Energy For ME

缅因州能源(ME)是一个为期三年的项目，将开发、实施和评估一个模式，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，通过校内外活动分析、讨论和回应与当地相关的能源问题，提高STEM的能源含量、知识和技术熟练程度。这一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、课堂上基于项目的技术整合和基于家庭的丰富活动，将17所初中和高中联网。该项目的目标是通过参与创新技术注入的能量探究，增加学生对STEM概念和职业的理解、动机和自我效能。该项目将建立在CREST计划(国家科学基金会奖：0525118&0737588)开发的教师专业发展成功模式的基础上，因为它将结合基于地点的教育策略、非层级学习环境和集成技术来刺激探究性学习。在采用创新的新方法促进代际学习的同时，该项目将整合教室中实时能源数据的分析，以激励学生参与并通过当地环境达到学习标准。学生将加强他们对物理(例如电力和能量转换)和工程(例如发电和配电、家庭供暖和热传递)的基本概念的理解，因为他们了解这些概念如何影响他们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.