Track 2, GK-12: The Watershed-Integrated Sciences Partnership-2 (WISP-2)

该提案描述了由马萨诸塞大学和波士顿地区的三个公立学区开发的Track 2 GK-12项目。该项目每年将支持8至12名研究员与波士顿、戴德姆和米尔顿公立学区的大师教师合作，向K-12学生传授科学知识。该项目被称为“流域综合科学伙伴关系-2”（WISP-2），其重点仍然是科学研究员与中学教师之间的个人伙伴关系，他们共同努力，在当地内彭塞特河流域的背景下修改和实施高质量的基于探究的科学教学。分水岭为课堂和涵盖生命科学、物理科学和地球科学基本概念的实地/实验室模块提供了一个共同的体验框架。合作伙伴还包括新英格兰环境商业委员会和马萨诸塞州洞察力教育与研究所。

This proposal describes a Track 2 GK-12 project developed by the University of Massachusetts and three Boston-area public school districts. The program would support 8 to 12 Fellows each year to work in partnership with master teachers in the Boston, Dedham, and Milton public school districts to bring science to K-12 students. The program, known as Watershed-Integrated Sciences Partnership-2 (WISP-2) remains focused on individual partnerships between science Fellows and middle school teachers who work together to modify and implement high quality inquiry-based science instruction within the context of the local Neponset River Watershed. The watershed provides a common experiential framework for classes and field/laboratory modules covering fundamental concepts in life sciences, physical sciences and earth sciences. Partners also include the Environmental Business Council of New England and the Massachusetts Insight Education and Research Institute.