Location:

International
North America
South America
Europe
Asia
Africa
United States

Description:
The National Museum of Natural History's Forces of Change program will collaborate with NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center's Visualization Analysis Lab (VAL) to design an exhibit about Earth system science, called Global Links. The exhibit will advance the public's understanding of Earth system science by combining NASA's expertise in space-based observations with the Museum's renowned collections and expertise in object-based science education. By relating museum specimens with remote-sensing visualizations, the exhibit interpretation will capitalize on the unique capability of space-based imagery to present a global perspective of the Earth and the unique appeal of seeing and interacting with tangible evidence of the Earth's dynamics and history.

With this prototype, the Forces of Change team hopes to begin dialogues with outside museums interested in Global Links displays of their own. After installation of the Global Links exhibit at the Museum, a "kit" will be assembled and made available to interested museums following the installation of the Global Links exhibit at the Museum. Contents of the "kit" will include: software for computer interactives, exhibit script, design drawings, fabrication blueprints, installation guidelines, technical specifications, slides and transparencies of appropriate images, a Web link, resource lists, and other helpful material as it is identified during the museum assessment and exhibit development process. Also, survey and field test results will be assembled, duplicated, and made available to NASA and interested museums.

Organization:
National Museum of Natural History
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Cost:
Free, participants selected by application

Contact:
Barbara Stauffer, National Museum of Natural History, Office of Exhibits, 10th and Constitution, Washington, DC 20560-0101; Phone: (202) 357-2377; Fax: (202) 786-2567; Email: stauffer.barbara@nmnh.si.edu

Education Level:
General

Subject:
Earth System Science
Remote Sensing
Visualization

Program type:
Informal Education
 
 

Date Added to teachearth.com:
5/1/00