Cascades To Coast GK-12: Enhancing STEM Education through Environmental Sustainability

Cascades to Coast GK-12：通过环境可持续性加强STEM教育Cascades to Coast GK-12项目将在波特兰州立大学和波特兰州立大学之间建立伙伴关系。美国环境学院（SOE）和俄勒冈州的三个学区共同致力于围绕环境可持续性主题加强初中、高中和研究生STEM教育。该项目将支持50个GK-12博士奖学金，为高级研究生提供直接与教师合作的机会，让1500多名六年级到九年级的学生参与探究和实地研究，旨在提高对物理和生物科学以及环境可持续性关键概念的理解。这个项目吗?从俄勒冈州到美国的地理宽度？从喀斯喀特山脉到太平洋，将提供一个机会，创建一个跨越不同学区和生态系统的学习型社区。项目活动包括一个暑期培训学院，制定为期一年的研究生研讨会“公共传播、教育和职业”，教师专业发展讲习班和年终学生海报会议。项目成果包括：培养和改进研究员？对不同受众的教学和公共宣传技能；将K-12活动和公共宣传制度化纳入国有企业研究生课程；增加教师吗?了解当前的科学内容，并具备创造引人入胜的探究活动的技能；增加学生?了解环境可持续性背后的科学原理，并通过分享实地测试、基于主题的科学探究项目和相关课程，为STEM教育知识库做出贡献。将建立一个网站，分享项目想法、获得的环境数据、最后测试和改进的课程单元。强有力的评估将指导持续改进，传播发现，并支持成功组件的延续。

Cascades to Coast GK-12: Enhancing STEM Education through Environmental SustainabilityThe Cascades to Coast GK-12 project will establish partnerships between Portland State University?s School of the Environment (SOE) and three Oregon school districts toward the goals of enhancing middle, high school and graduate STEM education around the theme of environmental sustainability. The project will support fifty GK-12 PhD Fellowships for advanced graduate students to work directly with teachers to engage over 1500 sixth through ninth grade students in inquiry and field studies designed to increase understanding of key concepts in the physical and biological sciences and environmental sustainability. The project?s geographic breadth, from Oregon?s Cascade Mountains to the Pacific Ocean, will provide an opportunity to create a learning community across diverse school districts and ecosystems. Project activities include a summer training institute, the development of a required year long graduate seminar "Public Communication, Education and Careers", teacher professional development workshops, and end-of-year student poster conference. Project outcomes include: developing and improving Fellows? skills in teaching and public outreach to diverse audiences; institutionalizing K-12 activities and public outreach into SOE graduate curricula; increasing teachers? knowledge of current science content and their skills in creating engaging inquiry activities; increasing students? knowledge about the scientific principles underlying environmental sustainability and contributing to the STEM education knowledge base by sharing field-tested, theme-based science inquiry projects and related curricula. A website will be developed to share project ideas, environmental data acquired, and final tested and refined curriculum units. A robust evaluation will guide continuous improvement, disseminate findings, and support continuation of successful components.