Stimulate high school science fair participation by connecting with a nearby college
Stimulate high school science fair participation by connecting with a nearby college
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DOI：
10.1021/ed077p608
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发表时间：
2000-05-01
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3
通讯作者：
Keck, P
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作者：
DeClue, ME;Johnson, K;Keck, P
高中科学公平竞赛对于学生来说是一种未被充分利用但非常有益的经历。它需要创造力、实践科学方法、进行和确定适当的数学运算以及组织和写作技能。由于参与科学博览会需要投入时间和资源，因此它通常不被选为高中生的活动。然而，通过发展大学教师和高中教师之间的合作关系，有可能增加参加科学博览会的高中生数量。在过去的几年里，当地的一位高中化学老师将荣誉化学课带到我们的校园，与教师讨论科学博览会项目。这样就可以进行有价值的对话，讨论项目想法，并设定会议时间以使用高中没有的设备。过去的项目在随后的几年中由新生继续进行，以提高初始项目的质量并减少每年所需的新想法的数量。与当地资源建立的合作，无论是大学还是来自当地行业的训练有素的专业人员，都可以提高科学博览会项目的热情、资源和实验设计，从而提高高中生的科学思维过程。
High school science fair competition is an underutilized yet highly beneficial experience for students. It requires creativity, practicing the scientific method, conducting and determining appropriate math manipulations, and organizational and writing skills. Because of the time commitment and resources needed for science fair participation, it is often not selected as an activity for high school students. However, the potential exists to increase the number of high school students who participate in science fairs by developing a collegial relationship between university faculty and high school teachers. For the past several years, a local high school chemistry teacher has brought an honors chemistry class to our campus to discuss science fair projects with faculty. This allowed a valuable dialogue where ideas for projects were discussed and meeting times set to use equipment not available at the high school. Past projects have been continued in subsequent years by new students to improve the quality of initial projects and decrease the number of new ideas needed each year. An established collaboration with a local resource, whether it is a university or trained professionals from local industry, can enhance the enthusiasm, resources, and experimental design of science fair projects and thus the scientific thought process of high school students.