IPY: Adapting SENCER to the Arctic. Improving Polar Science Education as a Legacy

IPY：使 SENCER 适应北极。

• 批准号: 0632397
• 负责人: Lawrence Duffy
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Alaska Fairbanks Campus
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-03-01 至 2010-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0632397&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: IPY; Adapting; SENCER; Arctic.; Improving

Earth Systems Science (40)This project is adapting for use in the Arctic the best practices for science course delivery based on results from NSF funded research in the Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities Program by creating the course 'Environmental Radioactivity, Stewardship and People in the North.' This course is an interdisciplinary exploration of nuclear chemistry which explores use of radioactivity in the cultural and geopolitical context of the circumpolar north. The impact of nuclear weapons development on the Aleuts and the future development of nuclear power in the Arctic are being investigated by the students. Students are learning state-of-the-art nuclear chemistry and health concepts and they are discovering where nuclear development intersects with people and the land. This context-based approach shows the intellectual merit in using civic engagement to stimulate creative thinking by students. A broader impact of this project is use of the model to adapt other courses which will focus on use of northern natural resources and energy, topics known to engage the interest of arctic indigenous people and students. This course is expanding the science courses available to UARCTIC students.

这个项目是根据美国国家科学基金会资助的“新公民参与和责任的科学教育”项目的研究结果，通过创建“北方的环境放射性、管理和人民”课程，将科学课程的最佳实践应用于北极地区。本课程是一门跨学科的核化学探索课程，探讨放射性在北极圈北部的文化和地缘政治背景下的应用。学生们正在调查核武器发展对阿留申群岛的影响以及北极地区核能的未来发展。学生们正在学习最先进的核化学和健康概念，他们正在发现核发展与人类和土地的交集。这种基于情境的方法显示了利用公民参与来激发学生创造性思维的智力价值。该项目的一个更广泛的影响是利用该模式来调整其他课程，这些课程将侧重于利用北方自然资源和能源，这些主题已知会引起北极土著人民和学生的兴趣。本课程扩展了北极大学学生的科学课程。