New, GK-12: Global Change in a Local Context: Partners in Discovery of the Columbia River Watershed

K-12EDUCATIONABSTRACTPROPOSAL#：0742561 PRINCIPAL调查员：Gretchen Rollwagen-Bolens机构：华盛顿州大学TITLE：当地环境下的全球变化：发现哥伦比亚河流域的合作伙伴发现GK-12项目的合作伙伴将华盛顿州立大学温哥华分水岭(WSUV)科学研究生和教职员工与华盛顿州克拉克县的科学教师聚集在一起。这一GK-12项目的中心主题是“地方背景下的全球变化”。以哥伦比亚河分水岭为统一的环境特征，围绕着学生将科学概念从他们的教室连接到他们自己的后院。克拉克县位于华盛顿州的西南边界，沿着哥伦比亚河下游100英里的河段。哥伦比亚河分水岭，从高的喀斯喀特冰川延伸到河口和河口，包围了整个县，是这个地区的标志性特征吗？在环境、经济和文化方面。克拉克县有近40万居民，是华盛顿增长最快的县，正在经历人口、住房建设、土地使用等方面的戏剧性变化，这些变化直接影响着分水岭。因此，分水岭和全球/地方专题提供了一个令人信服和相关的背景，以便通过调查来探索科学学科的内容(地球、生命和物理科学)，特别是自然界的变化如何在地方系统中表现出来，以及这些变化对学生个人和社区的影响。探索合作伙伴GK-12项目是围绕WSUV研究生研究员和克拉克县四个学区6-9年级科学教师之间长达一年的一对一合作伙伴关系构建的。研究员和教师将让学生参与真正的科学研究，重点是哥伦比亚河流域变化的性质和影响。教师伙伴关系将利用各区S现有的课程，修改或增强他们的科学工具包？通过确定问题和探究活动，将教学模块与州和国家科学标准以及WSUV研究人员和在分水岭工作的研究生的互补专业知识联系起来。该方案将支持每年6至10名研究员-教师伙伴关系，总共为期五年。

GRADUATE TEACHING FELLOWS IN K-12 EDUCATIONABSTRACTPROPOSAL #: 0742561PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Gretchen Rollwagen-Bollens INSTITUTION: Washington State UniversityTITLE: Global Change in a Local Context: Partners in Discovery of the Columbia River WatershedThe Partners in Discovery GK-12 project brings Washington State University Vancouver (WSUV) science graduate students and faculty together with Clark County, Washington, science teachers in a collaborative partnership. The central theme of this GK-12 project is ?Global Change in a Local Context,? with the Columbia River Watershed as the unifying environmental feature around which students connect science concepts from their classrooms to their own ?backyard.? Clark County is located on the southwest border of Washington State, along a 100-mile stretch of the lower Columbia River. The Columbia River Watershed, extending from the high Cascade glaciers to the estuary and river mouth, encompasses the entire county and is the defining feature of this region ? environmentally, economically and culturally. Clark County, with nearly 400,000 residents, is the fastest-growing county in Washington, and is experiencing dramatic changes in population, housing construction, land use, etc., that are directly impacting the watershed. Thus the watershed and the Global/Local theme provide a compelling and relevant context within which to explore science disciplinary content (Earth, Life and Physical Sciences) through inquiry, and in particular how change in nature is manifested in a local system and how those changes affect students as individuals and communities. The Partners in Discovery GK-12 project is structured around year-long one-on-one partnerships between WSUV graduate student Fellows and grades 6th ? 9th science Teachers in four Clark County school districts. Fellows and Teachers will engage students in authentic scientific inquiry focused on the nature and impacts of change in the Columbia River Watershed. The Fellow-Teacher partnerships will utilize each district?s existing curriculum and revise or augment their science ?kits? by identifying questions and inquiry activities that link instructional modules to state and national science standards, and to the complementary expertise of WSUV research faculty and graduate students working in the Watershed. The program will support 6 to 10 Fellows-teacher partnerships per year for a total of five years.