GSE/DIS Disseminating the National Science Partnership Kits

美国富兰克林研究所和女童子军正在传播以前由NSF资助的为国家科学伙伴关系女童军和科学博物馆(NSP)开发的材料和资源。传播这些材料和资源的对象是全国180万名布朗尼(6-8岁)和少年(9-11岁)女童军。智力上的功绩。国家科学伙伴关系是一项开创性的合作，旨在满足女童子军领导人的科学学习和教学需求，目的是鼓励女孩追求科学。NSP提供了科学活动包，并提供了领导人培训，强调科学的过程，以及在物理、化学、天文学、气象学和环境科学方面适合徽章的科学内容。纵向评估表明，NSP成功地培养了作为科学教师和学习者的领导者能力，培养了女孩对科学的积极态度和持久的兴趣。2001年，NSP被教育部确认为全国五个促进科学领域性别平等的项目之一。该项目小组将继续其长期合作，大幅扩大四个最受欢迎和最有效的NSP工具包的传播。领导者将拥有更多的培训机会，包括基于网络的资源，所有四个工具包都将满足当前的徽章要求，并与国家科学教育标准密切一致。通过拟议的传播，该小组希望在女童子军提供的强大的非正式全女孩环境中，让全新一代的女孩和领导者参与科学学习。更广泛的影响。自1990年代初以来，NSP使全国的女孩和领导人受益。在联邦支持的最初五年中，超过11800名领导人和13.8万名女孩受益于NSP工具包方案。通过为女童子军领导人提供强大的资源，NSP提高了女孩获得高质量非正式科学体验的可能性，为领导人提供了参与和转变为科学教师、学习者和倡导者的机会，并为实施该计划的机构提供了计划模式。

The Franklin Institute and Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. are disseminating materials and resources developed for The National Science Partnership for Girl Scouts and Science Museums (NSP) under prior NSF funding. The dissemination of these materials and resources targets 1.8 million Brownie (ages 6-8) and Junior (ages 9-11) Girl Scouts nationwide. Intellectual Merit. The National Science Partnership, a pioneering collaboration, was designed to address the science learning and teaching needs of Girl Scout leaders, with the goal of encouraging girls' pursuit of science. NSP provided science activity kits, coupled with leader training, that emphasized the processes of science, as well as badge-appropriate science content in physics, chemistry, astronomy, meteorology, and environmental science. Longitudinal evaluation showed that NSP was successful in building leader capacity as teachers and learners of science and cultivated girls' positive attitudes and long-lasting interest in science. In 2001, NSP was recognized by the Department of Education as one of five projects nationally for promoting gender equity in science.The project team will continue its longstanding collaboration to dramatically expand dissemination of the four most popular and effective NSP kits. Leaders will have an expanded menu of training opportunities, including web-based resources, and all four kits will meet current badge requirements, as well as align closely with the National Science Educational Standards. Through the proposed dissemination, the team expects to engage a whole new generation of girls and leaders in science learning in the powerful informal all-girl environment offered through Girl Scouting. Broader Impacts. NSP has benefited girls and leaders nationwide since the early 1990s. More than 11,800 leaders and 138,000 girls benefited from the NSP kit program during its initial five years of federal support. By providing strong resources for leaders in Girl Scouts, NSP enhances the likelihood of quality informal science experiences for girls, provides opportunities for engagement and transformation of leaders into science teachers, learners, and advocates, and offers program models for the institutions implementing the program.