Dissemination of the Microscope Imaging Station

描述(由申请人提供)： 在NCRR SEPA第一阶段的资金支持下，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。在这个设施里，参观者使用研究级设备探索生物。对于参观者来说，显微镜和图像是了解更多基础生物学、生物医学研究和人类健康的接触点。 在国家环保总局第二阶段的资助下，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的基于图像的材料，包括静态和延时图像、电影和教学活动，以及(2)向学生、教师、博物馆参观者、更广泛的公众和其他科学中心传播这些材料。 探索博物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。来自这些合作的材料将在当前的生物医学主题上。计划的传播活动包括8个“与科学家见面并了解他们的研究”公共计划；星期六教师讲习班；为博物馆展示开发多媒体展览内容；为管理信息系统网站开发网络内容；创建基于图像的教师活动；将图像、电影和活动纳入现有的基于网络的教师资源(以及用于高带宽因特网2应用的新资源)材料将向其他教育机构免费。 使用这些传播策略，探索馆预计每年将吸引和吸引超过100万名游客。

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.