SeaTech: Underserved Teens Hooked on Ocean Technology!

海洋研究所（OI）与斯克里普斯海洋学研究所（Scripps）、卡皮斯特拉诺山谷男孩和女孩俱乐部（B&amp；GC）以及电气和电子工程师协会（IEEE）合作，正在开发“SeaTech”，这是一个多年的、以青年为基础的ITEST项目，为来自服务不足人口的120名女性和少数民族初高中学生提供391小时的信息技术（IT）密集型海洋学研究经验。SeaTech内容侧重于了解鲸鱼和海豚的声学行为，特别是声音产生，噪音影响和加利福尼亚，白令海和南大洋的声学人口普查。SeaTech为13岁和14岁的孩子提供为期两年的核心课程，包括“广度接触”阶段和“技能深度”阶段，总计299小时。核心项目有三个不同的组成部分——课后俱乐部、实地考察和暑期研究机构，并在项目前后增加了相应的内容：针对12岁青少年的早期管道开发阶段（52小时），以及针对15岁青少年的实习阶段（40小时）。这项为期三年的ITEST资助将接待三个小组，每个小组40名参与者。每位青少年参加者将获得391个总接触时数。通过针对家长的努力，SeaTech预计每年将有60名家长参与约80小时的活动。通过Capistrano Valley B&amp；GC的专业知识进行协调，招聘将包括培训和信息计划，双语小册子和B&amp；GC员工的直接努力。此外，招聘将从当地学校进行。智力优势：基于信息技术的海洋哺乳动物生物声学研究将“勾起”学生对课外俱乐部、实地考察和暑期研究机构的兴趣。SeaTech促进了对更广泛的管道发展在解决青少年IT项目长期招聘和留用问题中的作用的理解。更广泛的影响：在B&amp；GC， SeaTech节目已经被精心地和明显地整合到课后节目中。SeaTech俱乐部为B&amp；GC的青少年活动提供组织结构。然而，信息技术课程也被整合到两个全国知名的现存结构中，即职业启动和俱乐部技术。该项目对招聘、保留和家长参与的调查结果将对非正式科学教育领域产生广泛的影响。

The Ocean Institute (OI), in partnership with Scripps Institution of Oceanography (Scripps), Capistrano Valley Boys & Girls Clubs (B&GC) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), is developing "SeaTech," a multi-year, Youth-based ITEST program providing 120 female and minority middle and high school students from underserved populations with 391 contact hours of information technology (IT)-intensive oceanographic research experiences. SeaTech content focuses on understanding the acoustic behaviors of whales and dolphins, specifically, sound production, noise impacts and acoustic population census in California, the Bering Sea and the Southern Ocean. SeaTech offers a two-year core program for 13 & 14 year olds consisting of a "Breadth of Exposure" phase and a "Depth of Skills" phase totaling 299 hours. The core program has three distinct elements -- after-school clubs, field explorations and summer research institutes -- and is augmented with efforts before and after: an Early Pipeline Development phase (52 hours) for youth age 12, and Internships (40 hours) for youth age 15. The three-year ITEST grant will host three cohorts of 40 participants each. Each youth participant will receive 391 total contact hours. Through efforts directed at parents, SeaTech anticipates involving 60 parents in about 80 hours of activities each year.Coordinated through and with the expertise of Capistrano Valley B&GC, recruitment will include orientation and information programs, a bilingual brochure and direct efforts by B&GC staff. In addition, recruitment will happen from local schools.INTELLECTUAL MERIT: IT-based studies of marine mammal bio-acoustics will 'hook' student interest in after-school clubs, field explorations and summer research institutes. SeaTech advances understanding of the role of broader pipeline development in addressing chronic recruitment and retention problems in teen-targeted IT programs. BROADER IMPACTS: SeaTech programming has been meticulously and demonstrably integrated into the afterschool programming at the B&GC. The SeaTech Club provides organizational structure to the teen activities at the B&GC; however, the IT curriculum is also integrated into two nationally renowned extant structures called Career Launch and Club Tech. Findings from the project's examination of recruitment, retention and parental involvement will have broad implications to the field of informal science education.