Arctic Connections: An Interactive CD-ROM Program for Secondary Science Education

9818837 elias该提案将制作一张CD-ROM，其中包含基于探究的方法，旨在激发阿拉斯加本地中学生对科学的兴趣。阿拉斯加本地人在科学界的代表性不足；许多人回避科学，一些人从高中辍学，部分原因是教学内容以欧洲为中心，而不是以本土为重点。通常情况下，来自美国南部的科学家在夏季（孩子们不上学的时候）在北极收集数据，结果的解释并不与北极地区的人们分享。即将开发的光盘采用一种创新的方法，通过展示本地环境知识与科学理解的“现代”方法的交叉和相互作用，“勾起”学生的兴趣。主流教科书和实验手册中的许多例子与生活在阿拉斯加的学生无关，从而造成对科学的不感兴趣。这个建议将纠正这种情况，使内容不仅相关，而且熟悉和令人兴奋的同时。光盘将包含1)故事模块，讨论科学和当地的理解方式（可在多个故事讲述者中选择），2)十二个教学模块，课堂课程之后是与北极社区有关的科学内容和解决问题的冒险故事，以及3)实验室活动，包括动手实验和解释现有数据的协议。这些模块将与科罗拉多大学维护的一个网站以及其他网站相连。科学内容将是广泛的，包括地质学，生物学，天文学，气候学，地球科学等。光盘只读存储器的制作将用四年时间，采用反复评价和修订过程。将以象征性的费用向阿拉斯加的教室分发500份光盘只读存储器，并将在国家科研所和其他教育组织的国家和区域会议上宣传该产品。

9818837ELIASThis proposal will produce a CD-ROM that incorporates an inquiry-based approach designed to stimulate interest in science among Alaskan native middle school students. Alaskan natives are under-represented in the scientific community; many avoid science, and some drop out of high school in part because content is delivered with a Eurocentric, rather than native, emphasis. Typically, scientists from the lower US collect data in the arctic during the summer (when children are out of school), and the resulting interpretation is not shared with the people of the arctic. The CD-ROM to be developed uses an innovative approach to "hook" the students' interest by showing the intersection and interaction of native environmental knowledge with the "modern" approach to scientific understanding. Many examples in mainstream texts and lab manuals are not relevant to students living in Alaska, thereby creating disinterest in science. This proposal will remedy that situation by making the content not only relevant, but also familiar and exciting at the same time. The CD-ROM will contain 1) story modules which discuss both scientific and native ways of understanding (with an option to choose among multiple storytellers), 2) twelve teaching modules with classroom lessons followed by adventure stories with scientific content and problem solving relevant to arctic communities, and 3) laboratory activities which include protocols for hands-on experiments and interpretation of existing data. The modules will be linked to a web site maintained by the University of Colorado as well as other web sites. The scientific content will be broad, including geology, biology, astronomy, climatology, earth science, etc. The production of the CD-ROM will take four years, using an iterative evaluation and revision process. 500 copies of the CD-ROM will be distributed to classrooms in Alaska at a nominal cost, and the product will be advertised at national and regional meetings of NSTA and other educational organizations.