A Museum-based After-School Program Examining Amphibian Ecology

基于博物馆的课后项目检查两栖动物生态学

• 批准号: 0625940
• 负责人: David Skelly
• 金额: $ 7.49万
• 依托单位: Yale University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-10-01 至 2007-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0625940&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Museum; based; After; Program; Examining

"A Museum-based After-School Program Examining Amphibian Ecology" is a partnership between Dr. David Skelly's research lab and the Peabody Museum at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. The program will engage 20 middle and 20 high school students from under-represented groups in the New Haven Public Schools in an experiential program focused on science literacy, STEM career awareness and college preparation. The program is based on Dr. Skelly's work on the meta-community dynamics of amphibians and their predators and the scale up from local dynamics to larger spatial scales. This program combines an environment-based research program with an established youth program called "Evolutions." Participants conduct hands-on research activities at Dr. Skelly's Connecticut research site, develop a traveling museum exhibition, host an ecology seminar series, present their work at local schools and produce their own science pod casts. The work of the young people will reach a wider local audience numbering in the thousands with the museum exhibits pod casts and elementary school outreach programs. The project will result in a program tool kit including strategies for setting up these types of partnerships, how to engage families and how to administer the program.

“一个以博物馆为基础的课后项目研究两栖动物生态学”是大卫·斯凯利博士的研究实验室和位于康涅狄格州纽黑文的耶鲁大学皮博迪博物馆之间的合作项目。该计划将吸引来自纽黑文公立学校代表性不足群体的20名中学生和20名高中生参加一个体验式计划，重点是科学素养、STEM职业意识和大学准备。 该计划是基于Skelly博士对两栖动物及其捕食者的元社区动态以及从本地动态到更大空间尺度的规模的工作。 这个项目结合了一个以环境为基础的研究项目和一个名为“进化”的青年项目。“参与者在Skelly博士的康涅狄格州研究基地进行实践研究活动，开发一个巡回博物馆展览，举办一个生态研讨会系列，在当地学校展示他们的工作，并制作自己的科学播客。 年轻人的工作将通过博物馆的展览和小学的推广计划，接触到成千上万的当地观众。 该项目将产生一个方案工具包，包括建立这类伙伴关系的战略、如何使家庭参与以及如何管理该方案。