SPARKS (Supporting Parents in Advocacy, Reform and Knowledge in Science)

9705649 Berkovits野生动物保护协会正在为420名家长和210名K-8年级的教师制定和实施一项为期五年的科学计划。该项目与学校课程和新的国家科学教育标准直接挂钩，将弥合家长和学校之间的差距，并将动物园定位为合作伙伴和中介，帮助家长和教师提高科学教育的质量和数量。该计划由四个相互关联的部分组成：1)一系列讲习班，使420名家长和210名教师为更好、更广泛地开展科学教育做好准备；2)一系列教育项目，使研讨会参与者能够向成千上万的其他家长和教育工作者传授科学素养的重要性、父母积极参与儿童教育的必要性以及非正式科学机构在加强正式科学教育方面发挥的关键作用；3)在动物园举办一系列的四场科学宣讲会，以期大规模提高游客对上述问题的认识；4)为该地区学校和非正式科学中心的教育工作者举办研讨会，传播家长参与科学教育的成功方法。

9705649 Berkovits The Wildlife Conservation Society is developing and implementing a five-year science program for 420 parents and 210 teachers of children in grades K-8. Linked directly with school curricula and the new National Science Education Standards, the program will bridge the gap between parents and schools, and position the Zoo as a partner and intermediary to help parents and teachers improve the quality and quantity of science education. The program consists of four interrelated components: 1) A series of workshops that will prepare the 420 parents and 210 teachers to work in teams for better and more widely available science education; 2) A series of education projects that will enable workshop participants to teach thousands of other parents and educators about the importance of science literacy, the need for active parental engagement in children's education, and the crucial role that informal science institutions play in augmenting formal science instruction; 3) A series of four Science Advocacy Fairs at the Zoo that are expected to raise the visitor's consciousness on a large scale about the above issues; and 4) A symposium for educators from schools and informal science centers in the region to disseminate successful methods for involving parents in science education.