Monarchs and Milkweeds: A Partnership to Develop a Integrated and Culturally Relevant Science Curriculum

帝王蝶和乳草：合作开发综合且与文化相关的科学课程

• 批准号: 1928673
• 负责人: Mary Ashley
• 金额: $ 249.01万
• 依托单位: University of Illinois at Chicago
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-10-01 至 2024-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1928673&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Monarchs; Milkweeds; Partnership; Develop; Integrated

With support from the Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) Program, this Track 1 project aims to attract and retain more Latinx students in biology and chemistry by incorporating a culturally relevant theme into undergraduate STEM education. The Monarchs and Milkweeds Project seeks to develop a vertically integrated curriculum that spans from high school to lower- and upper-level college courses. The curriculum will focus on the biology, ecology, and chemistry of monarch butterflies and their principal food source, milkweed plants. Monarch butterflies overwinter in Mexico and return to the United States each year, and the symbolism of monarchs is prominent in some Latin cultures. Teachers and faculty from three Latinx-serving high schools, two 2-year colleges, and the University departments of biology and chemistry will collaboratively build learning activities, laboratory exercises, and other content based on the science of monarchs and milkweeds. The project also includes an intensive summer research experience in which students will investigate urban plant communities as habitat for monarchs and engage in community participatory science. The project expects to reach thousands of students, including hundreds of Latinx students, at participating high schools and colleges in the Chicago area. Further, the curriculum and related materials will be shared with other institutions, thus promoting incorporation of research experiences for students at other high schools, colleges, and universities.Monarch larvae are specialist herbivores of milkweeds that sequester toxic steroids from milkweed plants as a defense against predators. Every fall they leave feeding grounds in the United States to overwinter in Mexico, a migration unmatched by any other insect. The complex relationship between monarchs and milkweeds spans scientific fields ranging from ecology to pharmacology and provides a rich case study to develop curriculum content in science classes from high school to upper-level university courses. The Monarchs and Milkweeds Project will focus on building learning activities, laboratory exercises, and other content based on the science of monarchs and milkweeds. Other components of the Monarchs and Milkweeds Project include an intensive summer research experience, community participatory science, dialogues to promote synergies between cultural and scientific knowledge, and opportunities for students to explore their identities as Latinx scientists. The Monarchs and Milkweeds Project aims to contribute to science education by creating new knowledge regarding improving outcomes for students in STEM, including Latinx students. The project will explore how culturally relevant content in biology and chemistry classes impacts interest in and the academic performance of Latinx students. Since all students in the courses will participate in the learning modules, the project seeks to disaggregate the impacts of integrated content versus cultural relevancy. The collaboration across urban public secondary and post-secondary education institutions will allow an assessment of the challenges and opportunities associated with designing a broad, culturally relevant science curriculum. The HSI Program aims to enhance undergraduate STEM education and to build capacity at HSIs. Projects supported by the HSI Program will generate new knowledge on how to achieve these aims.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.

在不断改善的本科STEM教育的支持下：西班牙裔服务机构（HSI）计划，该曲目1项目旨在通过将具有文化相关的主题纳入本科STEM教育中，以吸引和保留更多的Latinx学生在生物学和化学领域。 Monarchs and Milkweeds项目旨在开发一项垂直整合的课程，该课程跨越高中到高中和高层大学课程。 该课程将集中于君主蝴蝶的生物学，生态和化学及其主要食品来源Milkweed植物。君主蝴蝶在墨西哥的越冬，每年返回美国，君主的象征意义在某些拉丁文化中是突出的。来自三所拉丁语服务高中，两所2年的大学以及大学生物学和化学系的教师和教师将根据君主和乳草的科学进行协作，建立学习活动，实验室练习以及其他内容。该项目还包括一项密集的夏季研究经验，在该经验中，学生将研究城市植物社区作为君主的栖息地，并从事社区参与式科学。 该项目预计将在芝加哥地区参加的高中和学院吸引成千上万的学生，包括数百名拉丁裔学生。此外，课程和相关材料将与其他机构共享，从而促进其他高中，学院和大学的学生纳入研究经验。Monarch幼虫是乳草的专业草食动物，这些草食植物是隔离米尔克甘油类固醇的毒素类固醇的药草，以防御捕食者。每年秋天，他们在美国留下喂养地，到墨西哥越冬，这是其他任何昆虫都无与伦比的迁移。君主与乳草之间的复杂关系跨越了科学领域，从生态学到药理学，并提供了丰富的案例研究，以开发从高中到高层大学课程的科学课程中的课程内容。君主和乳草项目将侧重于建立学习活动，实验室练习以及基于君主和乳草科学的其他内容。君主和乳草项目的其他组成部分包括夏季研究经验，社区参与式科学，促进文化和科学知识之间的协同作用的对话，以及学生探索他们作为拉丁裔科学家身份的机会。 Monarchs and Milkweeds项目旨在通过创建有关改善STEM学生（包括Latinx学生）成果的新知识来为科学教育做出贡献。该项目将探讨生物学和化学类别中与文化相关的内容如何影响拉丁裔学生的兴趣和学习成绩。由于课程中的所有学生都将参加学习模块，因此该项目试图分解综合内容与文化相关性的影响。在城市公共中学和大专教育机构之间的合作将允许评估与设计广泛的文化科学课程相关的挑战和机遇。 HSI计划旨在增强本科STEM教育并在HSIS建立能力。 HSI计划支持的项目将产生有关如何实现这些目标的新知识。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响评估标准，被认为值得通过评估来获得支持。