Project COOL: Where communities and academia come together

COOL项目：实验室外的化学海洋学汇集了地球科学家，本科生和中学生。 该计划从专业发展和课程设计研讨会开始，为从事教学的地球科学家（例如教授，博士后）。 然后，华盛顿大学通过其“管道项目”为本科和研究生阶段的地球科学专业学生提供一门课程。 最后，参与者选择参加通过西雅图公园和娱乐和西雅图公立学区运行的校外时间（OST）计划。 项目COOL OST在多所西雅图地区中学提供，并将通过与SoundCitizen（http：//www.example.com）合作，让代表性不足的青年参与真正的科学研究，SoundCitizen是一个大学内的公民科学集体，旨在促进公众参与地球科学研究。soundcitizen.org 该项目将：a）为中学生创造一个有科学依据的实验室和实地研究经验，因为数据显示他们有意识和无意识地决定STEM科学在他们未来的作用; B）科学地调查中学生和本科生科学家共同参与科学研究的身份发展，学习实践和参与;以及，c）产生高质量的数据和信息，这些数据和信息将被领导团队的水生化学家用于进一步的研究和教育任务。 该项目由两个目标驱动;需要为不同职业和教育阶段的科学家和学生（特别是教授，本科生和中学生）提供地球科学机会和指导，以及需要开发可用于跨程序的测量模型和方法，以进一步了解青年如何从基于地方的程序中学习。

Project COOL: Chemical Oceanography Outside the Lab brings together geoscientists, undergraduate students and middle school youth. The program begins with professional development and curriculum design workshops for geoscientists who teach (e.g. professors, postdocs). Then a course at the University of Washington is offered to geoscience majors at both the undergraduate and graduate level through the UW's "Pipeline Project". Finally, participants opt into participating in an Out of School Time (OST) Program run through Seattle Parks and Recreation and the Seattle Public School District. Project COOL OST is offered at multiple Seattle area middle schools and will engage underrepresented youth in authentic scientific research through collaboration with SoundCitizen (http://soundcitizen.org), a university-housed citizen science collective that fosters public involvement in geosciences research. This project will: a) create a scientifically-grounded lab and field research experience for middle school youth at a time when data shows they are consciously and unconsciously making decisions about the role of STEM science in their futures; b) scientifically investigate identity development, learning practices and engagement for both the middle school youth and the undergraduate student scientists that participate together in scientific research; and, c) produce high quality data and information that will be used by the aquatic chemists leading the teams to further research and educational missions. This project is driven by two objectives; a need to provide geosciences opportunities and mentoring for scientists and students at different career and educational stages (specifically professors, undergraduate students and middle school youth), and a need to develop measurement models and methods that can be used across programs to further understand how youth learn from place-based programs.