RET Site: Computational Modeling and Simulation for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education

这个为期三年的RET项目，RET站点：科学、技术、工程和数学教育的计算建模和仿真，由伊利诺伊大学芝加哥分校(UIC)主办。迫切需要对未来的美国劳动力进行计算建模和仿真(CMS)培训。未来工作技能的变化需要计算机知识，这将挑战当前的教育模式。在为期六周的暑期计划中，从芝加哥公立和私立高中招聘的十名教师将沉浸在围绕CMS科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)教育的尖端研究项目中。这些跨学科项目将提供机会，利用CMS工具在STEM中制定创新的、以技术为基础的课程计划和课堂活动。这个RET关注的领域包括但不限于(1)纳米技术，(2)数据驱动的建模和机器学习，(3)药物设计和交付，以及(4)生物力学。教师还将与UIC团队合作，设计基于探究的教案和学习模块，以便在下一学年纳入课堂。课程计划和学习模块将通过UIC RET和芝加哥公立学校网站以及NSF储存库传播。为了确保将教师的经验无缝地融入课堂实践，后续活动包括UIC团队的课堂访问和提供反馈。 这个为期三年的RET项目，RET站点：科学、技术、工程和数学教育的计算建模和仿真，由伊利诺伊大学芝加哥分校(UIC)主办。迫切需要对未来的美国劳动力进行计算建模和仿真(CMS)培训。未来工作技能的变化需要计算机知识，这将挑战当前的教育模式。虽然所有的实验观察都需要科学的解释，但在大学前的教育中，很少有人注意到计算建模和模拟(CMS)在解释这些观察和查明实验测量中可能存在的缺陷方面的优势。这项研究侧重于(1)纳米技术，(2)数据驱动的建模和机器学习，(3)药物设计和交付，以及(4)生物力学。伊利诺伊大学芝加哥分校(UIC)化学系、土木与材料系、机械与工业工程系以及化学系的CMS团队为高中STEM教师提供了解CMS的机会。与芝加哥为少数族裔服务的公立和私立高中合作，将根据申请材料选择10名招聘教师，并沉浸在尖端研究活动中，以增强他们对CMS作为工具的看法，并利用这一工具发展学生对STEM的知识。这些教师将参加为期六周的暑期项目，并成为研究社区的一部分，成员包括教师导师、教育顾问、研究生和本科生。通过专业发展活动，教师将与教师导师、教育顾问和行业专业人员合作，设计基于探究和符合下一代科学标准的课程计划和课程模块，并在下一学年整合到课堂中。课程计划和学习模块将通过UIC和芝加哥公立学校网站、年度会议和NSF知识库进行传播。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。

This three-year RET project, RET Site: Computational Modeling and Simulation for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education, is hosted by the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC). There is an urgent need for computational modeling and simulation (CMS) training of the future U.S. workforce. Future changes in the job skills, which require computing knowledge, will challenge current educational models. During a six-week summer program, ten teachers recruited from public and private high schools in the city of Chicago will be immersed in the cutting-edge research projects revolving around CMS for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education. The interdisciplinary projects will offer opportunities to develop innovative and technologically grounded lesson plans and classroom activities in the STEM using CMS tools. This RET focuses on areas including but not limited to (1) Nanotechnology, (2) Data-driven modeling and machine-learning, (3) Drug design and delivery, and (4) Biomechanics. The teachers will also work with the UIC team to devise inquiry-based lesson plans and learning modules to be integrated into the classroom in the following academic year. Lesson plans and learning modules will be disseminated through the UIC RET and Chicago Public Schools websites, and the NSF repository. To ensure seamless integration of teachers' experience into classroom practices, follow-up activities include classroom visits by the UIC team and providing feedback.  This three-year RET project, RET Site: Computational Modeling and Simulation for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education, is hosted by the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC). There is an urgent need for computational modeling and simulation (CMS) training of the future U.S. workforce. Future changes in the job skills, which require computing knowledge, will challenge current educational models. While all experimental observations need scientific explanation, in pre-college education, little attention has been paid to the advantages of computational modeling and simulation (CMS) for explaining such observations and pinpointing possible flaws in experimental measurements. This RET focuses on (1) Nanotechnology, (2) Data-driven modeling and machine-learning, (3) Drug design and delivery, and (4) Biomechanics. The CMS team in the Departments of Chemical, Civil and Materials, and Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, and Chemistry at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) provides high school STEM teachers with the opportunity to learn about CMS. Partnering with minority-serving public and private high schools in Chicago, ten recruited teachers will be selected based on application materials and immersed in the cutting-edge research activities to enhance their perspectives on CMS as a tool, and to develop students’ knowledge about the STEM using this tool. The teachers will participate in a six-week summer program, and become part of a research community, including faculty mentors, an education advisor, and graduate and undergraduate students. Through professional development activities, the teachers will work with faculty mentors, an education advisor, and industry professionals to devise inquiry-based and Next Generation of Science Standards-aligned lesson plans and curricular modules to be integrated into the classroom in the following academic year. Lesson plans and learning modules will be disseminated through the UIC and Chicago Public Schools websites, annual conferences, and the NSF repository.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.