Collaborative Research: The Climate lab: An innovative partnership between climate research and middle-school practice

合作研究：气候实验室：气候研究与中学实践之间的创新伙伴关系

• 批准号: 1417202
• 负责人: Brian Drayton
• 金额: $ 26.42万
• 依托单位: TERC Inc
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-08-15 至 2019-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1417202&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Climate; lab; innovative

This project will develop and test an education partnership model focusing on climate change (The Climate Lab) that features inquiry-oriented and place-based learning. Curriculum development will begin with a prototype program pioneered by the Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences, and a design-based implementation research (DBIR) approach will be used to develop a curriculum that is aligned with key elements of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). The project partnership includes scientists at three research centers, education researchers, and middle school teachers. The completed curriculum will provide opportunities for middle school students and teachers to compare their locally collected data with historic data to create unique and powerful learning opportunities. The collaboration between scientists and schools introduces middle school students to local, community citizen science endeavors with multiple stakeholders.The project is innovative in linking direct exploration of current, local conditions with archived data to examine long-term changes in natural phenomena that cannot be directly perceived. Components of the model being developed will include: a) a standards-aligned curriculum; b) field and lab activities that engage students in collecting and analyzing data on local biotic and abiotic indicators of climate change; c) integration with a current climate science research program; d) support materials for teachers and scientists (print and electronic) and a digital teacher professional development program; and e) a project Website. During development of these curricular components, barriers to implementation of this learning strategy will be identified and studied. The findings of this project have the potential to broadly impact middle school science education practices by introducing a curricular model that links direct data collection with analysis of archived data to study long-term environmental changes that are not directly perceived.

该项目将开发和测试以气候变化为重点的教育合作模式（气候实验室），其特点是探究导向和基于地点的学习。课程开发将从马诺梅特保护科学中心率先开展的一个原型项目开始，并将采用基于设计的实施研究（DBIR）方法来开发符合下一代科学标准（NGSS）关键要素的课程。该项目的合作伙伴包括三个研究中心的科学家、教育研究人员和中学教师。完成的课程将为中学生和教师提供机会，将他们在当地收集的数据与历史数据进行比较，创造独特而有力的学习机会。科学家和学校之间的合作向中学生介绍了与多方利益相关者一起进行的本地、社区公民科学努力。该项目的创新之处在于将对当前当地条件的直接探索与存档数据联系起来，以检查无法直接感知的自然现象的长期变化。正在开发的模式的组成部分将包括：a)符合标准的课程；B)实地和实验室活动，让学生收集和分析气候变化的当地生物和非生物指标数据；C)与当前气候科学研究项目相结合；D)为教师和科学家提供的支持材料（印刷和电子）以及数字教师专业发展计划；e)项目网站。在这些课程组成部分的开发过程中，将识别和研究实施这种学习策略的障碍。该项目的研究结果有可能广泛影响中学科学教育实践，通过引入一种课程模型，将直接数据收集与存档数据分析联系起来，研究无法直接感知的长期环境变化。