CRPA: Sparks of Discovery

这个CRPA奖解决了多学科科学的问题和公众对这些想法的认识。PI认为，多学科科学的普及率很高，而且增长迅速。因此，公众，特别是年轻一代需要理解这些概念，并开始以这些术语思考。因此，他们将推导出适合三个年龄组的实践模块。该项目团队包括7名NSF资助的研究人员，他们在生物学、数学和工程学方面进行多学科研究。这些模块将在戴恩县男孩和女孩俱乐部进行测试，然后在麦迪逊儿童博物馆和奥尔多利奥波德自然中心展出。 此外，当地的PBS电视台（WPT）将播出一些演示，使该项目更具知名度和影响力。为这三个年龄组设计的每一套模块应使用特定年龄的目标和目的分别进行评估。该项目是7名科学家和工程师、戴恩县男孩女孩俱乐部、奥尔多利奥波德自然中心、麦迪逊儿童博物馆和威斯康星州大学威斯康星州探索研究所的合作。

This CRPA award addresses the issue of multidisciplinary science and the public's awareness of the ideas. The PIs believe that the prevalence of multidisciplinary science is high and growing fast. Thus, the public and particularly the younger generations need to understand these concepts and to begin thinking in those terms. Thus, they will derive hands-on modules for three age groups that are age appropriate. The project team includes 7 NSF funded researchers who do multidiscipline-based research in biology, mathematics and engineering.These modules will be tested at the Boy and Girls Club of Dane County prior to being exhibited at the Madison Children's Museum and the Aldo Leopold Nature Center. Further, the local PBS TV station (WPT) will air some of the demonstrations giving the project more visibility and impact. Each set of modules designed for the three age groups shall be evaluated separately using age specific goals and objectives.The project is a collaboration between 7 scientists and engineers, the Boys and Girls Club of Dane County, the Aldo Leopold Nature Center, the Madison Children's Museum, and the Wisconsin Institutes of Discovery of the University of Wisconsin.