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'Iron Science Teacher' and More at the Exploratorium(1/2) ( 本次听写约160词 )

今天的专有名词：
Exploratorium
San Francisco
California
Santa Cruz

我的听写：

The Exploratorium in San Francisco, California, calls itself "the museum of science, art and human perception. " The museum gets more than five hundred thousand visitors each year. Millions more visit online at exploratorium. edu. Exploratorium officials say their Web site averages more than eighteen million visitors a year. That makes it one of the most visited museum Web sites in the world. And millions of people see displays designed by the Exploratorium at science centers around the world. The museum has a Teacher Institute and is working to help teachers improve science education at all grade levels. There are professional development materials that teachers can download from the Web site at no cost. The Exploratorium also offers professional development programs for scientists. This is a joint effort with the University of California, Santa Cruz, and King's College London. Exploratorium. edu also includes experiments that people can do at home. And it offers many Webcasts -- including a show called "Iron Science Teacher. "

总结：

1.词组“网站”只需大写web的首字母W

2.webcast 是一个单词，我把它拆开拼写了。。。

Homework：

1. The Exploratorium in San Francisco, California, calls itself "the museum of science, art and human perception." The museum gets more than five hundred thousand visitors each year.
探索博物馆位于旧金山的加利福尼亚州，称其是“集科学、艺术和人类感知为一体的博物馆。”每年有超过500，000的人访问该博物馆。

2. The museum has a Teacher Institute and is working to help teachers improve science education at all grade levels.
该博物馆拥有一个教师协会，帮助各层次的教师们提高科教水平。

3. Exploratorium.edu also includes experiments that people can do at home. And it offers many Webcasts -- including a show called "Iron Science Teacher."
Exploratorium.edu这个网站也发布一些能在家完成的试验。它同时提供许多网络视频：其中有一个叫“Iron Science Teacher”的视频秀。

背景资料：
Exploratorium成立于1969年，是全美历史最悠久、规模最大和最著名的科学博物馆之一。它的创始人，物理学家、教育家Frank Oppenheimer，开创了现代博物馆的新概念：率先带动美国传统博物馆向互动教育中心的功能转化。

30多年来，Exploratorium一直是开发新型科普产品和远程教育项目的实验基地和先锋。今天，Exploratorium更是代表着美国式的“学习的文化”，它追求通过教育环境、项目和手段的创新激发人们对世界的好奇心和对科学的热爱，提倡科学与艺朮的完美结合。

Exploratorium拥有自己的科学家、教育理论研究机构和专业的科普作品创作队伍，并广泛地同国际国内相关组织合作，成为著名的教育基地。它摈弃填鸭式的被动教育方式，鼓励“动手参与的科学”（Hand-on Science）,博物馆内650多件不拘一格的展品都有一个共同的特征：用邀请观众参与，鼓励观众动手的方式启发他们在实践中自己去发现问题，去揭示科学道理。