RAPID: The Himalaya Connection Video, Outreach & Education

作为在非正式环境中加强学习的总体战略的一部分，推进非正式STEM学习(AISL)计划为各种环境中使用的创新资源提供资金。该项目是对2015年4月25日尼泊尔7.8级地震以及随后发生的重大余震的一次时间敏感型教育回应。该项目以全世界对这场灾难的强烈兴趣为基础，为公众和教育工作者开发和分发媒体资源，向公众和教育工作者解释对这一高度脆弱地区的构造和河流过程的科学研究，该地区包括尼泊尔的喜马拉雅山脉、孟加拉国和印度的恒河-雅鲁藏布江三角洲以及印度东北部的山区。项目成果包括PBS新闻小时广播和在线故事、供课堂使用的短片、供博物馆公开放映的3D/2D视频、地球杂志博客和文章以及DVD。让公众理解和接触到新的研究是美国研究企业的一项重要活动。NSF正在对地球科学研究进行大量投资，以增加对周期性导致地震、山体滑坡和洪水的条件和过程的了解。这个教育项目利用这些投资和最近尼泊尔地震中的公众利益，提供了一个重大的公共参与机会，有可能接触到美国和其他脆弱地区的数百万学生、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 project is a time sensitive educational response to the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Nepal on April 25, 2015 and was followed by major aftershocks. This project builds on the intense worldwide interest in that disaster by developing and distributing media resources for the public and educators explaining the scientific research into tectonic and fluvial processes of this highly vulnerable region encompassing the Himalayas of Nepal, the Ganges-Brahmaputra River Delta of Bangladesh and India, and the mountains of northeastern India. Project deliverables include PBS NewsHour broadcasts and online stories, short videos for classroom use, 3D/2D videos for public screenings in museums, Earth Magazine blogs and articles, and DVDs. 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 earth sciences research to increase knowledge of the conditions and processes that periodically cause earthquakes, landslides, and flooding. This education project leverages those investments and the public interest in the recent Nepal earthquake 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 in other vulnerable regions.