East Bay Academy for Young Scientists

该项目解决了东旧金山海湾地区服务不足的城市社区的STEM教育需求。埃默里和奥克兰联合学区、加州大学伯克利分校劳伦斯科学馆、加州州立大学东湾教师教育学院和关键课程出版社将开展一项为期三年的项目，以开发、实施和评估东湾青年科学家学院（EBAYS）。ebay将让学生和教师参与社区研究和STEM内容学习活动，重点关注与地球、物理和生命科学以及信息技术教育方面的州和国家标准相一致的主题。ebay的STEM内容将以当地城市社区的相关环境、健康、文化和社会经济问题为中心。该项目将围绕与这些问题相关的研究问题进行构建，ebay的学生将在LHS ESITA项目的高中实习生和加州大学伯克利分校本科生的协助下，以小组的形式收集、组织和展示相关信息。ebay将为总共300名四年级到八年级的学生提供服务，每位学生每年有204小时的课外课程和夏季充实课程。30名加州大学伯克利分校本科生和30名当地高中生也将通过参与该项目获得宝贵的教学和研究经验。通过年度公共活动，该项目将包括约250名ebay学生的家庭成员和朋友的参与。ebay还将为30名在职和/或职前教师提供丰富的体验，包括沉浸式暑期课程和周末研讨会，内容涉及项目中使用的基于社区的研究和研究性学习方法。

This project addresses the STEM educational needs of underserved, urban communities in the East San Francisco Bay Area. The Emery and Oakland Unified School Districts, Lawrence Hall of Science at the University of California at Berkeley, California State University - East Bay School of Teacher Education, and Key Curriculum Press will conduct a three-year project to develop, implement and evaluate the East Bay Academy for Young Scientists (EBAYS). EBAYS will engage students and teachers in community-based research and STEM content learning activities focusing on topics aligned with state and national standards in earth, physical and life science, as well as information technology education. The STEM content of EBAYS will center on relevant environmental, health, cultural and socio-economic issues of local urban communities. The project will be structured around research questions related to these issues, and EBAYS students will collect, organize and present relevant information in teams facilitated by high school age interns affiliated with LHS' ESITA program and UC Berkeley undergraduates. EBAYS will serve a total of 300 students in grades four through eight, with each student having 204 contact hours per year in after-school programs and summer enrichment components. Thirty UC Berkeley undergraduate students and 30 local high school students will also gain valuable teaching and research experiences through their involvement in the project. Through annual public events the project will include the participation of approximately 250 family members and friends of EBAYS students. EBAYS will also provide enrichment experiences for 30 current and/or pre-service teachers, including immersive summer programs and weekend workshops on the community-based research and inquiry learning approaches used in the project.