Northwest Passage Project

西北航道工程

• 批准号: 1608810
• 负责人: Gail Scowcroft
• 金额: $ 299.47万
• 依托单位: University of Rhode Island
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-09-01 至 2022-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1608810&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Northwest; Passage; Project

The Northwest Passage Project (NPP) is a collaborative effort between the University of Rhode Island (URI), Inner Space Center (ISC), Graduate School of Oceanography (GSO), the film company David Clark Inc., and several other partners, including six Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) and three informal science education institutions. The project centers on a research expedition into the Arctic's Northwest Passage, which will engage intergenerational cohorts of high school, undergraduate, and graduate students in hands-on research aboard the U.S. tall ship SSV Oliver Hazard Perry (OHP). During the expedition, a professional film crew will produce a two-hour documentary focused on the NPP's innovative model of interdisciplinary informal STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) learning and highlight the expedition's research, participants, and the sociological issues related to the changing Arctic environment. Because the Canadian Arctic is remote and costly to access, the project will maximize NSF's investment by giving broad audiences access to the science and excitement of the expedition through the documentary. In addition, this informal science learning opportunity will not only engage students with scientists in authentic research, but also train the students to deliver daily live broadcasts from sea to three well-established U.S. informal science education institutions: the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), the Exploratorium, and the Alaska Sea Life Center (ASLC). The daily broadcasts will also reach the public in real time via the project's interactive website, providing the opportunity for people to post questions to the scientists and students onboard the ship. The NPP has great potential to benefit society by enhancing awareness of the changing Arctic's ecosystems and increasing science literacy. The hands-on research experiences will enhance the college readiness of the participating high school students and encourage the undergraduate students from the six partner MSIs to consider a graduate course of study and/or pursue STEM careers. The graduate students will also be more career-ready, as they gain public communication and leadership skills necessary for 21st century scientists. The Northwest Passage Project is designed to advance knowledge and understanding within the practice of informal science education, as well as in the field of Arctic science. The project goals include: increasing public awareness and understanding of the changing Arctic ecosystem; increase public understanding about Arctic research and the scientific process; increase the Informal Science Education (ISE) field's understanding of the public's learning process when engaged in live interactions with scientists and student 'science communicators'; increase the ISE field's understanding of the value of immersive science experiences and impact on students from underserved and underrepresented populations; and to build or extend the capacity of ISE institutions to make connections between polar scientists, students, journalists and the public. The NPP is creative in that it combines the engagement of students in field-based scientific research, live broadcasts from sea to ISE institutions, and the production of a full-scale documentary for public audiences. A potentially transformative component to the ISE activities involves six Minority Serving Institution partners--Florida International University; University of Illinois, Chicago; California State University, Channel Islands; Texas State University; Virginia Commonwealth University and City College of New York--whose students will have the opportunity for a life-changing experience that may tip the scale toward their interest in STEM careers. Each of these students will develop news stories, host screenings of the film at their respective campuses, and share their experiences with peers, providing visual role models for other underrepresented students, who may never have thought themselves capable of becoming a scientist or science communicator. An additional project goal is to enhance the capacity and infrastructure of the three ISE partner institutions so that they may receive live broadcasts from the Inner Space Center in the future, beyond the funding period of the project. People, Places & Design Research will conduct the project's front-end and formative evaluation; MEM & Associates will conduct the summative evaluation. Some of the key evaluation questions will be: * Have ISE and MSI institution public visitors, who view either the live broadcasts or the documentary film (or both), become more aware of the changing Arctic ecosystem and the importance of scientific research in the Arctic?* What is the relative impact of the live broadcasts compared to the finished documentary, and the strengths and weakness of the respective media in translating the on-board experience?* Does a real environmental and social context for scientific evidence stimulate audiences to become more interested in the role of science/STEM? * Have students gained leadership skills and the ability to communicate science to their peers? * Have students increased their motivation and interest in pursuing STEM careers?This project is funded by the Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program, which seeks to advance new approaches to, and evidence-based understanding of, the design and development of STEM learning in informal environments. This includes providing multiple pathways for broadening access to and engagement in STEM learning experiences, advancing innovative research on and assessment of STEM learning in informal environments, and developing understandings of deeper learning by participants.

西北航道项目(NPP)是罗德岛大学(URI)、内部空间中心(ISC)、海洋研究生院(GSO)、电影公司大卫·克拉克公司(David Clark Inc.)和其他几个合作伙伴的合作努力，其中包括六个少数民族服务机构(MSI)和三个非正式科学教育机构。该项目的核心是对北极西北航道的研究考察，这将使高中生、本科生和研究生的代际队列在美国大型船SSV奥利弗·哈扎德·佩里(OHP)上进行实践研究。在探险期间，专业摄制组将制作一部两个小时的纪录片，重点关注核电站跨学科非正式STEM(科学、技术、工程和数学)学习的创新模式，并突出探险的研究、参与者和与不断变化的北极环境相关的社会学问题。由于加拿大北极偏远且成本高昂，该项目将通过纪录片让广大观众了解探险的科学和兴奋，从而最大限度地增加NSF的投资。此外，这一非正式的科学学习机会不仅将使学生与科学家一起进行真实的研究，还将培训学生每天从海上向三家著名的美国非正式科学教育机构进行现场直播：史密森国家自然历史博物馆(NMNH)、探索博物馆和阿拉斯加海洋生物中心(ASLC)。每天的广播还将通过该项目的互动网站实时到达公众手中，为人们提供向船上的科学家和学生发布问题的机会。NPP通过提高对不断变化的北极生态系统的认识和提高科学素养，具有造福社会的巨大潜力。实践研究经验将增强参与的高中生的大学准备，并鼓励来自六个合作MSI的本科生考虑攻读研究生课程和/或从事STEM职业。研究生也将为职业生涯做好准备，因为他们获得了21世纪科学家所需的公共沟通和领导技能。西北航道项目的目的是在非正规科学教育实践中以及在北极科学领域增进知识和理解。项目目标包括：提高公众对不断变化的北极生态系统的认识和了解；增进公众对北极研究和科学进程的了解；加强非正式科学教育(ISE)领域在与科学家和学生“科学传播者”进行现场互动时对公众学习过程的理解；提高ISE领域对身临其境的科学体验的价值以及对服务不足和代表性不足群体的学生的影响的理解；以及建立或扩大ISE机构在极地科学家、学生、记者和公众之间建立联系的能力。NPP的创造性在于它将学生参与实地科学研究、从海上向ISE机构进行现场直播以及为公众制作一部全面的纪录片结合在一起。ISE活动的一个潜在变革性部分涉及六个少数族裔服务机构合作伙伴--佛罗里达国际大学、伊利诺伊大学芝加哥分校、加州州立大学海峡群岛分校、德克萨斯州立大学、弗吉尼亚联邦大学和纽约城市学院--他们的学生将有机会获得改变生活的经历，这可能会使他们对STEM职业产生兴趣。这些学生中的每一个都将开发新闻故事，在各自的校园主持电影放映，并与同龄人分享他们的经验，为其他代表不足的学生提供视觉榜样，这些学生可能从未认为自己有能力成为一名科学家或科学传播者。另一个项目目标是加强三个ISE伙伴机构的能力和基础设施，以便它们今后可以在项目资助期之后收到来自内空间中心的现场直播。人员、场所和设计研究将进行项目的前端和形成性评估；MEM和设计伙伴将进行总结性评估。一些关键的评估问题将是：*观看直播或纪录片(或两者兼有)的ISE和MSI机构公众访问者是否更了解不断变化的北极生态系统和北极科学研究的重要性？*与完成的纪录片相比，直播的相对影响是什么，各媒体在翻译培训经验方面的优势和劣势？*科学证据的真实环境和社会背景是否会刺激受众对科学/STEM的角色更感兴趣？*学生是否获得了领导技能以及向同龄人传播科学的能力？*学生是否增加了追求STEM职业的动机和兴趣？该项目由推进非正式STEM学习(AISL)计划资助，该计划旨在促进对非正式环境中STEM学习的设计和开发的新方法和基于证据的理解。这包括为扩大获得和参与STEM学习经验提供多种途径，推进对非正式环境中STEM学习的创新研究和评估，以及加深参与者对更深层次学习的理解。