GK-12: Exploring California Biodiversity

该项目的总体目标是激发K-12学生对生物多样性的研究，并让研究生了解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研究站与当地K-12社区联系起来。在学年的早期，研究生们带着K-12的学生和他们的老师到伯克利自然历史野外考察站之一进行实地考察，该站允许进入加利福尼亚的各种自然栖息地。学生们收集的自然历史物品构成了后续课堂活动的核心。与研究生一起，学校的学生管理和/或识别收集的标本，使用来自BNHM大型收藏品的附加信息。K-12学生和教师将标本数据和相关信息输入数据库，该数据库与已经建立的bnhm数据库相连，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。学生根据收集到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的解释在参与的学校之间共享，整个湾区的学校都可以访问这些信息。这个项目对一些受益者产生了广泛的影响。项目负责人和研究生研究员受益于(i)扩大的生物多样性时空格局数据库，这些信息对于形成关于生物地理格局的历史进程、影响分布的当前因素和未来轨迹的假设至关重要；（二）发展沟通和领导能力。K-12教师受益于直接参与研究，丰富了对进化生物学的方法和理解，包括参与监测生物多样性的强烈意识。学校受益于技术的增强，以及他们自己的自然历史收藏和相关数据库的发展，再加上解释工具。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i /Co-PI: Rosemary Gillespie， Donald Dahlsteen, David Lindbergh, Craig Moritz， Mary power合作伙伴学区：West Contra Costa Unified，资助：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年级；8名研究生，8名本科生，2,3年级设置：城市目标受众：初中nsf支持学科涉及：科学与数学，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