World of Viruses

描述（由申请人提供）：内布拉斯加州立大学博物馆，声纹媒体中心，公司。（SMCI），NIH/NCRR资助的内布拉斯加病毒学中心，以及美国生物科学研究所与全国公认的科学作家卡尔齐默合作，提出了一项综合教育媒体计划，向公众传授尖端病毒学研究。这个名为“病毒世界”的项目将为公共和卫星广播电台制作纪录片，并辅之以先进的图书馆、教育工作者和中学生。我们的目标是通过以下方式教育公众有关病毒学：1）传达病毒学研究和临床试验对不同人群健康、社区和环境的重要性; 2）在广播电台、病毒学研究人员、公共图书馆和教育工作者之间建立伙伴关系，使公众能够获得社区资源，了解更多关于病毒学的知识，和3）吸引公众-特别是初中和高中年龄的青年-在病毒学职业生涯。我们提出了一个综合的一揽子计划，包括15个广播纪录片，加上15个8分钟的专题节目，以及一个为公共图书馆、教育工作者和中学生设计的强有力的外展组成部分。广播节目将以杰出的病毒学研究人员讨论他们的现实工作和经验为特色。广播节目将战略性地得到一个创新的非正式学习包的补充-一个将标准和基于探究的学习与最新信息技术相结合的学习包。这个以社区为基础的外展模块的基础是一个高分辨率图像的数字包，调查为基础的活动，播客，并通过网络访问的文件。这包括可随时下载的、可定制的材料，供图书馆在广播节目的时间段用作特别展览，供高中和初中学生直接下载材料以整合到他们的项目和论文中，以及供教育工作者将有关病毒的活动纳入他们的节目中。这个网络包还旨在帮助公共图书馆与6-12名教育工作者合作，该项目将为电台和图书馆协调工作提供帮助。拥有11，000多名成员的公共图书馆协会是该计划的合作伙伴，初中和高中教育工作者已经使用的流行网站也是如此，包括加州大学的理解进化网站，美国生物科学研究所的行动Bioscience.org和万维网上的所有病毒学网站。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of Nebraska State Museum, Soundprint Media Center, Inc. (SMCI), the NIH/NCRR-funded Nebraska Center for Virology, and the American Institute for Biological Sciences working with Carl Zimmer, a nationally recognized science writer, propose an integrated educational media initiative to teach the public about cutting-edge virology research. The project, called World of Viruses, will develop documentaries for public and satellite radio stations that are complemented with a sophisticated libraries, educators, and middle and high school students. Our goal is to educate the public about virology by: 1) Conveying the importance of virology research and clinical trials to diverse people's health, communities, and environments; 2) Creating partnerships between radio stations, virology researchers, public libraries, and educators to give the public access to community resources to learn more about virology, and 3) Interesting the public - especially middle and high school aged youth - in virology careers. We are proposing an integrated package of 15 radio documentaries coupled with 15 eight-minute features and a strong outreach component package designed for public libraries, educators, and middle and high school students. Radio shows will feature prominent virology researchers discussing their real-life work and experiences. The radio programs will be strategically complemented by an innovative informal learning package - one that blends standards- and inquiry-based learning with the latest information technologies. The foundation of this community-based outreach module is a digital package of high resolution images, inquiry-based activities, podcasts, and files accessible via the web. This includes readily downloadable, customizable materials for libraries to use as a special exhibit during the time stations broadcast the programs, for high school and middle school students to directly download materials for integration into their projects and papers, and for educators to incorporate activities about viruses into their programs. This web package also is designed to help public libraries work with 6-12 educators, and the project will provide assistance for stations and libraries to coordinate their efforts. The Public Library Association with over 11,000 members is a partner in this program, as are popular websites already used by middle and high school educators, including the University of California's Understanding Evolution website, the American Institute of Biological Sciences' Action Bioscience.org, and All of the Virology on the WWW.