New, GK-12: UCLA SEE-LA, Science and Engineering of the Environment of Los Angeles

新，GK-12：UCLA SEE-LA，洛杉矶环境科学与工程

• 批准号: 0742410
• 负责人: Terri Hogue
• 金额: $ 300万
• 依托单位: University of California-Los Angeles
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-03-15 至 2014-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0742410&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: New; GK; 12; UCLA; SEE

Science and Engineering of the Environment of Los Angeles (SEE-LA) is a GK-12 award to the University of California at Los Angeles. The scientific objective of this project is to support graduate Fellows working with renown faculty across diverse environmental problems including wildfires, urbanization, biodiversity, seismic hazards, regional climate change, ecological impacts, and upper atmospheric dynamics. The educational objectives are two-fold. First, the program will train a diverse cadre of graduate Fellows in SEE-LA in science education and communication. They will be resident scientists within the middle and high schools in two neighboring urban school districts, under the mentorship of master teachers. They will also participate in intensive summer workshops for developing inquiry-based science lessons. The close contact between SEE-LA Fellows and the local schools will also achieve the second educational objective: improving pre-college science education for students by including them in cutting edge science that is relevant to their local environment. This GK-12 program will train 50 Science and Engineering (STEM) graduate students to enhance their ability to connect their research across scientific disciplines, to communicate scientific research to non-scientists by developing and teaching inquiry-based lessons, and to participate in sustained science teacher professional development activities. The program will improve the communication skills of UCLA graduate students in STEM programs by requiring a non-technical description of their PhD research to be included in their dissertation. The program will enrich the learning experiences of over 6000 students in urban schools by involving graduate students as role models. This GK-12 program incorporates place-based science themes in both graduate student research and pre-college classroom activities.

洛杉矶环境科学与工程（SEE-LA）是授予加州大学洛杉矶分校的GK-12奖项。该项目的科学目标是支持研究生研究员与知名教师合作解决各种环境问题，包括野火，城市化，生物多样性，地震灾害，区域气候变化，生态影响和高层大气动力学。教育目标有两个方面。首先，该计划将在SEE-LA培训科学教育和传播方面的研究生研究员的多样化干部。他们将在两个相邻的城市学区的初中和高中担任常驻科学家，并接受大师级教师的指导。 他们还将参加密集的夏季研讨会，以开发基于探究的科学课程。SEE-LA研究员与当地学校之间的密切联系还将实现第二个教育目标：通过将学生纳入与当地环境相关的尖端科学，改善学生的大学预科科学教育。该GK-12计划将培训50名科学与工程（STEM）研究生，以提高他们将跨科学学科的研究联系起来的能力，通过开发和教授基于探究的课程将科学研究传达给非科学家，并参与持续的科学教师专业发展活动。该计划将提高加州大学洛杉矶分校研究生在STEM项目的沟通技巧，要求他们的博士研究的非技术描述将包括在他们的论文。该计划将通过让研究生作为榜样，丰富城市学校6000多名学生的学习经验。这个GK-12计划在研究生研究和大学预科课堂活动中都融入了基于地点的科学主题。