Yerkes Astrophysics Academy for Young Scientists

耶克斯天体物理学青年科学家学院

• 批准号: 0639690
• 负责人: Kyle Cudworth
• 金额: $ 80万
• 依托单位: University of Chicago
• 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: 2006-10-15 至 2010-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0639690&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Yerkes; Astrophysics; Academy; Young; Scientists

The University of Chicago Yerkes Observatory and a host of education, science, business and community partners will combine resources to implement the Yerkes Astrophysics Academy for Young Scientists. Collaborators include the George Williams College -Aurora University, Consortium of Geneva Lakes Schools, Wisconsin Center for Blind and Visually Impaired, Wisconsin School for the Deaf, National Federation of the Blind, Williams Bay Business Association, Geneva Lake Environmental Agency, Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum, Science Museum of Tokyo, Hands-On Universe at the Lawrence Hall of Science, and the Astronomy Resources Connecting Schools (ARCS) teachers of the Illinois Mathematics and Science Partnerships. This project targets students in grades 3-8 in southern Wisconsin by providing them with year-round activities under four themes: Observing the Sky; Investigating Light and the EM Spectrum; Using Telescopes, Imaging, and Data Collection Display and Analysis; and Building Instruments. Over 100 students in elementary and middle school will receive 150 hours of out-of-school time programming as they engage in after school activities, observing sessions, field trips, and a week-long summer camp. The summer camp will enable students to build a tabletop projection solar spectrograph. Teacher professional development will be provided by Aurora University's College of Education and emphasize teaching as a scientific process, the relationship between learning and the brain, effective teaching models, the use of technology, and models of universal design. The twenty participating teachers will also learn physics and astronomy content while working with scientists and educators at the Yerkes Observatory. A research and evaluation plan will assess the effectiveness of the comprehensive partnership in achieving project outcomes, as well as the impact on student STEM learning and teacher knowledge and pedagogical practices. This project brings together the talents of scientists, educators and engineers to provide students, including those with sensory disabilities, with the opportunity to make scientific observations, build scientific equipment, and collect and interpret data.

芝加哥大学耶克斯天文台和众多教育、科学、商业和社区合作伙伴将整合资源，建立耶克斯天体物理青年科学家学院。 合作者包括乔治·威廉姆斯学院-奥罗拉大学、日内瓦湖学校联盟、威斯康星州盲人和视障中心、威斯康星州聋人学校、全国盲人联合会、威廉姆斯湾商业协会、日内瓦湖环境局、阿德勒天文馆和天文博物馆、东京科学博物馆、劳伦斯科学馆的动手宇宙以及连接学校的天文学资源 （ARCS）伊利诺伊州数学和科学合作伙伴关系的教师。 该项目针对威斯康星州南部 3-8 年级的学生，为他们提供以下四个主题的全年活动：观察天空；研究光和电磁光谱；使用望远镜、成像以及数据收集显示和分析；和建筑仪器。 超过 100 名中小学生将接受 150 小时的课外活动，包括课外活动、观摩、实地考察和为期一周的夏令营。 夏令营将使学生能够制作桌面投影太阳摄谱仪。 奥罗拉大学教育学院将提供教师专业发展，强调教学作为一个科学过程、学习与大脑之间的关系、有效的教学模式、技术的使用以及通用设计的模型。 二十名参与的教师还将在与耶克斯天文台的科学家和教育工作者合作的同时学习物理和天文学内容。 研究和评估计划将评估全面伙伴关系在实现项目成果方面的有效性，以及对学生 STEM 学习、教师知识和教学实践的影响。 该项目汇集了科学家、教育工作者和工程师的才华，为包括感官障碍学生在内的学生提供进行科学观察、建造科学设备以及收集和解释数据的机会。