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What makes the EUP unique
A focus on the emergent paradigm
The EUP collaborative will inform the public about the revolutionary paradigm
shift of modern science, which is moving from investigating individual
components of a system to investigating the interactions between those
components and how this leads to complex behavior.
A new partnership
A large communication gap exists between science professionals and the
general public. The EUP Collaborative
is based upon an innovative partnership between leading scientists and
education professionals, working in a close and cooperative relationship
from the very beginning. This collaboration draws on the strengths of
each group. The scientists are eager to communicate their extensive knowledge
and research, and the informal science education professionals have the
skills to translate these complex and often invisible phenomena to the
public. Science educators at the Exploratorium (San Francisco), the Science
Museum of Minnesota (St. Paul), and the Museum of Science and Industry
(Chicago), filmmakers, exhibit and Web designers, and science journalists
will continue to work together with the physicists, chemists, materials
scientists, and biological physicists in over 40 ICAM research institutions
to communicate emergent phenomena to the public at large. We are also
seeking collaborations with professional societies in the U.S. and Europe.
A versatile technology
EUP proposes using a very versatile technology—interactive Web sites—as
its entry point for communicating with the public. The Web provides a
rich environment for learners to explore concepts—using animations,
video, interviews, graphics, and text—at their own pace and level
of interest. The flexibility of the Web enables us to test different forms
of presentation, and to use the viewers of the site to provide feedback
as to the effectiveness of the communication.
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