SBIR Phase II: Green Engineering Magnet (GEM) Project

SBIR第二期：绿色工程磁铁（GEM）项目

• 批准号: 1127544
• 负责人: Elroy Bolduc
• 金额: $ 50万
• 依托单位: THE ATHENA GROUP INC
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-11-01 至 2015-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1127544&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; II; Green; Engineering

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project proposes to research and develop the Green Engineering Magnet (GEM) Project in response to a national need to promote Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) studies at the middle and elementary school levels. The GEM Project answers the question: ?How can one actively moti-vate today?s young scholars to pursue STEM studies in a meaningful and sustained manner?? The GEM Project uses the natural youthful attraction of green studies as a magnet to draw students into meaningful and relevant STEM studies. The Phase II GEM Project will frame an expanded list of Phase I STEM core topics and studies in the context of green engineering activities, providing students with authentic experiences that support the learning of STEM concepts presented in class. To achieve this goal, Athena will fuse together three powerful learning technologies beginning with immersive, high-value 3-D STEM simulators. Next, requisite data collection, display, and analysis activities will be channeled through virtual instrument portals that mirror real-world data collection activities. Lastly, software-enabled scenario-based learning motifs will be used to integrate, deliver, assess, and remediate content as authentic STEM activities. As a result, GEM students will engage in green engineering challenges by making observations, measurements, calculations, and choices based on sound science and economic and environmental costs, just like a green engineer.The broader impact/commercial potential of this project is its support for middle school general science, earth science, and similar curricular offerings. In addition, GEM products will support teachers with activities having a green engineering emphasis. GEM Project users will benefit by becoming more capable and motivated in their in-class STEM academic studies, as well as being better prepared and interested in pursuing STEM careers and becoming more STEM-literate citizens.

本小企业创新研究（SBIR）第2期课题是为了响应国家在中小学阶段推进科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）学习的需要，研究开发绿色工程磁铁（GEM）项目。GEM项目回答了这个问题：？今天，一个人如何积极地动机呢？的年轻学者追求干研究在一个有意义的和持续的方式？？GEM项目利用绿色研究对年轻人的自然吸引力，吸引学生进入有意义和相关的STEM研究。第二阶段GEM项目将在绿色工程活动的背景下构建第一阶段STEM核心主题和研究的扩展列表，为学生提供支持课堂上提出的STEM概念学习的真实体验。为了实现这一目标，Athena将融合三种强大的学习技术，首先是沉浸式的高价值3D STEM模拟器。接下来，必要的数据收集、显示和分析活动将通过虚拟仪器门户进行，这些门户反映了真实世界的数据收集活动。最后，基于软件的学习主题将用于整合，交付，评估和修复内容作为真实的STEM活动。因此，GEM学生将参与绿色工程的挑战，进行观察，测量，计算，并根据合理的科学和经济和环境成本的选择，就像一个绿色工程师。该项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力是它对中学普通科学，地球科学和类似的课程提供支持。此外，绿色工程产品将支持教师开展以绿色工程为重点的活动。GEM项目用户将受益于在课堂STEM学术研究中变得更有能力和动力，以及更好地准备和有兴趣追求STEM职业生涯，并成为更多的STEM识字公民。