GK-12: Exploring California Biodiversity

该项目的总体目标是激励K-12学生研究生物多样性，并让研究生研究员了解K-12教育中的问题。该项目将加州大学伯克利分校的博物馆和实地考察站与当地的K-12社区连接起来。 在学年初，研究生研究员采取的K-12学生和他们的老师实地考察伯克利自然历史实地考察站之一，允许访问不同的自然栖息地在加州。学生收集自然历史项目，形成随后的课堂活动的核心。与研究生研究员一起，学校的学生策划和/或识别使用从大型BNHM集合的额外信息收集的标本。K-12学生和教师将样本数据和相关信息输入数据库，该数据库与BNHM已经建立的数据库相链接，并具有网络界面。然后，他们使用解释工具来研究他们的数据。学生根据收集的信息和进行的分析提出假设，并在现场进行测试。学生生成的数据和相关解释在参与学校之间共享，整个湾区的学校都可以访问这些信息。该项目对许多受益者产生了广泛的影响。 PI和研究生研究员受益于（一）关于生物多样性的空间和时间模式的扩展数据库，这些信息对于制定有关负责地理模式的历史进程，影响分布的当前因素和未来轨迹的假设至关重要;以及（二）沟通和领导技能的发展。K-12教师受益于直接参与研究和丰富的方法，并了解进化生物学，包括参与监测生物多样性的强烈意识。项目名称：GK-12：探索加州生物多样性机构：加州大学伯克利分校PI/Co-PI：迷迭香吉莱斯皮，唐纳德达尔斯汀，大卫林德伯格，克雷格莫里茨，玛丽动力合作伙伴学区：西康特拉科斯塔统一，资金：3年总计1，432，160美元研究员人数/年：6名研究生，2名本科生，1年; 8名研究生，8名本科生，2年，3年设置：城市目标受众：中学NSF支持的学科涉及：科学和数学，环境科学

The overall objective of the project is to inspire K-12 students in the study ofbiodiversity and give graduate fellows an understanding of issues in K-12 education. This project connects the museums and field stations at UC Berkeley with the local K-12 community. Early in the academic year, the graduate fellows take the K-12 students and their teachers on a field trip to one of the Berkeley Natural History Field Stations that allow access to diverse natural habitats in California. The students collect natural history items that form the kernel of subsequent classroom activities. Together with the graduate fellows, the school students curate and/or identify the specimens collected using additional information from the large BNHM collections. The K-12 students and teachers enter specimen data and associated information into a database, which is linked to the already established databases of the BNHMs, and has a web interface. They then use interpretive tools to study their data. The students develop hypotheses, based on the information collected and analyses performed, and test these in the field. The data that the students generate and associated interpretations are shared among participating schools, and the information is made accessible to schools throughout the Bay Area. There are broad impacts from this project to a number of beneficiaries. The PIs and graduate fellows benefit from (i) the expanded database on spatial and temporal patterns of biodiversity, information that is critical to developing hypotheses as to historical processes responsible for biogeographic patterns, current factors affecting distributions, and future trajectories; and (ii) development of skills in communication and leadership. The K-12 teachers benefit from direct involvement in research and enrichment in the approach to, and understanding of, evolutionary biology, including a strong sense of participation in monitoring of biodiversity. The schools benefit from the enhanced access to technology, and development of their own natural history collections and associated databases coupled with interpretive tools.Project title: GK-12: Exploring California Biodiversity Institution: University of California BerkeleyPI/Co-PI: Rosemary Gillespie, Donald Dahlsteen, David Lindbergh, Craig Moritz, Mary PowerPartner School Districts: West Contra Costa Unified, Funding: $ 1,432,160 total for 3 yearsNo of fellows/yr: 6 graduate, 2undergraduate, yr 1; 8 graduate, 8 undegraduate yr 2,3Setting: UrbanTarget audience: middle-high schoolNSF supported disciplines involved: Science and Mathematics, Environmental Science