PolarTREC - Teachers and Researchers Exploring and Collaborating

美国北极研究联盟(ARCUS)将管理和实施“PolarTREC-教师和研究人员探索与合作”计划，该计划将把美国教师聚集在一起，与北极和南极不同地点的极地科学家一起参与尖端实地研究，这些地点通常是偏远的。通过在北极和南极洲的实践经验，参与的教师(职前和在职)将改进教学策略，为他们的职业开发资源，并改变他们在课堂上教授STEM的方式。该计划的目标是通过将教育工作者和极地研究人员聚集在一起进行专业合作，促进极地科学教育和理解。通过整合研究和教育，PolarTREC将有助于维持和发展学术和公众对极地研究和教育的相当大的热情。该奖项为Arcus提供资金，在2016年支持12个教师-研究团队。ARCUS将招聘、挑选和匹配教师和研究人员，维护一个传播探险信息的网站，为教师提供包括野外安全和沟通培训在内的定向培训，为教师在部署前会见科学家和参加实地科学考察提供差旅支持，并评估计划的结果。教师在部署后将参加各种外联活动，以确保传播与其科学考察有关的极地科学和教育活动的信息。

The Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS) will administer and implement "PolarTREC - Teachers and Researchers Exploring and Collaborating", a program that brings together U.S. teachers to participate in cutting-edge field research with polar scientists in various, and often remote, locations in the Arctic and Antarctica. Through hands-on field experiences in the Arctic and Antarctica, participating teachers (pre-service and in-service) will improve teaching strategies, develop resources for their careers, and change how they teach STEM in the classroom. The program goal is to invigorate polar science education and understanding by bringing educators and polar researchers together in professional collaboration. By integrating research and education, PolarTREC will help sustain and grow the considerable academic and public enthusiasm for polar research and education. The award provides funding for ARCUS to support 12 teacher-researcher teams during 2016. ARCUS will recruit, select, and match teachers and researchers, maintain a website for dissemination of information about the expeditions, provide orientation training for the teachers that includes field safety and communication training, provide travel support for the teachers to meet with scientists prior to deployments and for them to join the scientific expeditions in the field, and evaluate results of the program. Teachers will participate in a variety of outreach events following their deployments to ensure dissemination of information about the polar science and educational activities related to their scientific expeditions.