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

小行星9705649 野生动物保护协会正在为K-8年级的420名家长和210名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。 该方案由四个相互关联的组成部分组成： 第一章 一系列的研讨会，将准备420家长 和210名教师组成团队， 广泛提供科学教育; （二） 一系列教育项目，使讲习班 参与者教成千上万的其他父母， 教育工作者对科学素养的重要性， 父母积极参与儿童教育的必要性 教育，以及非正式科学 机构在加强正规科学方面的作用 指导; 第三章 在动物园举办的一系列四个科学宣传博览会， 预计将提高游客的意识， 对上述问题的大规模;以及 四、 为来自学校和非正式组织的教育工作者举办的专题讨论会 科学中心在该地区传播成功的 让家长参与科学教育的方法。

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.