Water is Life: Immersing the Public in Aquatic Diversity

加州科学院（California Academy of Sciences）将展出“水就是生命”（Water is Life），这是一个占地30,383平方英尺的永久性展览，设有教育项目。该展览旨在让公众了解水的生命世界，促进环境管理，提高科学素养。三个栖息地组成部分——菲律宾珊瑚礁、加利福尼亚海岸和全球热带雨林——通过“水星球”在概念和经验上联系在一起，探索水的物理特性以及它们如何影响生物并导致水生生物多样性。每个组成部分还强调了保护水生资源的重要性。教育项目将“水就是生命”带到当地学校和社区活动中，并将其发布到万维网上，同时为展览设计元素的形成性评估提供场所。开发借阅包，加上支助手册和讲习班，将扩大“水就是生命”在区域和全国的影响范围。同样，制作桌面珊瑚礁的说明书和讲习班也将产生全国性的影响。活体生物的引人注目的吸引力，动手活动，以及通过教育节目丰富的展览，为大量不同的观众提供了可访问性。该展览每年将吸引超过一百万的参观者，更多的观众将体验到分布式的教育项目。

The California Academy of Sciences will produce"Water is Life," a 30,383 square-foot permanent exhibit with educational programming. The exhibit is designed to engage the public with the living world of water, to foster environmental stewardship and increase science literacy. Three habitat components -- Philippine Coral Reef, California Coast and Global Rainforests -- are conceptually and experientially linked through "Water Planet," which explores water's physical properties and how they impact living organisms and lead to aquatic diversity. Each component also reinforces the importance of conserving aquatic resources. Educational programming takes "Water is Life" to local schools and community events and onto the World Wide Web, as well as provides venues for formative evaluation of exhibit design elements. The development of lending kits, plus supporting manuals and workshops, will extend the reach of "Water is Life" regionally and nationally. Similarly, instruction manuals and workshops for creating desktop, living reefs will have national impact. The compelling draw of live organisms, hands-on activities, and exhibit enrichment through educational programming provide accessibility to a large, diverse audience. The exhibit will reach over one million annual visitors, and a larger audience will experience distributed educational programs.