Out on a Limb -- Forest Canopies

“树枝上的树冠--森林树冠”展览将教育人们有关森林树冠的知识，并说明科学家进入树冠所面临的挑战。一幅热带雨林旅游立体图--包括科学家探索树冠的比例模型，以及伴随的图形面板和互动活动--将传播到佛罗里达州西南部的社区场馆，提高公众对森林树冠对地球生命重要性的认识。树冠研究为科学研究提供了一种高度可视化、探索性的方法，可以有效地与普通公众和学校团体进行沟通。基于美国国家科学基金会资助的研究(DEB-0228871)，该项目是作为向公众传播研究计划的一部分而资助的。

The "Out on a Limb -- Forest Canopies" exhibit will educate people about forest canopies, and illustrate the challenges of canopy access by scientists. A traveling rain forest diorama -- with scaled models of scientists exploring the canopy, and accompanying graphic panels and interactive activities -- will circulate to community venues in southwest Florida, increasing public awareness of how forest canopies are important to life on Earth. Canopy research provides a highly visual, exploratory approach to scientific inquiry that can be effectively communicated to the general public and school groups. Based on research funded by NSF, (DEB-0228871), this project was funded as part of the Communicating Research to Public Audiences program.