GK12: Environmental Sciences and Molecular Biosciences in the Natural State

GK12：自然状态下的环境科学和分子生物科学

• 批准号: 0809317
• 负责人: Jennifer Bouldin
• 金额: $ 224.26万
• 依托单位: Arkansas State University Main Campus
• 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: 2008-05-15 至 2014-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0809317&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: GK12; Environmental; Sciences; Molecular; Biosciences

GRADUATE TEACHING FELLOWS IN K-12 EDUCATIONABSTRACTPROPOSAL #: 0809317PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Alan ChristianINSTITUTION: Arkansas State UniversityTITLE: ?Land Use, Land Cover, and Biodiversity in the Mississippi Embayment? The Mississippi Embayment is one of the most modified ecosystems in North America, being converted from forested wetland ecosystems into highly productive row crop agriculture. The conversion has left a highly fragmented and modified ecosystem. Biodiversity, defined here as genetic, species, and ecosystem diversity, is highly influenced by spatial and temporal changes in land cover and land use and has led to extensive hypothesis generating research on atmospheric, soil, and water resources at ASU. A GK12 theme was developed based on Environmental Sciences Graduate Program faculty research addressing regional biodiversity across ecosystems and organisms. This project places 8 doctoral Fellows per year in 5 east Arkansas schools to teach 6th ? 8th grade students lessons based on the Fellow?s research. The four main goals of the project are: 1) Fellows will receive training in best practices pedagogical methods and will gain experience in teaching to a broad range of education and age levels. The Fellows will receive in-depth training in inquiry based education methods that can be applied across the K16 curriculum; 2) Teachers will receive professional development via workshops covering pedagogical methods, development and implementation of lesson plans and gain a deeper understanding of science content and inquiry based teaching and learning; 3) Students? will become more interested in STEM and STEM careers and receive an enriched STEM environment; 4) Partnerships between ASU and school districts will be strengthened. The intellectual merit and broader impacts of the proposal are: 1) Fellows also will receive training that will add greatly to their skill set increasing their success of future outreach and educational activities; 2) increase STEM interest, excitement, and career choice of K-12 students; 3) provide teachers exposure to the Fellows? methods and analyses exposing them to the latest techniques; and 4) linkages between higher education and school districts being strengthened and becoming more accessible, especially to underserved populations.

K-12教育研究生教学研究员摘要提案编号：0809317主要提案人：Alan Christian机构：阿肯色州州立大学职称： ?密西西比湾的土地利用、土地覆盖和生物多样性密西西比湾是北美生态系统变化最大的地区之一，从森林湿地生态系统转变为高产的行作农业。 这种转变留下了一个高度分散和改变的生态系统。 生物多样性，这里定义为遗传，物种和生态系统的多样性，在土地覆盖和土地利用的时空变化的影响很大，并导致了广泛的假设生成研究在亚利桑那州立大学的大气，土壤和水资源。 GK 12主题是基于环境科学研究生课程教师的研究开发的，涉及生态系统和生物体的区域生物多样性。 这个项目每年在阿肯色州东部的5所学校中安排8名博士研究员来教第六届？八年级学生的基础课是研究员吗？的研究。 该项目的四个主要目标是：1）研究员将接受最佳做法教学方法的培训，并将获得广泛教育和年龄层次的教学经验。研究员将接受深入的培训，以探究为基础的教育方法，可以应用在整个K16课程; 2）教师将通过研讨会，包括教学方法，制定和实施课程计划，并获得更深入的理解科学内容和探究为基础的教学和学习专业发展; 3）学生？将成为STEM和STEM职业更感兴趣，并获得丰富的STEM环境; 4）亚利桑那州立大学和学区之间的伙伴关系将得到加强。 该提案的智力价值和更广泛的影响是：1）研究员也将接受培训，这将大大增加他们的技能，增加他们未来的推广和教育活动的成功; 2）增加K-12学生的STEM兴趣，兴奋和职业选择; 3）为教师提供研究员？方法和分析，使他们接触到最新的技术;和4）高等教育和学区之间的联系得到加强，并变得更容易获得，特别是对得不到充分服务的人口。