World of Viruses

描述(由申请者提供)：内布拉斯加州大学州立博物馆、Soundprint Media Center，Inc.(SMCI)、NIH/NCRR资助的内布拉斯加州病毒学中心和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，提出了一个综合教育媒体倡议，向公众传授尖端病毒学研究。该项目名为病毒世界，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、教育工作者和初中生。我们的目标是通过以下方式教育公众关于病毒学的知识：1)向不同人群的健康、社区和环境传达病毒学研究和临床试验的重要性；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，以了解更多关于病毒学的知识；以及3)让公众--特别是初中和高中年龄的年轻人--对病毒学事业感兴趣。我们提出了一个由15部广播纪录片和15部8分钟专题节目组成的综合套餐，以及为公共图书馆、教育工作者和初中生设计的强大的外展组件套餐。广播节目将以著名的病毒学研究人员为特色，讨论他们的现实工作和经验。这些广播节目将从战略上得到创新的非正式学习方案的补充--一种融合了标准和探究式学习与最新信息技术的方案。这个以社区为基础的外展模块的基础是一个数字包，其中包括高分辨率图像、基于调查的活动、播客和可通过网络访问的文件。这包括可随时下载的、可定制的材料，供图书馆在电台播放节目期间用作特别展览，供高中生和中学生直接下载材料，以便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。这一网络包还旨在帮助公共图书馆与6-12名教育工作者合作，该项目将帮助车站和图书馆协调他们的努力。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合作伙伴，包括加州大学的了解进化网站、美国生物科学研究所的行动生物科学网站和WWW上的所有病毒学。

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.