COSEE - New Collaborations: A Partnership to Assemble "An Introduction to Our Dynamic Ocean" Course

COSEE - 新合作：合作编写“动态海洋简介”课程

• 批准号: 0827805
• 负责人: Laura Murray
• 金额: $ 15万
• 依托单位: University of Maryland Center for Environmental Sciences
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-09-01 至 2011-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0827805&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: COSEE; New; Collaborations; Partnership; Assemble

The goal of this proposed new collaboration between the Center for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence (COSEE) Coastal Trends and Queen Anne's County Public School (QACPS) district is to use the Ocean Literacy: Essential Principles and Fundamental Concepts as the foundation for formalizing a semester-long entry level secondary school ocean science course. We propose a partnership between COSEE Coastal Trends, housed at an ocean research institution (University of Maryland, Center of Environmental Science, Horn Point Laboratory) and QACPS in rural coastal MD. Curriculum team members will assemble an entry level Ocean Science course entitled An Introduction to Our Dynamic Ocean from existing lessons designed to utilize real-time and near real-time data and scientific discoveries. The course will be pilot-tested by teachers in Queen Anne's County, Maryland and throughout the COSEE Coastal Trends region (MD, DE, and VA). Once published, it will be disseminated as a model for other school systems in Maryland and the COSEE Network. In making this an active course based on ocean research and exploration, we will engage students in learning about the ocean and its impact on Earth's processes. Such newly gained knowledge directly answers the call for better public understanding of the ocean and its role in our lives. Integrating ocean research and exploration into the course will assure a connection to authentic science. Rigorous assessment and evaluation of the course development process and the course curriculum will result in both a successful partnership between a scientific and an education entity, and a model ocean science course for entry level secondary science students. By targeting all students as they enter secondary school, this course will reach out to students underrepresented in the sciences. Increasing ocean science literacy among this population will support the community-wide goal of increasing ocean science literacy in the general public. The influence of this project will be expanded by dissemination of the assembled, pilot-tested, refined and formalized course to other school districts in the Mid-Atlantic region and throughout the COSEE network.

海洋科学教育卓越中心 (COSEE) 沿海趋势和安妮女王县公立学校 (QACPS) 学区之间拟议的新合作的目标是使用海洋素养：基本原则和基本概念作为正式制定为期一个学期的入门级中学海洋科学课程的基础。我们提议在海洋研究机构（马里兰大学环境科学中心、Horn Point 实验室）的 COSEE Coastal Trends 和马里兰州农村沿海的 QACPS 之间建立合作伙伴关系。课程团队成员将从旨在利用实时和近实时数据和科学发现的现有课程中编写入门级海洋科学课程，题为“动态海洋简介”。 该课程将由马里兰州安妮女王县和整个 COSEE 沿海趋势地区（马里兰州、特拉华州和弗吉尼亚州）的教师进行试点测试。一旦发布，它将作为马里兰州其他学校系统和 COSEE 网络的典范进行传播。为了使这门课程成为一门基于海洋研究和探索的活跃课程，我们将让学生了解海洋及其对地球过程的影响。这些新获得的知识直接回应了公众更好地了解海洋及其在我们生活中的作用的呼吁。将海洋研究和探索融入课程将确保与真实科学的联系。对课程开发过程和课程设置进行严格的评估和评估，将导致科学和教育实体之间的成功合作，以及为入门级中学理科学生提供海洋科学示范课程。通过针对所有进入中学的学生，本课程将覆盖科学领域代表性不足的学生。提高这一人群的海洋科学素养将支持提高公众海洋科学素养的全社区目标。该项目的影响力将通过向中大西洋地区的其他学区和整个 COSEE 网络传播组装、试点测试、完善和正式的课程来扩大。