数学和科学方面的有效性。该项目的推广将包括为儿童、家庭和教育工作者提供印刷材料。与“ZOOM”相关的社区组织活动包括590个ClubZOOM课后科学项目和21个ZOOMzone科学博物馆展览。这个2400页的互动网站每周更新一次。“ZOOM”目前由170家公共广播电台播出，每周有近600万儿童观看。该项目每周收到2.4万封信件和电子邮件；该网站平均每月吸引1.4万名访问者。

WGBH Educational Foundation is requesting $1,261,934, or 33% of a total project budget of $3,835,236, to produce 20 new shows and new outreach and Web activities for" ZOOM." Targeted to kids ages 8 to 11, "ZOOM" is a daily, half-hour PBS series featuring an assortment of games, riddles, investigations, recipes and poems -- all based on materials sent in by its young viewers. Uniquely by and for kids," ZOOM" gives its viewers a chance to explore, experiment and share their creativity. "ZOOM's" science and math segments (30% of each half-hour show) give kids opportunities to explore scientific and mathematical ideas, concepts and phenomena. The goals for Season VI are to: (1) expand "ZOOM's" engineering curriculum; (2) develop two new content areas--Sports Science, and Perception and Sensation; (3) create new partnerships with FIRST LEGO League and Girl Scouts of USA; and, (4) conduct summative evaluation to continue to gauge "ZOOM's" effectiveness at teaching math and science to targeted audiences. Outreach for the project will include print materials for kids, families and educators. "ZOOM"-related activities at community-based organization include 590 ClubZOOM science afterschool programs and 21 ZOOMzone science museum exhibits. The 2,400-page interactive web site is updated weekly. "ZOOM" currently is carried by 170 public broadcasting stations and is viewed by close to 6 million children per week. The program receives 24,000 letters and e-mails per week; the web site attracts an average of 14,000 visitors per month.