Energy For ME

缅因州能源（ME）是一个为期三年的项目，将开发、实施和评估一个模型，以提高农村社区学生的STEM能力和职业抱负。该项目将直接吸引至少50名教师、100名学生及其家庭参与，通过校内和校外活动分析、讨论和应对当地相关的能源问题，提高STEM能源含量知识和技术熟练程度。这种模式将在缅因州的岛屿和沿海社区发展，通过跨学科的专业发展经验、基于项目的课堂技术整合和基于家庭的丰富活动，将17所初中和高中联系起来。该项目的目标是通过参与创新技术注入的能源探究，提高学生对STEM概念和职业的理解、动机和自我效能感。该项目将以CREST项目（NSF奖：0525118 & 0737588）开发的教师专业发展的成功模式为基础，因为它将结合基于地点的教育策略、无等级的学习环境和综合技术来促进基于探究的学习。在采用创新方法促进代际学习的同时，该项目将在课堂上整合实时能源数据分析，以激励学生参与，并通过当地环境达到学习标准。学生将加强对物理学（如电力和能源转换）和工程学（如发电和配电，家庭供暖和传热）基本概念的理解，因为他们了解这些概念如何影响自己的家庭和社区建筑中能源的有效利用。

Energy for Maine (ME) is a three-year project that will develop, implement and evaluate a model to increase the STEM competencies and career aspirations of students in rural communities. The project will directly engage at least 50 teachers, 100 students and their families to increase STEM energy content knowledge and technology proficiencies by analyzing, discussing, and responding to locally-relevant energy issues through both in- and out-of-school activities. This model will be developed on Maine's islands and coastal communities by networking 17 middle and high schools through interdisciplinary professional development experiences, project-based technology integration in the classroom, and home-based enrichment activities. The goal of the project is to increase students' understanding, motivation, and self-efficacy towards STEM concepts and careers through their participation in innovative technology-infused energy inquiry. The project will build upon the successful model for teacher professional development that was developed by the CREST program (NSF Awards: 0525118 & 0737588), as it will combine place-based education strategies, nonhierarchal learning environments, and integrated technology to stimulate inquiry-based learning. While deploying innovative new approaches to facilitate inter-generational learning, the project will integrate the analysis of real-time energy data in the classroom to motivate student engagement and meet learning standards through a local context. Students will strengthen their understanding of fundamental concepts in physics (e.g. electricity and transformation of energy) and engineering (e.g. power generation and distribution, home heating and heat transfer) as they learn how these concepts influence the efficient use of energy in their own homes and community buildings.