U.S.-Australia Workshop: Ice e-Mysteries Polar e-Book - An Innovative Approach to Science and Literacy Education

该奖项支持美国-澳大利亚研讨会，以完善和评估创新的中学科学教育教学法，将科学、艺术活动和创意写作联系起来，并利用国际合作。 该研讨会将在塔斯马尼亚州霍巴特举行，来自阿拉斯加和塔斯马尼亚的科学家和教师将与学生一起完成一个试点项目，学习极地科学并合作编写北极/南极之谜电子书。 该研讨会和试点项目将由阿拉斯加大学费尔班克斯国际北极研究中心的 Elena B. Sparrow、阿拉斯加大学安克雷奇分校的 G. Andrew Page、阿拉斯加全州导师计划的 Allan Miller、塔斯马尼亚美术馆和博物馆的 Andy Baird 以及国际南极研究所和塔斯马尼亚大学的 Sandra Zicus 组织和领导。 该研讨会将作为一个论坛，探讨 2008 年秋冬试点项目并评估其过程和结果，以研究如何开发一个可扩展、可持续的科学与扫盲教育相结合的模式。 试点项目和未来扩大规模的特别重点是扩大服务不足的学生（阿拉斯加原住民和其他少数民族、经济弱势和/或地理位置偏僻）和偏远学校教师的参与。该活动与 NSF 资助的 IPY GLOBE（全球学习和观察以造福环境）季节和生物群落项目和 GK-12 TASK（助教共享知识）项目相结合。

This award supports a U.S.-Australia workshop for the refinement and assessment of an innovative middle school science education pedagogy that links science, art activities and creative writing, and uses international collaboration. The workshop will be held in Hobart, Tasmania bringing together scientists and teachers from Alaska and Tasmania following the teachers completion of a pilot project with their students studying polar science and collaboratively writing Arctic/Antarctic mystery e-books. The workshop and pilot project will be organized and led by Elena B. Sparrow from the International Arctic Research Center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, G. Andrew Page from the University of Alaska Anchorage, Allan Miller from the Alaska Statewide Mentor Program, Andy Baird from the Tasmania Art Gallery and Museum, and Sandra Zicus from the International Antarctic Institute and the University of Tasmania. The workshop will serve as a forum to explore the 2008 Fall/Winter pilot project and to evaluate the processes and outcomes in order to investigate the development of a scaleable, sustainable model linking science and literacy education. Particular emphasis of the pilot project and future scale-up will be to broaden the participation of underserved students (Native Alaskans and other ethnic minorities, economically disadvantaged and/or geographically isolated) and teachers from remote schools. This activity integrates with the NSF funded IPY GLOBE (Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment) Seasons and Biomes Project and GK-12 TASK (Teaching Assistants Sharing Knowledge) project.