LOOP Production Season One

LOOP是一个新的多平台环境项目，旨在帮助6-8岁的幼儿探索生态系统，了解自然世界的科学和系统。建立在超越3R（减少，再利用，回收）的课程基础上，目标是帮助奠定对可持续发展科学终身兴趣的基础。 可供选择的产品包括：一个20集的电视系列片，有动画故事和以家庭和儿童为主角的真人片段;一个在线游戏，让玩家沉浸在电视上看到的相同生态系统中; Loop Live Missions（户外科学活动）;以及一个课后/营地课程，旨在让儿童和家庭到户外探索自然系统。 LOOP的教育资源将通过一个伙伴网络进行推广，包括美国林务局、儿童自然网络、国家娱乐和公园协会、美国营地协会、国家暑期学习协会、美国女童子军和美国男孩女孩俱乐部。 LOOP是由WGBH在波士顿制作的，打算在PBS上全国发行。项目设计创造了一个“互动学习循环”，在电视系列节目、网站和户外科学活动之间循环。 预期的影响是：（1）向目标受众提供教育媒体，增加他们对科学和可持续性问题的理解;（2）塑造和教授科学概念和科学思维习惯;（3）将儿童及其家庭与自然世界联系起来。Concord评估小组将负责对项目进行形成性和总结性评估。 总结性评价旨在衡量项目在行为和态度变化以及科学学习方面的影响。 评估结果将为当前和未来的LOOP课程提供信息，并有助于媒体如何有效地促进和向年轻人教授实质性科学的知识基础不断增长。

LOOP is a new multiplatform, environmental project designed to help young children, ages 6-8, explore ecosystems and understand the science and systems of the natural world. Built upon a curriculum that moves beyond the 3Rs (reduce, reuse, recycle), the goal is to help lay the foundation for a lifelong interest in the science of sustainability. Deliverables include: a 20-episode television series with animated stories and live-action segments which feature families and children; an online game to immerse players in the same ecosystems seen on television; Loop Live Missions (outdoor science activities); and an afterschool/camp curriculum designed to get children and families outside to explore natural systems. Promotion of LOOP's educational resources will be undertaken through a partner network including the U.S. Forest Service, Children & Nature Network, National Recreation and Park Association, American Camp Association, National Summer Learning Association, Girl Scouts of the USA, and the Boys & Girls Clubs of America. LOOP is produced by WGBH in Boston and intended for national distribution on PBS. The project design creates an "interactive learning loop" which cycles between the television series, the Website, and outdoor science activities. The intended impacts are to: (1) deliver educational media to the target audience that increases their understanding of science and sustainability issues; (2) model and teach science concepts and scientific habits of mind; and (3) connect children and their families to the natural world. Concord Evaluation Group will be responsible for conducting formative and summative evaluation of the project. The summative evaluation is designed to measure project impacts with respect to change in behavior and attitudes, as well as science learning. The results of the evaluation will inform the curriculum for the current and future seasons of LOOP and contribute to the growing knowledge base of how media can effectively promote and teach substantive science to the young.