Kids as Urban Scientists: Mapping the Biodiversity of the Philadelphia Promise Zone

孩子们作为城市科学家：绘制费城承诺区的生物多样性图

• 批准号: 1614511
• 负责人: Nancy Songer
• 金额: $ 117.48万
• 依托单位: Drexel University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-09-01 至 2020-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1614511&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Kids; Urban; Scientists; Mapping; Biodiversity

This project will advance efforts of the Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) program to better understand and promote practices that increase students' motivations and capacities to pursue careers in fields of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) by providing immersive field experiences for inner-city students from groups underrepresented in STEM fields. Upper elementary students will use digital data collection tools to map biodiversity in local neighborhoods, and the project will interweave the biodiversity activities with career awareness and mentoring opportunities. Digital badging will be used to certify learning accomplishments and provide recognition for students and teachers engaged in the project. The project consists of three components: a) Development of a curriculum module focusing on biodiversity for use in school or in out-of-school learning environments; b) Integration of career awareness and mentoring activities by college science faculty or students who will work with students during the biodiversity mapping activities; and c) Professional development opportunities for schoolteachers and out-of-school educators.The project will engage 400 inner-city students in grades 4-6 along with 80 teachers and out-of-school-time (OST) educators from the Philadelphia Promise Zone, one of the highest poverty areas in the country. The curriculum modules for each grade will be designed for use in either a school classroom or an OST setting, and the disciplinary content will be aligned with relevant disciplinary core ideas and science practices of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). The curriculum modules at each grade level will include classroom learning activities, a field component for data collection, and a final sessions where teams of students present their findings through development of a poster, a video, or some other visual representation. A mixed-methods research approach will be used to seek findings related to three research questions: a) What coherent set of experiences effectively support fourth, fifth and sixth grade students? knowledge development (e.g., biodiversity content knowledge blended with science practices), motivation and career awareness about STEM-related work and jobs of today and the future? b) What professional development models and recognition systems can effectively engage teachers and OST providers in demonstrating Next Generation Science knowledge, pedagogy, and career awareness for fourth through sixth grade students? and c) How effective is the activity of Promise Zone fourth-sixth grade students as information providers and Urban Scientists interacting with scientist mentors towards increasing career awareness and understanding characteristics of STEM work?

该项目将推进学生和教师创新技术体验（ITEST）计划的努力，以更好地理解和促进提高学生在科学，技术，工程或数学（STEM）领域追求职业生涯的动机和能力的做法，为来自STEM领域代表性不足的群体的内城学生提供沉浸式现场体验。 高年级学生将使用数字数据收集工具来绘制当地社区的生物多样性地图，该项目将把生物多样性活动与职业意识和指导机会交织在一起。 数字徽章将用于认证学习成绩，并为参与该项目的学生和教师提供认可。 该项目包括三个组成部分：（a）编制一个以生物多样性为重点的课程单元，供学校或校外学习环境使用;（B）在生物多样性绘图活动期间与学生一起工作的大学理科教师或学生将职业意识和辅导活动结合起来;以及c）为学校教师和校外教育者提供专业发展机会，该项目将吸引400名市中心4-6年级的学生，沿着有80名教师和校外教育者。学校时间（OST）教育工作者从费城承诺区，在该国最贫困的地区之一。 每个年级的课程模块将设计用于学校课堂或OST环境，学科内容将与下一代科学标准（NGSS）的相关学科核心思想和科学实践保持一致。 每个年级的课程模块将包括课堂学习活动，数据收集的实地组成部分，以及最后的会议，学生团队通过海报，视频或其他视觉表现的发展来展示他们的发现。 一个混合方法的研究方法将被用来寻求与三个研究问题相关的结果：a）什么连贯的经验有效地支持四，五，六年级的学生？知识发展（例如，生物多样性内容知识与科学实践相结合），对STEM相关工作和现在及未来工作的动机和职业意识？ B）什么样的专业发展模式和认可系统可以有效地让教师和OST提供者为四到六年级的学生展示下一代科学知识、教学法和职业意识？以及c）承诺区四年级学生作为信息提供者和城市科学家与科学家导师互动的活动对提高职业意识和理解STEM工作的特点有多有效？