Strategies: Prime the Pipeline Project (P3): Putting Knowledge to Work

启动管道项目（P3）：将知识转化为工作旨在让高中生成为科学村的积极成员，该科学村由学生，数学和科学教师，大学教师，本科生导师，行业专业人士和科学家组成。参与者包括来自亚利桑那州凤凰城东谷的60名10年级高中生和50名高中教师（一半科学一半数学）。村成员合作解决高度关注的问题，反映工作场所，并具有社会意义的解决方案，需要应用STEM和工作场所技术的技能和概念，同时利用解决问题的技巧。学生从10年级开始在科学村呆3年，并参加课后和校园内的学年计划和暑期学院。数学和科学教师作为学习者和共同领导者参与。教师从事专业发展连接课程，专注于解决问题所需的关键概念和技术，评估学生理解的策略，以及STEM职业机会。英特尔和Microchip等商业和工业合作伙伴通过共同开发综合项目、指导青年和教师以及提供暑期实习机会提供支持。该项目网站包括参与者的最新情况，同时鼓励沟通和提供职业建议。P3项目的创新设计提供了一个机会，以确定持续3年的科学村方法的有效性和变革性，作为增加STEM专业的一种手段。

Prime the Pipeline Project (P3): Putting Knowledge to Work is designed to engage high school students as active members of a scientific village comprised of students, math and science teachers, university faculty, undergraduate student mentors, industry professionals, and scientists. Participants include a cohort of up to 60 grade 10 high school students and 50 high school teachers (half science and half math), from the Phoenix, Arizona east valley. Village members work collaboratively on problems that are of high interest, mirror the workplace, and have social significance with solutions that require the application of skills and concepts from STEM and workplace technologies while drawing upon a repertoire of problem solving heuristics. Students stay in the science village for 3 years beginning in grade 10 and participate in combined after school and campus-based academic-year programs and summer institutes. Math and science teachers participate as both learners and co-leaders. Teachers are engaged in professional development Connections Courses that focus on the key concepts and technologies needed to solve problems, strategies for assessing student understanding, and STEM career opportunities. Business and industry partners such as Intel and Microchip provide support by co-developing integrated projects, mentoring youth and teachers, and offering summer apprenticeships. The project website includes participant updates while encouraging communication and providing career advice. The P3 project's innovative design provides an opportunity to determine the effectiveness and transformative nature of a sustained 3-year scientific village approach as a means to increase STEM majors.