Program for Gender Equity in Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology (PGE): LCP: Middle School Students' REALM (Really Exploring and Learning Meteorology)

佛罗里达州立大学气象系和科学教育项目将与国家海洋和大气管理局(NOAA)合作，在迈阿密/戴德县公立学校开展一个学校现场气象项目。这个新的合作项目名为中学生王国(真正探索和学习气象学)。该项目的重点是：(1)让更多的中学女生接触气象科学内容；(2)为参与活动的女孩和男孩发展积极和支持性的学习环境；(3)为参与活动的科学教师提供现场技术援助；(4)为家长和女孩更多地参与科学活动提供工具。为了最大限度地利用资源，将利用人口分布分散的中学中可用的气象资源(气象站)。参与这一项目将提高女孩对妇女在科学领域，特别是气象学领域的职业机会的认识。该项目还将提高中学女生学习科学概念的自尊和信心，科学概念将数学和技术的使用融为一体。这个项目模式旨在减少高级科学、数学和技术课程的自然流失率，这种课程通常发生在女孩从初中升到高中，然后进入高等教育。

The Meteorology Department and Science Education program of Florida State University, in collaboration with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), will carry out a school-site meteorological project to be located in Miami/Dade County Public Schools. This new collaborative project is entitled Middle School Students' REALM (Really Exploring And Learning Meteorology). The project's foci are: (1) to expose more middle school girls to meteorological science content, (2) to develop a positive and supportive learning environment for participating girls and boys, (3) to provide on site technical assistance to participating science teachers for content implementation, and (4) to provide a vehicle for greater parent-girl participation in science activities. In order to maximize resources, available meteorology resources (weather stations) that are in demographically dispersed middle schools will be used. Involvement in this project will enhance girls' awareness of career opportunities for women in the field of science in general and meteorology in particular. This project will also increase middle school girls' self-esteem and confidence in learning science concepts, which integrate the use of mathematics and technology. This project model aims to reduce the attrition in advanced level science, mathematics and technology coursework that typically occurs as girls move from middle school to high school, which carries over into higher education.