Dissemination of the Microscope Imaging Station

描述（由申请人提供）： 在NCRR SEPA第一阶段的资助下，探索博物馆开发了一个显微镜成像站（MIS），供博物馆公众使用。在这个设施中，游客使用研究级设备探索生物。对于游客来说，显微镜和图像是了解更多关于基础生物学，生物医学研究和人类健康的参与点。 在SEPA第二阶段的资助下，探索馆计划利用第一阶段开发的基础设施和教育方法，（1）创建更广泛、更全面的生物医学相关图像材料，包括静态和延时图像、电影和教学活动，（2）将这些材料传播给学生、教师、博物馆参观者、更广泛的公众和其他科学中心。 探索馆将与生物医学研究人员合作，生成高分辨率图像并计划公共项目。从这些合作材料将是当前的生物医学主题。计划的传播活动包括八个“会见科学家并了解他们的研究”公共方案;星期六教师讲习班;为博物馆展览制作多媒体展览内容;为管理信息系统网站制作网页内容;开展以图像为基础的教师活动;包括图像，电影，在已建立的基于Web的教师资源和活动（以及用于高带宽Internet 2应用的新资源）材料将免费提供给其他教育机构。 利用这些传播战略，探索博物馆预计每年吸引和吸引100多万游客。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): With NCRR SEPA Phase I funding, the Exploratorium developed a Microscope Imaging Station (MIS) for public use in the museum. At this facility, visitors explore living things using research-grade equipment. For visitors, microscopes and images are engagement points for learning more about basic biology, biomedical research, and human health. With SEPA Phase II funding, the Exploratorium proposes to use the infrastructure and educational approach developed in Phase I (1) to create a wider, more comprehensive array of biomedically relevant, image-based materials including still and time-lapse images, movies, and teaching activities, and (2) to disseminate these to students, teachers, museum visitors, the broader public, and other science centers. The Exploratorium will collaborate with biomedical researchers to generate high-resolution images and plan public programs. Material from these collaborations will be on current biomedical topics. Planned dissemination activities include eight "Meet the Scientist and Learn about Their Research" public programs; Saturday teacher workshops; development of multimedia exhibit content for museum display; development of Web content for the MIS site; creation of image-based teacher activities; inclusion of images, movies, and activities in established Web-based teacher resources (as well as new resources for high-bandwidth Internet 2 application) Materials will be free to other educational institutions. Using these dissemination strategies the Exploratorium expects to attract and engage well over 1,000,000 visitors annually.