Linking Geoscience Research and Education in Schools and Museums: A Model for Scaling Up Successful Collaborations

将地球科学研究与学校和博物馆的教育联系起来：扩大成功合作的模式学生-科学家伙伴关系(SSP)促进了真正的探究体验，同时也为更大的科学问题贡献了数据。古生物研究所(PRI)和TERC提议合作开发一个成功的大规模地球科学SSP的模型。SSP涉及的学生数量相对较少，分布在当地。对学生数据和学习结果的评估，对少数几家大型SSP构成了挑战。为了克服这些挑战，PRI的科学家教育工作者开发了泥盆纪海洋项目。四年级到九年级的教室参加了专门为应对大规模发展SSP的具体挑战而设计的课堂试行测试，包括数据准确性和教育教学问题。这些古生物学SSP的结果令人鼓舞：学生们正在与他们的课程建立重要的联系，学生数据足够准确，可以记录下感兴趣的古生物模式。PRI提议与TERC合作，开发一个扩大泥盆纪海洋项目规模的模型。为了增加可及性和传播，将在PRI网站上提供教育材料，并与地球科学教育数字图书馆一起编目。通过开发一个成功扩大本地化SSP的模式，PRI和TERC将为其他有兴趣创建有效的、将研究和教育联系起来的大型项目的博物馆和大学奠定基础。

Linking Geoscience Research and Education in Schools and Museums: A Model for Scaling up Successful CollaborationsStudent-scientist partnerships (SSPs) facilitate experiences of genuine inquiry while also contributing data to larger scientific questions. The Paleontological Research Institution (PRI) and TERC propose a collaboration to develop a model for successful, large-scale geoscience SSPs. SSPs have involved relatively small numbers of students in localized areas. Evaluations of student data, and learning outcomes, have posed a challenge to the few large-scale SSPs. To overcome these challenges, scientist-educators at the PRI have developed the Devonian Seas Project. Fourth through ninth grade classrooms have participated in classroom pilot-tests explicitly designed to meet specific challenges to the large-scale development of SSPs, including issues of data accuracy and educational pedagogy. The results of these paleontological SSPs have been encouraging: students are making important connections to their curricula and student data is sufficiently accurate to document paleontological patterns of interest. PRI proposes to partner with TERC to develop a model for scaling-up the Devonian Seas Project. To increase accessibility and dissemination, educational materials will be made available on the PRI Website, and catalogued with the Digital Library of Earth Science Education. By developing a model for scaling-up successful localized SSPs, PRI and TERC will lay the groundwork for other museums and universities interested in creating effective, large-scale projects linking research and education.