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

2007-2009国际极年是继1957年国际地球物理年之后50年后的一个具有里程碑意义的事件。不仅强调极地科学和国际合作方面的新发现，而且强调通过正规和非正规教育让普通公众参与这一过程和发现。全国科学教师协会是最大和最古老的K-12科学教师全国性组织，拥有超过55,000名成员。每年有30,000多人参加的年度会议和区域会议，服务于该国的广泛领域。这项提议是NSF对NASA和NOAA的跨机构努力的贡献，目的是在全国会议上集中举办三个研讨会，而不是特定的机构努力，而是通过三个主题专门讨论国际地球年科学：冰、生命和水和空气。NSTA致力于促进科学教学的创新和卓越，以及教授科学的教师的专业发展。在NSTA会议上，教师可以接触到科学和科学教育的最新信息，这使其成为连接K-12教育工作者和管理人员与IPY 2007课程材料和信息的理想场所。2007年IPY将于2007年3月开始。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市举行，这是让教师参与IPY科学并为他们提供资源以利用极地地区的内在兴趣按照国家科学教育标准教授科学的理想时机。NSTA将与NSF、NASA和NOAA支持的研究人员一起，在会议结束后为研讨会和在线教学制定内容。研讨会有一个简短的概述环节，然后是一整天的演讲，重点是科学主题的各个方面。内容将集中在这些领域最新的极地研究，并将其与许多国家科学教学标准联系起来。该项目是NSF对多机构努力的贡献，支持了2006年12月7日至9日在犹他州盐湖城举行的全国会议上的一次研讨会和犹他州盐湖城会议上的一次研讨会。该区域会议将是一次机会，可以试行IPY内容的共享交付，并微调现场交付、评估指标和评估结构，以改进全国会议上的IPY内容交付。

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.