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

2007-2009年国际极地年是继1957年国际地球物理年50年之后的一个里程碑事件。不仅大力强调极地科学的新发现和国际合作，而且通过正规和非正规教育让公众参与这一进程和发现。国家科学教师协会是K-12科学教师的最大和最古老的国家组织，拥有超过55，000名成员。每年举行一次有30 000多人参加的年度会议和区域会议，为全国各阶层提供服务。该提案是NSF与NASA和NOAA合作的一项跨机构努力的贡献，该努力旨在将三个专题讨论会集中在全国会议上，而不是特定机构的努力，而是通过三个主题特别关注IPY科学：冰，生命，水和空气。NSTA的重点是促进科学教学和学习的创新和卓越，以及教师的专业发展，以教科学。在NSTA会议上，教师们接触到科学和科学教育的最新信息，这使得它成为一个理想的场所，连接K-12教育工作者和管理人员与IPY 2007课程材料和信息。IPY 2007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日在密苏里州的圣路易斯举行，这是一个理想的时间，让教师参与IPY科学，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与NSF、NASA和NOAA支持的研究人员一起，将在会议后为专题讨论会和在线教学开发内容。专题讨论会有一个简短的概述会议，然后是一整天的演讲，重点是科学主题的各个方面。内容将重点关注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。该项目是NSF对多机构努力的贡献，支持2006年12月7日至9日在圣路易斯举行的全国会议上的一个专题讨论会和在犹他湖城举行的一个区域会议上的一个专题讨论会。区域会议将提供一个机会，以试点共享国际和平年内容的交付，并微调现场交付、评价指标和评价结构，以改进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.