Explore the Science of Spring: A Live Media Event

探索春天的科学：一个现场媒体事件是一个发展创新项目，由PBS的标志性系列自然制作。黄金档新剧《春季直播》（暂定名）将打破传统纪录片的框架，让观众自己通过电视直播的即时性来探索春天的戏剧性季节变化。电视主持人、美国各地的科学家和博物学家，以及数十名公民科学家将通过观察和科学探究来探索大自然在这个重生季节的运作。季节变化的故事将阐明更大的科学见解-栖息地物种的生物多样性，不同生态系统中植物和动物的相互联系，物种迁徙的全球现象，以及春季“绿化”如何受到环境变化的影响-同时激发对物种保护和栖息地保护的赞赏。春季直播被认为是一个正在进行的系列，第一季由三个一小时的节目组成，连续三个晚上直播，并通过Facebook进行实时互动。为了吸引《自然》的长期观众（每集250万），《春季直播》将寻求把成熟的成年人和不同的家庭变成公民科学实干家，并通过与公民科学项目合作的社会媒体和社区参与，利用年轻的《自然》在线观众。春季直播将建立公众对物候学和公民科学的认识和参与。该项目还将对Facebook作为科学学习工具的有效性进行知识建设研究。它将尝试在直播节目中通过Facebook吸引观众参与，以产生同步的、第二屏幕的思考和讨论。多媒体研究公司（Multimedia Research）的一项探索性研究将着眼于这一功能的影响，解决以下问题：Facebook互动在多大程度上以及如何影响成人的参与、学习和动机？Spring LIVE还将与多个合作伙伴合作，扩大其在各自领域的影响和能力建设。国家合作伙伴包括国家公园管理局和Next Avenue；公民科学合作伙伴包括庆祝城市鸟类，国家物候网络，君主闪电战和SciStarter等。PBS电视台将与这些组织合作，让不同年龄段的观众参与到对自然和季节变化的观察中来。由Knight Williams Research Communications实施的项目评估将侧重于电视直播对科学学习的影响，以及在广播、在线和社区中整合公民科学项目的成功。该项目由推进非正式STEM学习（AISL）计划资助，该计划旨在推进非正式环境中STEM学习的设计和开发的新方法和基于证据的理解。这包括提供多种途径，扩大STEM学习经验的获取和参与，推进非正式环境中STEM学习的创新研究和评估，以及发展参与者对深度学习的理解。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Explore the Science of Spring: A Live Media Event is an Innovations in Development project produced by the signature PBS series Nature. The new primetime series Spring LIVE (working title) will break the frame of a traditional documentary, letting viewers themselves explore the dramatic seasonal changes of spring through the immediacy of live television. On-camera hosts, scientists and naturalists in locations across the U.S., and scores of citizen scientists will use observation and scientific inquiry to explore the workings of nature during this season of rebirth. The unfolding stories of seasonal change will illuminate larger scientific insights--into the biodiversity of species in habitats, the interconnectedness of plants and animals in diverse ecosystems, the global phenomenon of species migration, and how spring "green-up" can be affected by environmental change--while inspiring appreciation for species conservation and habitat preservation. Spring LIVE is conceived as an ongoing series, with this inaugural season composed of three one-hour programs broadcast live on three consecutive nights, along with real-time interactions via Facebook. Reaching long-standing Nature viewers (2.5 million per episode), Spring LIVE will seek to turn mature adults and diverse families into citizen science doers, and leverage younger Nature online audiences through social media and community engagement in partnership with citizen science projects. Spring LIVE will build public knowledge of and engagement in phenology and citizen science. The project will also conduct knowledge-building research on the effectiveness of Facebook as a science learning tool. It will experiment with eliciting audience participation via Facebook within the live shows to generate synchronous, second-screen thought and discussion. An exploratory study by Multimedia Research will look at the impact of this feature, addressing the question: To what extent and how does Facebook interactivity within live science shows impact adult engagement, learning and motivation? Spring LIVE will also engage multiple partners to expand reach and impact and build capacity in their fields. National partners include the National Park Service and Next Avenue; citizen science partners include Celebrate Urban Birds, National Phenology Network, Monarch Blitz, and SciStarter, among others. PBS stations will work with these organizations to involve diverse, intergenerational audiences in observation of nature and seasonal change. Project evaluation, implemented by Knight Williams Research Communications, will focus on the impact of live television on science learning, and the success of the integration of citizen science projects on air, online, and in communities. This project is funded by the Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program, which seeks to advance new approaches to, and evidence-based understanding of, the design and development of STEM learning in informal environments. This includes providing multiple pathways for broadening access to and engagement in STEM learning experiences, advancing innovative research on and assessment of STEM learning in informal environments, and developing understandings of deeper learning by participants.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.