GK-12: K-6 Science Corps Fellows for the San Diego PISCES Project

该项目由圣地亚哥地区大学的13名研究生和Illisaguik学院和阿拉斯加巴罗学院的3名研究生组成，正在扩大圣地亚哥县PISCES项目;一个持续的，以地区为基础的，社区支持的K年级小学科学改进计划-该项目每年向16名研究员和至少48名教师提供适当和有效学习方面的指导科学教育的过程，促进科学内容的知识转移到合作的教师和丰富的科学课程的开发，并利用教育技术，以杠杆项目的影响。 教育特色包括为研究员及其合作教师举办夏季和学年现场讲习班和研讨会，以及广泛使用圣地亚哥县教育办公室的教育技术资源。 该项目正在为研究员开发更好的沟通和教学技能，为K-6学生提供丰富的学习，为合作地区和私人基金资助的K-6教师提供专业发展机会，并加强圣地亚哥科学教育利益相关者之间的伙伴关系。 参与教师的专业发展指导是由私人来源通过圣地亚哥科学联盟和参与学区共同资助的。该项目的一个额外成果来自沃尔特·奥切尔博士的美国国家科学基金会极地项目阿拉斯加北极环境研究计划和加州的查帕拉尔研究，它提供科学团研究员的交流和互联网视频和数据链接，供本项目使用。

This project, composed of 13 graduate students from San Diego area universities and 3 from Illisaguik College and the College of Barrow Alaska, is expanding the San Diego County PISCES Project; an ongoing, district-based, community-supported elementary science improvement program for grades K-6 in eight participating school districts.The project is providing instruction to 16 fellows and at least 48 teachers annually in appropriate and effective learning processes for science education, facilitating science content knowledge transfer to cooperating teachers and enriched science curriculum development, and utilizing educational technology to leverage project impact. Educational features include both summer and school-year on-site workshops and seminars for the fellows and their cooperating teachers, and extensive use of the San Diego County Office of Education's educational technology resources. The project is developing improved communication and teaching skills for the fellows, providing enriched learning for K-6 students, offering professional development opportunities for K-6 teachers funded by the cooperating districts and private funds, and strengthening partnerships among science education stakeholders in San Diego. The professional development instruction of the participating teachers is being co-funded by private sources through the San Diego Science Alliance and the participating school districts.A bonus result of this project came from Dr. Walter Oechel's NSF Polar Programs environmental research program in Arctic Alaska and chaparral research in California, which is providing exchanges of Science Corps fellows and internet video and data links for use in this project.