The Rivers Project Curriculum

河流项目课程

• 批准号: 9154383
• 负责人: Robert Williams
• 金额: $ 110.71万
• 依托单位: Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1991
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1991-12-15 至 1995-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9154383&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Rivers; Project; Curriculum

The Rivers Project curriculum seeks to offer students and teachers the opportunity to engage in an activity based program with real world implications for the environment. Its goal is to develop a national rivers curriculum that can cross the boundaries of traditional curricular areas to unite science, social science and English. The curriculum will propel a student force of "River Watchers" who will research and monitor rivers in their respective communities. A set of teaching materials will be developed that will: be applicable to any river; include chemistry, biology, and geology/geography units; be interdisciplinary and incorporate English and social science elements into each set of materials; focus on teaching data collection and interpretation; and use a computer telecommunication network to transmit and evaluate river data and writings. This curriculum development project will be a cooperative venture with state and national agencies, as well as business and industry. The data that will be collected can be used to solve problems and can contribute to scientific, historical, and data bases. When a Rivers Project school collects data, local state, and federal agencies will be able to access and assess the information. Teachers and students will, in turn, devise and conduct workshops for fellow River Watcher interns, creating a network of interested, involved and learning educators and young scientists whose ultimate goal will be to work for safe, clean rivers. Although the outcomes of the program target improved student understandings of river-related science concepts and facts, the major thrust will be to communicate a clearer view of the nature and processes of science and to actively involve students in the development of environmentally responsible behaviors.

Rivers Project课程旨在为学生和老师提供机会，从而从事基于活动的计划，对环境产生影响。 它的目标是开发一个国家河流课程，该课程可以跨越传统课程领域的界限，以团结科学，社会科学和英语。 该课程将推动“河流观察家”的学生力量，他们将研究和监视各自社区的河流。 将开发一组教材：适用于任何河流；包括化学，生物学和地质/地理单位；要跨学科，并将英语和社会科学元素纳入每组材料中；专注于教学数据收集和解释；并使用计算机电信网络来传输和评估河流数据和著作。 该课程开发项目将是与州和国家机构以及商业和行业的合作企业。 将收集的数据可用于解决问题，并可以为科学，历史和数据库做出贡献。 当河流项目学校收集数据时，地方州和联邦机构将能够访问和评估信息。 教师和学生将为河流观察家实习生设计和开展讲习班，建立一个有兴趣，参与和学习的教育者和年轻科学家网络的网络，他们的最终目标是为安全，干净的河流工作。 尽管该计划的结果针对学生对与河流相关的科学概念和事实的理解有所提高，但主要的作用是更清晰地对科学的性质和过程进行更清晰的看法，并积极参与学生发展对环境负责的行为的发展。