Developing an Integrated Pathway for Urban STEM Teaching and Learning in Grades 5-8

为 5-8 年级城市 STEM 教学开发综合途径

• 批准号: 0639466
• 负责人: George Barnett
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Boston College
• 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: 2007-01-01 至 2010-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0639466&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Developing; Integrated; Pathway; Urban; STEM

The Lynch School of Education at Boston College, the Boston Public Schools Out of School Time Program, the Boston Public School Science Office, the Urban Ecology Institute, UEI at Boston College, Boston's Museum of Science and Onset Computer Corporation proposes to connect classroom science learning in life science and physical science with Out of School time field-based experiences in an urban school district for grades 5-8. The UEI, Lynch School and the Boston Public Schools District have created a national model for an inquiry-based, hands-on approach to science teaching in urban public schools, called the Urban Ecology Field Studies Program. The Program puts the cutting edge discipline of Urban Ecology to work in service to public school students, their science teachers, and out-of-school time (OST) professionals. In the Program, teachers participate in a month-long Summer Institute that provides an introduction to urban ecology and to performing long-term field research with middle and high school students. UEI works with educational professionals both during and outside of school time to take their students outside of the classroom and into the urban environment, using the city as a natural laboratory to study core concepts in biology, chemistry, earth science, and physics. The students will use hands-on field research methods to collect data to form questions and hypotheses in order to understand the world around them. At field sites located near schools, after school programs, and community centers, they study water quality, bird biodiversity, storm water run-off, and other special studies that originate from each student group. A major strength is the Urban Ecology Field Program that will allow the alignment of several successful programs with the Boston Public School life sciences curriculum.

波士顿学院林奇教育学院、波士顿公立学校课外时间项目、波士顿公立学校科学办公室、城市生态研究所、波士顿学院UEI、波士顿科学博物馆和Onset计算机公司提议将生命科学和物理科学的课堂科学学习与城市学区5-8年级的课外时间实地体验联系起来。UEI、林奇学校和波士顿公立学区为城市公立学校的科学教学创建了一个以探究为基础、亲身实践的全国模式，称为“城市生态学实地研究项目”。该项目将城市生态学的前沿学科应用于公立学校的学生、他们的科学教师和校外专业人员。在这个项目中，教师们将参加一个为期一个月的暑期学院，向学生介绍城市生态，并与中学生一起进行长期的实地研究。UEI在学校内外与教育专业人士合作，将学生带出课堂，进入城市环境，将城市作为自然实验室，学习生物、化学、地球科学和物理等核心概念。学生将使用动手实地调研的方法来收集数据，形成问题和假设，以了解他们周围的世界。在学校附近、课后项目和社区中心的实地地点，他们研究水质、鸟类生物多样性、雨水径流，以及来自每个学生群体的其他特殊研究。一个主要的优势是城市生态实地项目，它将使几个成功的项目与波士顿公立学校的生命科学课程相结合。