Fellows Enhancing Science and Technology Program (FEST 6-12)

教师伙伴小组正在开发和提供一份学校实践经验和讲习班花名册，以促进学生对波多黎各环境科学和当前环境问题的兴趣和认识。研究员将环境材料和工具带到课堂上，并帮助教师和K-6学生培养使用这些材料和工具的能力。团队还将把教室带到实验田野工作的现场。除了UMET提供的资源外，与会者还与各种合作伙伴合作并向其学习：热带林业研究所，一个由NSF资助的长期生态研究项目站点，以及波多黎各大学马亚圭斯分校的海洋科学博士项目。参加会议的教师包括环境事务学院的院长，他们代表了UMET以环境为中心的一系列学科：海洋科学、海洋学、化学、毒理学、林业、生态学、植物学、地质学、环境教育、沿海资源、自然资源和环境传播。通过与波多黎各大学马亚圭斯校区的合作，加强了在该岛环境科学教育方面开展全面而有凝聚力的努力，因为该大学把重点放在波多黎各东北部，而马亚圭兹方案侧重于该岛的西海岸。涉及的学校位于该岛失业率高、获得基本服务的机会很少的地区。该项目的更广泛影响包括，它提供了一种模式，将环境科学的内容、知识和技术技能带给一群以前几乎无法接触到这两者的学生和教师，以及它为参与其中的大学提供了通过与邻近机构合作来扩大和丰富自己的课程的机会。本项目得到生物科学局的部分支持项目标题：FEST(FEST)机构：大都会大学(UMET)PI/Co-PI：Juan Musa，Alberto Rivera Rentas合作学区；卡罗莱纳州资助：每年1,492,509美元研究员数量：8名毕业生，8名本科生设置：农村目标受众：基础NSF支持的学科涉及：环境科学和技术

Teacher-Fellow teams are developing and delivering a roster of hands on experiences and workshops at the schools that promote student interest and awareness of theenvironmental sciences and current environmental issues in Puerto Rico. The Fellows are bringing environmental materials and tools to the classroom and helping teachers and K-6 students develop the ability to use these materials and tools. The teams are also bringing the classroom to the site of experimental fieldwork. The participants are working with and learning from a variety of partners in addition to the resources provided by UMET: the Institute of Tropical Forestry, an NSF-funded Long-Term Ecological Research project site, and the doctoral program in marine sciences at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez. Faculty participating include the Dean of the School of Environmental Affairs and represent a wide array of disciplines at UMET that have the environment as the central focus: marine sciences, oceanography, chemistry, toxicology, forestry, ecology, botany, geology, environmental education, coastal resources, natural resources, and environmental communication. These efforts to develop a comprehensive and cohesive effort in environmental sciences education for the island are enhanced by collaborating with the Mayaguez Campus of the University of Puerto Rico as UMET focuses on the northeastern part of Puerto Rico and the Mayaguez Program focuses on the west coast of the Island. The schools involved are in an area of the island that has a high degree of unemployment and only minimal access to basic services. The broader impacts of this project include the model it provides of bringing environmental sciences content knowledge and technical skills to a set of students and teachers who previously had little access to either and the opportunity it provides for the university involved to broaden and enrich its own program through cooperation with neighboring institutions. This project is receiving partial support from the Directorate for Biological SciencesProject title: Fellows Enhancing Science and Technology (FEST) Institution: Universidad Metropolitana (UMET) PI/Co-PI: Juan Musa, Alberto Rivera RentasPartner School Districts; CarolinaFinancing: $1,492,509 Number of fellows per year: 8 graduate, 8 undergraduateSetting: Rural Target audience of the project: elementary NSF supported disciplines involved: Environmental Sciences and Technology