Sea Change: What Was/May Be

奖项编号：0943286标题：海洋变化：过去是什么/2012年5月开始/结束日期：2009年11月-2012年11月项目官员：桑德拉·韦尔希皮：莫琳·雷默机构：波士顿大学的理事项目：非正式科学教育(ISE)这个面向公众的传播研究项目的目的是开发一套媒体产品，以提高人们对全球变暖导致的海平面上升以及科学家如何研究它的认识。该项目将专注于莫林·雷莫博士资助的研究，该研究着眼于上新世，被认为是地质史上最近一次大气中二氧化碳浓度达到今天的水平。包括视频片段、图像和录音在内的多媒体素材将在互联网上、科学中心的信息亭和播客上广泛传播，与众多组织的合作将确保多媒体素材的广泛传播。一些合作者包括气候中心，一个新的非营利性科学和媒体组织；地球百科全书，一个同行评议，关于地球的开放获取的电子参考；以及Audubon杂志等。该项目还将通过组织和网站传播其资源，覆盖课堂上的教师和学生。Rockman等人将对该项目的影响进行形成性和总结性评估。将在不同阶段进行重点小组和在线调查，向项目团队提供反馈，并对受众影响进行总结性评估。

Award Number: 0943286Title: Sea Change: What Was/May BeStart/End Dates: November 2009-November 2012Program Officer: Sandra WelchPI: Maureen RaymoInstitution: Trustees of Boston UniversityProgram: Informal Science Education (ISE)The purpose of this Communicating Research to Public Audiences project is to develop a suite of media products to raise awareness about global-warming-induced sea level rise and how scientists study it. The project will focus on Dr. Maureen Raymo's NSF funded research which looks to the Pliocene era thought to be the most recent time in geologic history with a concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere with levels as high as today. The multimedia materials including video footage, photographic images, and audio recordings will be widely distributed on the internet, on kiosks in science centers, and through podcasts.Collaborations with numerous organizations will ensure widespread dissemination of the multimedia materials. Some of the collaborators include Climate Central, a new nonprofit science and media organization; Encyclopedia of Earth, a peer-review, open access electronic reference about the Earth; and Audubon magazine among others.The project will also disseminate its resources through organizations and websites that reach teachers and students in classrooms.Rockman Et Al will evaluate the project impacts conducting both formative and summative evaluations. Focus groups and online surveys will be conducted at various stages providing feedback to the project team as well as a summative evaluation of audience impacts.