STEM at the Poles: Teachers and Researchers Exploring and Collaborating

美国北极研究联盟(ARCUS)将管理和实施“教师和研究人员探索与合作(PolarTREC)”计划，该计划挑选美国教师和非正式教育工作者，并为他们在北极和南极不同地点(通常是偏远地区)与极地科学家一起参与前沿实地研究做准备。通过实地实践经验，参与的教师(职前和在职)和非正式教育工作者将改进教学策略，为他们的职业发展开发资源，并改变他们在课堂上和对公众教授STEM的方式。该项目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科学和公众对极地研究和教育的相当大的热情。将招聘、挑选12名教师或非正式教育工作者，并与极地研究人员进行匹配。Arcus将维护一个网站，传播有关考察的信息，为教师提供情况介绍培训，包括实地安全和沟通培训，为教师在部署前会见科学家和参加实地科学考察提供旅行支助。TRE的参与者不仅将增加他们在极地科学和有效教学实践方面的知识，还将与极地研究人员发展长期合作的专业关系，并成为不断增长的教育工作者网络的一部分。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS) will administer and implement, "Teachers and Researchers Exploring and Collaborating (PolarTREC)", a program that selects U.S. teachers and informal educators and prepares them 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, participating teachers (pre-service and in-service) and informal educators will improve teaching strategies, develop resources for their careers, and change how they teach STEM in the classroom and to the public. The project's 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 scientific and public enthusiasm for polar research and education. Twelve teachers or informal educators will be recruited, selected, and matched with polar researchers. ARCUS will 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. Participants in the TRE will not only increase their knowledge of polar science and effective teaching practices, but also will develop long-term collaborative professional relationships with polar researchers and become part of an ever-growing educator network.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.