The International Polar Year: An Interagency Collaboration between NSF, NOAA, and NASA to deliver NSTA Symposia and Web Seminars

2007-2009国际极地年是继1957年国际地球物理年50年后的一个里程碑事件。不仅强调极地科学的新发现和国际合作，而且强调通过正规和非正规教育使公众参与这一过程和发现。美国国家科学教师协会是规模最大、历史最悠久的全国性K-12科学教师组织，拥有超过55,000名成员。每年都有超过30,000人参加的年度会议和区域会议，为该国的广泛横截面提供服务。该提案是NSF与NASA和NOAA共同发起的跨部门合作的成果，该合作将在全国会议上集中讨论三个专题讨论会，而不是特定机构的工作，而是通过三个主题：冰、生命、水和空气，具体讨论国际极地年科学。NSTA致力于推动科学教学的创新和卓越，以及教师在科学教学中的专业发展。在NSTA会议上，教师可以接触到科学和科学教育的最新信息，这使得它成为将K-12教育工作者和管理人员与2007年国际科学年课程材料和信息联系起来的理想场所。2007年度开始于2007年3月。NSTA全国会议将于2007年3月28日至4月1日在密苏里州圣路易斯举行，这是一个让教师参与极地年科学的理想时机，并为他们提供资源，以利用对极地地区的固有兴趣，按照国家科学教育标准教授科学。NSTA将与NSF、NASA和NOAA支持的研究人员一起开发专题讨论会的内容和会议后的在线指导。专题讨论会有一个简短的概述会议，然后是一整天的关于科学主题各方面的报告。内容将集中在这些领域最新的极地研究，并将其与众多国家科学教学标准联系起来。这个项目是NSF通过支持2006年12月7-9日在圣路易斯举行的全国会议和在犹他州盐湖城举行的地区会议的一次专题讨论会，对多机构努力作出的贡献。此次区域会议将是一次试点国际和平年内容共享交付的机会，并将对现场交付、评估指标和评估结构进行微调，以改善国际和平年内容在全国会议上的交付。

The International Polar Year 2007-2009 is a landmark event following 50-years after International Geophysical Year 1957. Not only is there a substantial emphasis on new discoveries in polar science and international collaboration, but on involving the general public in the process and the discoveries through formal and informal education. The National Science Teachers Association is the largest and oldest national organization of K-12 science teachers, with over 55,000 members. Each year there is an annual meeting with upwards of 30,000 participants and regional meetings to serve a broad cross-section of the country. This proposal is NSF's contribution to an interagency effort with NASA and NOAA to focus three symposia at the national meeting, not on particular agency efforts, but on specifically on IPY science through three themes: Ice, Life, and Water and Air. NSTA focuses on promoting innovation and excellence in science teaching and learning as well as the professional development of teachers to teach science. At NSTA meetings, teachers are exposed to current information in science and science education, which makes this an ideal venue for connecting K-12 educators and administrators with IPY 2007 curriculum materials and information. IPY 2007 begins in March 2007. The NSTA national meeting will be in St. Louis, Missouri March 28 - April 1, 2007, an ideal time to involve teachers in IPY science and provide them with the resources to leverage the inherent interest in the polar regions to teach science in accordance with national science education standards. NSTA together with researchers supported by NSF, NASA and NOAA will develop content for the symposia and online instruction following the conference. Symposia have a short overview session followed by a full day of presentations focusing on aspects of the science theme. Content will focus on the most current polar research in these areas and tie it to numerous national science teaching standards. This project is NSF's contribution to the multi-agency effort by supporting one symposia at the national meeting in St. Louis and one at a regional meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah December 7-9, 2006. The regional meeting will be an opportunity to pilot the shared deliver of IPY content and fine-tune the on-site delivery, evaluation metrics and evaluation structure to improve the delivery of IPY content at the National Meeting.