Improving Polar Data Access and Communication

改善跨学科的数据访问和交流：通过专业发展和数据工具的创建，PI将减少将极地科学带给学生和教育工作者的后勤成本。项目参与者提议提供机会，建设极地科学家与不同受众沟通和接触的能力。他们还将为教育工作者和学生创造可扩展的，面对面的和虚拟的机会，通过数据可视化，数据活动，教育工作者研讨会，网络研讨会和学生研究研讨会与极地科学家及其研究进行互动。所需的产品是一套数据丰富的教学材料和定制的专业发展培训，实际上扩大了访问和机会，让更多的教育工作者和他们的教室参与极地科学。在三年时间里，国际极地研究者将：1）为总共60名极地科学家举办三次交流和多样性研讨会，并为科学家提供实践和应用所提供信息的机会; 2）开发一个社交媒体/网络计划，致力于促进极地研究和教育以及推广计划; 3）开展活动，让学生接触到真实的极地数据和一套可适应的数据可视化工具，让学生与这些数据进行互动; 5）开发和实施10个在线教育网络研讨会和3个为期半天的教育工作者现场研讨会; 6）举办4个为期一周的教育工作者专业发展研讨会; 7）在全国范围内为大约1200名学生举办4个研讨会，向极地科学家介绍他们的极地研究调查; 8）通过社区大学本科生研究计划（CCURI），促进在本科生教学中使用真实的极地数据，以提高学生的数据技能和极地科学知识; 9）为科学教育工作者创建一个强调极地科学研究并在教学中使用数据的异步电子课程，这一努力将提高极地科学界的沟通能力。它将有助于将真实世界的数据集，模型和模拟带入课堂，并使来自极地的科学数据和有关极地研究的信息广泛提供给各种受众。该项目将使代表性不足和服务不足的学生参与极地科学研究，所创建的许多材料以及科学家和教育工作者之间的联系可能是可持续的。这一努力支持NSF/PLR的目标，使研究界多样化，并改善极地研究信息的获取。

Improving Interdisciplinary Data Access and Communication: Through professional development and the creation of data tools, the PIs will reduce the logistical costs of bringing polar science to students and educators. The PIs propose to provide opportunities to build the capacity of polar scientists for communicating and engaging with diverse audiences. They will also create scalable, in-person and virtual opportunities for educators and students to engage with polar scientists and their research through data visualizations, data activities, educator workshops, webinars, and student research symposia. The desired product is a set of data rich instructional materials and customized professional development trainings that virtually expand access and opportunity to engage more educators and their classrooms in polar science. Over three years, the PIs will: 1) Conduct three communication and diversity workshops for a total of 60 polar scientists and provide opportunities for scientists to practice and apply the information presented; 2) Develop a social media/web program dedicated to promoting polar research and education and outreach programs; 3) Develop activities that engage students with real polar data and a set of adaptable data visualization tools that allow students to interact with these data; 5) Develop and implement 10 online educational webinars and 3 in-person half-day educator workshops; 6) Conduct 4 weeklong educator professional development workshops; 7) Run 4 symposia nationally for approximately 1200 students to present their polar research investigations to polar scientists; 8) Foster the use of real polar data in undergraduate teaching through the Community College Undergraduate Research Initiative (CCURI) to increase students' data skills and knowledge of polar science; and 9) Create an asynchronous e-course that highlights polar science research and uses data in teaching for science educators.This effort will improve the communication capacity of the polar science community. It will help bring real-world datasets, models, and simulations into the classroom and make scientific data from the poles and information about polar research widely available and useful to various audiences. The project will engage under-represented and underserved students in polar scientific research and many of the materials created and connections between scientists and educators are likely to be sustainable. This effort supports NSF/PLR goals to diversify the research community and improve access to information on polar research.