Navigating the Path of Totality: Total Solar Eclipse Live from Micronesia

作为加强非正式环境学习总体战略的一部分，推进非正式STEM学习（AISL）项目为各种环境中使用的创新资源提供资金。这个教育项目是一个时间敏感的机会，与2016年3月9日发生在位于密克罗尼西亚联邦瓦莱亚的世界偏远地区的日全食有关，密克罗尼西亚联邦是美国附属的太平洋岛国。日全食的路径只有100英里宽，只经过几个太平洋岛国，最后到达夏威夷。该项目利用这一独特的现象，通过集成视频、社交媒体和公共项目的多平台，向广大美国和国际观众宣传太阳科学。该项目的可交付成果包括2016年3月9日在密克罗尼西亚联邦瓦莱亚进行的日食现场直播，使数百个国家和全球数百万人可以通过卫星和互联网直播观看。其他可交付成果包括科学中心和天文馆的现场教育计划以及长期使用的媒体资源。当2017年日食发生在美国时，这些资源将增强公众参与的兴趣和准备。使公众能够理解和利用新的研究是美国研究事业的一项重要活动。美国国家科学基金会正在对太阳物理研究进行大量投资，资助建造世界上最大的太阳望远镜——丹尼尔·井上太阳望远镜，该望远镜将于2019年底开始运行，由国家太阳天文台运营。这个新设备将彻底改变研究人员研究太阳及其磁场的能力。这个教育项目利用这些投资和一个重要的公众参与机会，有可能通过互联网接触到美国和世界各地的数百万学生、教师和公众。

As part of its overall strategy to enhance learning in informal environments, the Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program funds innovative resources for use in a variety of settings. This education project is a time sensitive opportunity related to the March 9, 2016 Total Solar Eclipse occurring in a remote part of the world located in Waleia in the Federated States of Micronesia, a U.S. affiliated Pacific Island nation. The path of totality is only 100 miles wide and passes through only a few Pacific Island nations ending in Hawaii. This project uses this unique phenomenon to educate a large US and international audience about solar science using multi-platforms with integrated video, social media, and public programs. Project deliverables include the production of a broadcast of the eclipse live from Waleia in the Federated States of Micronesia on March 9, 2016 making it accessible to hundreds of countries and millions of people around the world via satellite and live streaming on the Internet. Additional deliverables include on-site educational programs at science centers and planetariums as well as media resources for long-term use. These resources will enhance the interest and preparedness for additional public engagement when the 2017 eclipse occurs in the U.S.Making new research understandable and accessible to the public is an important activity of the U.S. research enterprise. NSF is making a substantial investment in solar physics research by funding the construction of the world's largest solar telescope, the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope which is slated to begin operations in late 2019 and operated by the National Solar Observatory. This new facility will revolutionize researchers' capability to study the Sun and its magnetic fields. This education project leverages that investment with a major public engagement opportunity that has the potential for reaching millions of students, teachers, and the public both in the U.S. and worldwide through the Internet.