Kids as Global Scientists: The Utilization of the Internet for Middle School Atmospheric Science

互联网电信网络是一种资源， 已经开始在许多领域使用，但有潜力 对K-12学习的影响是未知的。 作为 博尔德山谷项目的一部分，一所学校 地区/大学/业界伙伴关系， 互联网连接到整个学区， 全球科学家将结合互联网的实施 对学生学习进行详细研究的技术， 协作模型和K-12的界面设计 观众 具体而言，该项目将有助于：1） 小学七年级学生对英语学习的理解研究 大气科学概念，同时调查丰富， 天气现象的动态表示，2）新模式 社区和教师互动，以及3）原型 互联网接口的K-12观众。 中学互联网内的互联网连接 实验室将允许学生的教室收集 解读国家气象局的数据和卫星 各种天气现象的图像。 区内电信将支持垂直 课程主题，远程学徒，和新的模式， 近距离和虚拟社区。 广泛的工作与 教师作为项目成员将扩大目前的模式， 教师作为研究者/学习者/课程开发者。 中学生将成为全球科学家， 他们对北美和世界天气的广泛研究， 以及他们交流和个性化天气的能力 现象与所有年龄段的科学家，无论是当地和 世界范围内。

The Internet telecommunications network is a resource that has begun to be utilized in many arenas, yet has a potential for K-12 learning that is unexplored and unstudied. As a component of the Boulder Valley Project, a school district/university/industry partnership which is deploying Internet connectivity to an entire school district, Kids as Global Scientists will couple the implementation of Internet technology with detailed research on student learning, collaboration models, and interface design for a K-12 audience. In particular, the project will contribute: 1) Insights into the study of seventh graders' understanding of atmospheric science concepts while investigating rich and dynamic representations of weather phenomena, 2) new models for communities and teacher interaction, and 3) prototype Internet interfaces for K-12 audiences. Internet connectivity within Middle School Internet Laboratories will allow classrooms of students to collect and interpret National Weather Service data and satellite images of an extensive variety of weather phenomena. Telecommunications within the District will support vertical curricular themes, teleapprenticeships, and new models of proximal and virtual communities. Extensive work with teachers-as-project-members will expand current models of teachers-as-researchers/learners/curriculum developers. Middle school students will be Global Scientists both in their extensive study of North American and world weather, and in their ability to communicate and personalize weather phenomena with scientists of all ages, both locally and world-wide.