RAPID: Enriching Education with Authentic Science and Outreach Using Cyberinfrastructure and Partnering Research Experiences for Teachers, High School Students and Undergraduates

RAPID：利用网络基础设施和为教师、高中生和本科生提供合作研究经验，以真实的科学和外展丰富教育

• 批准号: 1056819
• 负责人: Eric Simanek
• 金额: $ 17.38万
• 依托单位: Texas Christian University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-09-01 至 2013-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1056819&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RAPID; Enriching; Education; Authentic; Science

RAPID: Enriching Education with Authentic Science and Outreach using Cyberinfrastructure and Partnering Research Experiences for Teachers, High School Students, and Undergraduates The Gulf Coast oil spill offers terrific opportunities for educational impact at multiple levels, specifically in areas of scale, the role of scientific models and modeling, and the molecular sciences. The problem is of intrinsic interest to the population at large, and more specifically, those inhabitants of Gulf Coast states including Texas. This interest is fertile ground for questioning, learning, and research. Experience suggests that teachers, middle and high school students and undergraduates can all benefit from contextual settings offered to the curriculum through the rich data sets and the multidisciplinary nature of the disaster. Cyberinfrastructure and on-campus research opportunities increase their exposure and understanding of authentic science and the scientific method. Based on the timeliness of the events and proximity, the participants will be supported from the start of the school term and throughout the academic year and summer while the events are still unfolding, and activities and information is most available. These activities are enabling and synergistic in that the proposed efforts train undergraduates in a lab-course setting (REU-like) and teachers (RET-like) in a traditional research experience focusing on the creation of polymers that gel hydrocarbons as opposed to dispersing them. During the academic year, teacher-undergraduate teams will also prepare materials related to the spill and research activities using webcams, video conferencing, and other cyberinfrastructure tools for the classroom. Other spill activities will include interviews with other scientists participating in Gulf spill research. Summer research experiences (REU and RET) will provided for those with continued interest, and will include high school students in the team structure. Further, the efforts will deliver and offer for dissemination, e-resources for education and the building of a virtual organization of novices and experts interested in the Gulf Coast oil spill to engage and empower citizen-scientists.

快速：利用网络基础设施和合作研究经验为教师，高中生和本科生提供真实科学和外展丰富教育墨西哥湾沿岸漏油事件为多层次的教育影响提供了极好的机会，特别是在规模，科学模型和建模的作用以及分子科学领域。 这个问题是广大人民的内在利益，更具体地说，包括得克萨斯州在内的墨西哥湾沿岸各州的居民。 这种兴趣是质疑，学习和研究的肥沃土壤。 经验表明，教师、初中和高中学生以及大学生都可以受益于通过丰富的数据集和灾害的多学科性质为课程提供的背景设置。 网络基础设施和校园研究机会增加了他们对真实科学和科学方法的接触和理解。 根据活动的及时性和接近性，参与者将从学期开始到整个学年和夏季得到支持，而活动仍在展开，活动和信息最容易获得。 这些活动是有利的和协同的，因为拟议的努力在实验室课程设置（REU类）和教师（RET类）中培养本科生，传统的研究经验侧重于创造凝胶碳氢化合物的聚合物，而不是分散它们。 在学年期间，教师-本科生团队还将使用网络摄像头，视频会议和其他网络基础设施工具为课堂准备与泄漏和研究活动相关的材料。 其他泄漏活动将包括采访参与海湾泄漏研究的其他科学家。 暑期研究经验（REU和RET）将提供给那些有持续兴趣的人，并将包括高中学生的团队结构。 此外，这些努力将提供和提供用于传播的电子教育资源，并建立一个由对墨西哥湾沿岸漏油事件感兴趣的新手和专家组成的虚拟组织，以吸引公民科学家并赋予他们权力。