Yerkes Astrophysics Academy for Young Scientists

芝加哥大学耶基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，实施耶基斯青年科学家天体物理学院。合作者包括乔治·威廉姆斯学院-奥罗拉大学、日内瓦湖泊学校联盟、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、以及伊利诺伊州数学和科学伙伴关系的天文学资源连接学校（ARCS）教师。该项目针对威斯康星州南部3-8年级的学生，为他们提供四个主题的全年活动：观察天空；研究光和电磁光谱；利用望远镜、成像和数据采集显示与分析和建筑仪器。100多名中小学生将参加150小时的课外活动、观察、实地考察和为期一周的夏令营。夏令营将使学生能够建造一个桌面投影太阳光谱仪。教师专业发展将由奥罗拉大学教育学院提供，并强调教学是一个科学的过程、学习与大脑的关系、有效的教学模式、技术的使用和通用设计模式。20名参与的教师还将学习物理和天文学内容，同时与耶基斯天文台的科学家和教育工作者一起工作。一项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能，为学生（包括那些有感官障碍的学生）提供了进行科学观察、建造科学设备以及收集和解释数据的机会。

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.