EPWG: F.I.R.S.T. Female Involvement in Real Science Technology

9555807 Ash Chabot天文台和科学中心将开发一个名为First：女性参与真实科学和技术的环境课程实施项目。这一全面、有序的科学倡议将与当地学区、大学、博物馆和专业协会合作开发和制作。First将涉及5到8年级的学生，以及他们的老师、管理人员、照顾者和家庭。参与者将探讨关键的环境问题，将自己设想为现在和未来环境的有效塑造者。该项目将覆盖60所小学和15所初中/中学，学生总数超过3.5万人，每年将接受1200名教师培训。该项目将米尔斯学院以前由NSF资助的项目和能源部资助的合作教育项目启动的系统性改革结合在一起并建立在此基础上。互动式环境研究使初中生和他们的家人能够通过讨论真实的生命科学问题来丰富他们的知识。在正式和非正式环境中的教和学将帮助城市多语言、多文化人口的教师、学生和社区成员探索影响他们日常生活的环境问题。***

9555807 Ash The Chabot Observatory & Science Center (COSC) will develop an environmental curriculum implementation project called FIRST: Female Involvement in Real Science and Technology. This comprehensive, sequential scientific initiative will be developed and produced in collaboration with local school districts, colleges, museums, and professional societies. FIRST will involve students in grades 5 through 8, and their teachers, administrators, care givers, and the families. The participants will explore critical environmental issues, envisioning themselves as effective shapers of their environment now and in the future. The program will reach 60 elementary schools and 15 junior high/middle schools, with over 35,000 students total, and 1,200 teachers will receive training each year. This project unites and builds upon the systemic reform begun by previous NSF-funded projects at Mills College and Department of Energy-funded collaborative education programs. Interactive environmental studies allow middle and high school students and their families to enrich their knowledge by discussing real life science questions. Teaching and learning in both formal and informal settings will help teachers, students, and community members of an urban multilingual, multicultural population explore environmental issues that effect their lives on a daily basis. ***