Project COOL: Where communities and academia come together

COOL项目：化学海洋学实验室之外汇集了地球科学家、本科生和中学生。该项目首先为从事教学的地球科学家（如教授、博士后）提供专业发展和课程设计研讨会。然后，华盛顿大学通过华盛顿大学的“管道项目”为地球科学专业的本科生和研究生开设了一门课程。最后，参与者选择参加校外时间（OST）计划，该计划通过西雅图公园和娱乐中心和西雅图公立学区运行。COOL OST项目在西雅图地区的多所中学开展，并将通过与SoundCitizen （http://soundcitizen.org）合作，让未被充分代表的年轻人参与真正的科学研究。SoundCitizen是一个大学内的公民科学团体，旨在促进公众参与地球科学研究。该项目将：a)在数据显示中学生有意识和无意识地决定STEM科学在他们未来中的作用的时候，为他们创造一个科学基础的实验室和实地研究经验；B)科学调查共同参与科学研究的中学生和大学生科学家的身份发展、学习实践和敬业度；c)产生高质量的数据和信息，这些数据和信息将被水生化学家用于领导团队进一步的研究和教育任务。这个项目有两个目标：需要为处于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，需要开发可跨项目使用的测量模型和方法，以进一步了解年轻人如何从基于地点的项目中学习。

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.