The GK-12 Program in Hawaii: Using the Native Biota for Science Education

在当前的GK-12项目（DGE 9979656）的基础上，夏威夷大学和夏威夷教育部正在努力确保他们之间建立的合作的可持续性。生态学，进化和保护生物学（EECB）的研究生正在与夏威夷K-12学校的学生和教师进行互动，并提高他们的内容知识和探究技能。研究生和本科生学习当前科学教育改革的努力，包括国家和国家的科学教育标准，同时通过探究性的科学教学，提高自己的沟通和教学技能。夏威夷为科学教师提供专业发展机会，以获得生态学、进化论和保护生物学研究的最新知识。研究生和本科生研究员通过让K-12学生和教师积极参与正在进行的EECB项目研究，成为实践科学家的榜样。因此，夏威夷正在发展一种科学研究和科学教育之间合作的文化。研究生在课堂上将自然实验室的信息带给K-12学生和教师，并在实地活动中将K-12学生和教师带到自然实验室。以前的项目有助于当地社区的现实生活。在一个案例中，K-12学生收集的数据导致根除了一种外来蚂蚁物种的早期入侵，并发现了两种以前未记录的蚂蚁物种。因此，除了夏威夷当前项目的知识价值外，个别项目对当地社区正在解决的问题也产生了广泛的影响。正在与20多个社区、政府（联邦、州和县）和专业机构/组织建立合作关系。通过这些合作，K-12教育工作者和学生正在更好地了解岛屿生态系统的脆弱性以及为保护它们所做努力的重要性。项目名称：利用本地生物群进行科学教育机构：夏威夷大学i /Co-PI: Kenneth Kanashiro， Sheila Conant, Robert Kinzie， Donald young合作学区：夏威夷州教育部资助：$ 1,482,270研究员人数/年：10名研究生，2名本科生设置：城市，郊区，农村目标受众：K-12NSF支持的学科涉及：生物学

Building on a currrent GK-12 project (DGE 9979656) the University of Hawaii and the the Hawaii Department of Education are working to ensure sustainability of the collaboration that has been forged between them. Graduate students in Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology (EECB) are interacting with and improving the content knowledge and inquiry skills of students and teachers at K-12 schools in Hawaii. The graduate and undergraduate Fellows are learning current science education reform efforts including national and state standards for science education while teaching science through inquiry to improve their own communication and teaching skills. Science teachers are provided with professional development opportunities to gain current knowledge of research in ecology, evolution and conservation biology in Hawaii. The graduate and undergraduate Fellows serve as role models of practicing scientists by engaging K-12 students and teachers as active participants in ongoing research in the EECB program. Thus a culture of collaboration between science research and science education is being developed in Hawaii. The graduate fellows bring information from the natural laboratory to the K-12 students and teachers in the classroom, and also bring the K-12 students and teachers to the natural laboratory in field-based activities. Previous projects have contributed to real-life situations within the local communities. In one case, the data collected by the K-12 students resulted in the eradication of an incipient invasion of an alien ant species as well as the discovery of two previously unrecorded species of ants. Thus, besides the intellectual merits of the current program in Hawaii, the individual projects are having a broad impact on issues being addressed by the local communities. Collaborative relationships are being developed with more than 20 community, government (federal, state and county), and professional agencies/organizations. Through these collaborations K-12 educators and students are developing a better understanding of the fragility of the island ecosystems and the importance of efforts made to conserve them.Project title: Using the Native Biota for Science EducationInstitution: University of HawaiiPI/Co-PI: Kenneth Kanashiro, Sheila Conant, Robert Kinzie, Donald YoungPartner School Districts: Hawaii State Department of EducationFunding: $ 1,482,270Number of fellows/year: 10 graduate, 2 undergraduateSetting: Urban, Suburban, RuralTarget audience: K-12NSF supported disciplines involved: Biology