Quest: Exploring Our Natural World

由KQED制作的Quest是一项多媒体倡议，旨在提高整个北方加州地区对STEM问题的关注，并激发公民讨论和调查这些问题。 在KQED的领导下，Quest由16个参与的非正式科学教育组织组成的积极联盟创建和维护。 在成功的探索模式的基础上，KQED将在其先前的合作工作的基础上，与全国各地的其他公共广播电台和社区组织建立区域伙伴关系，从而在科学媒体制作和非正式科学教育方面建立新的创新伙伴关系。 这笔赠款将支持a）科学中心，博物馆，研究机构和社区组织在编辑发展，教育推广和内容创作方面的合作日益增长; B）制作至少10小时的电视，每周广播科学新闻报道，以及支持和扩展广播材料的动态在线网站;以及c）教育资源和专业发展研讨会。 STEM内容将包括来自物理科学，生命科学和地球科学的研究。 大多数故事还将包含有关用于支持科学努力的技术和工程的内容。 KQED教育网络（EdNet）将管理社区和教育推广计划，包括创建观众/听众指南，开发和提供研讨会，并提供围绕Quest媒体构建的信息。 项目合作者包括海湾研究所、加州科学院、Chabot空间和科学中心、东湾地区公园区、探索馆、女童子军、劳伦斯伯克利国家实验室、劳伦斯科学馆、古生物博物馆、奥克兰动物园和创新科技博物馆。 在将该模式扩展到地区中心的过程中，Quest还将参与公众理解科学联盟（COPUS）、生命百科全书和一系列同行公共广播组织。该项目为全国公共电视台和广播电台提供了一个有用和令人兴奋的模式，以建立社区合作，促进非正式科学教育。 该团队通过多个平台与社区合作伙伴合作的详细和知情的方式是创新的。 该提案以先前在北方加州开展的工作为基础，探讨与其他公共广播电台和社区组织建立更多的区域伙伴关系，从而使科学媒体制作和非正式科学教育方面的独特伙伴关系成为可能。该项目通过在全国发展多达10个区域“中心”来扩大覆盖范围。 将由Rockman等人进行评价。

Quest, produced by KQED, is a multimedia initiative designed to raise the profile of STEM issues throughout the Northern California region and activate citizens to discuss and investigate them. Led by KQED, Quest is created and maintained by an active consortium of 16 participating informal science education organizations. Based on the successful Quest model, KQED will build on its prior collaborative work to develop regional partnerships with other public broadcasting stations and community-based organizations around the country, making possible a new and innovative partnership in science media production and informal science education. This grant will support a) a growing collaborative of science centers, museums, research institutes, and community-based organizations for editorial development, education outreach, and content creation; b) the production of at least 10 hours of television, weekly radio science news reports, and a dynamic online website that supports and extends the broadcast material; and c) educational resources and professional development workshops. STEM content will encompass research drawn from the physical sciences, life sciences, and earth sciences. Most of the stories will also incorporate content about the technology and engineering used to support scientific endeavors. The KQED Educational Network (EdNet) will administer the community and educational outreach initiatives, including creating viewer/listener guides, developing and delivering workshops, and providing information built around Quest media. Project collaborators include the Bay Institute, California Academy of Sciences, Chabot Space and Science Center, East Bay Regional Park District, Exploratorium, Girl Scouts, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Lawrence Hall of Science, Museum of Paleontology, Oakland Zoo, and The Tech Museum of Innovation. In expanding the model to regional hubs, Quest will also involve the Coalition for Public Understanding of Science (COPUS), the Encyclopedia of Life, and an array of peer public broadcasting organizations.This project offers a useful and exciting model for public television and radio stations nationally in building community collaborations that advance informal science education. The detailed and informed ways in which the team works with its community partners via multiple platforms are innovative. This proposal builds on prior work in Northern California to explore additional regional partnerships with other public broadcasting stations and community-based organizations, making possible a unique partnership in science media production and informal science education. This project extends reach by developing up to ten regional "hubs" across the country. Evaluation will be conducted by Rockman et al.