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  • The SkyTour Expansion Project
    Date: 09/15/1996
    Resource Category: Project Descriptions
    WHYY, Inc., in cooperation with the Franklin Institute Science Museum, is producing and implementing a radio-based science education program for families. Skytour is a live radio program designed to involve the public in observing astronomical phenomena and engaging in science activities related to the sciences of the sky. Each program centers on ... »
  • Other Worlds! Other Beings?--A nationally touring exhibition concerning the solar system and the search for life beyond the solar system
    Date: 09/15/1996
    Resource Category: Project Descriptions
    The Pacific Science Center will develop a 7000 sq. ft. traveling exhibit "Other Worlds! Other Beings"? Concerned that the general public is largely uninformed about the results of the years of basic science research carried out by U.S. scientists, this exhibit will provide an opportunity for visitors to learn about the results of this research and ... »
  • The Wheel in Space
    Date: 09/01/1996
    Resource Category: Project Descriptions
    This is a planning grant to Children's Television Workshop (CTW) to develop further the science content in a proposed television series for 8-12 year olds entitled, The Wheel In Space. This adventure series would be set on an orbiting space station 100 years in the future which, by definition is an enormous scientific and technological enterprise ... »
  • FINGERPRINTING THE UNIVERSE: An Interactive Science Exhibit on Spectroscopy
    Date: 08/01/1996
    Resource Category: Project Descriptions
    How do we know the distance to a star? How do we know what a star is made of? How do we know how fast an object is moving? These questions are addressed in this 1,488 square foot permanent exhibit which emphasizes astronomical spectroscopy - the detailed analysis of light from astronomical objects. This interactive, bilingual (English/Spanish) ... »