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

K-12教育研究生教学研究员摘要提案编号：0742561主要提案人：Gretchen Rollwagen-Bollens机构：华盛顿州立大学标题：局部背景下的全球变化：发现哥伦比亚河流域的合作伙伴发现GK-12项目的合作伙伴带来了华盛顿州立大学温哥华（WSUV）的科学研究生和教师与克拉克县，华盛顿，科学教师在合作伙伴关系。这个GK-12项目的中心主题是什么？在局部环境下的全球变化，？以哥伦比亚河流域为统一的环境特征，学生们将课堂上的科学概念与自己的概念联系起来？后院？克拉克县位于华盛顿州的西南边境，沿着100英里长的哥伦比亚河下游。哥伦比亚河流域，从高喀斯喀特冰川延伸到河口和河口，包括整个县，是这个地区的定义特征？环境、经济和文化。拥有近40万居民的克拉克县是华盛顿发展最快的县，在人口、住房建设、土地使用等方面都在经历着巨大的变化，直接影响到流域。因此，分水岭和全球/地方主题提供了一个令人信服的和相关的背景下，探索科学学科的内容（地球，生命和物理科学）通过调查，特别是如何在自然的变化表现在当地系统，以及这些变化如何影响学生作为个人和社区。发现GK-12项目的合作伙伴是围绕WSUV研究生研究员和6年级学生之间长达一年的一对一的合作伙伴关系构建的。月9 克拉克县四个学区的科学教师。研究员和教师将让学生参与真实的科学探究，重点关注哥伦比亚河流域变化的性质和影响。教师伙伴关系将利用每个地区？现有的课程，修改或增加他们的科学？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联系起来，并与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。该计划将每年支持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.