Project Weather Watch

Martin Marin博士是纽约城市大学教育学院院长，他设计了一个创新项目，将大气科学和天气预报技术引入纽约市第5、10、11和25区社区学校的小学和中学课程。纽约市五年级和八年级的教学计划已经将天气作为一个内容主题，马林博士的项目将大大提高这一主题的教学和学习。马林博士在该大学的大气科学系和国家卫星气象数据网络之间建立了密切的联系。来自四个地区的12名科学教师骨干将接受为期两周的集中培训，内容包括大气科学、卫星天气数据、计算机通信和天气数据分析。教师和大气科学家将用一年的时间设计课堂教学策略，并设计一套课程，培训教师掌握探究性天气单元的内容和授课方式。天气是一个很适合城市学区的内容话题。有了正确的教学策略，天气可以成为教授探究技能、数据分析、计算机应用和各种问题解决策略的跳板。拟议的规划工作有可能对纽约市的科学课程和许多其他大城市的教学计划产生广泛的影响。

Dr. Martin Marin is the Dean of the School of Education at City University of New York, and he has designed an innovative program for introducing atmospheric science and weather-prediction technology into the elementary and middle school curriculum in Community School Districts 5, 10, 11, and 25 of New York City. The City's instructional program for grades 5 and 8 already includes weather as a content topic, and Dr. Marin's project will significantly enhance the teaching and learning of this subject. Dr. Marin has established close ties among the University's department of Atmospheric Sciences and the national network of satellite-derived weather data. A cadre of 12 science teachers from the four districts will receive two weeks of intensive training in atmospheric sciences, satellite weather data, computer-based telecommunications and analysis of weather data. The teachers and atmospheric scientists will spend a year designing instructional strategies for classroom use and a curriculum for training teachers in the content and delivery of inquiry-driven weather units. Weather is a content topic that lends itself well to urban school districts. With the right instructional strategies, weather can be a springboard to teaching inquiry skills, data analysis, computer applications, and a wide variety of problem-solving strategies. The proposed planning effort has the potential for wide impact on the New York City science curriculum, and on instructional programs in many other large cities.