Learning Science Through Research

通过研究学习科学

• 批准号: 10163215
• 负责人: Peter Faletra
• 金额: $ 24.96万
• 依托单位: NEW HAMPSHIRE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, INC.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-05-15 至 2025-04-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10163215
• 关键词: Academy; American Association for the Advancement of Science; Area; Biology; Biomedical Research; Breathing; Career Choice; Career Mobility; Child; Communities; Competence; Complex; Cookbook; Data Analyses; Depressed mood; Development; Educational process of instructing; Engineering; Ensure; Equipment; Ethics; Event; Experimental Designs; Future; Future Teacher; Geography; Grant; Health; Health Sciences; High School Student; Human Resources; Infrastructure; Institution; Investigation; Laboratories; Learning; Length; Libraries; Location; Mentors; Mentorship; Modernization; Museums; New Hampshire; Online Systems; Parents; Process; Professional Practice; Publications; Publishing; Research; Resources; Role; Rural; Rural Community; STEM career; STEM research; Schools; Science; Scientist; Secondary Schools; Secondary to; Site; Students; System; Visit; Work; base; career; career development; college; community center; design; education resources; experience; experimental study; high school; inservice teacher; instrument; interest; junior high school; meetings; mentoring community; outreach; peer; peer coaching; peer support; planetarium; programs; prospective; research to practice; rural underserved; science museum; science teacher; symposium; teacher; teacher mentor; underserved students; university student

Project Summary Science is best learned by doing what scientists do, especially in performing authentic scientific investigations where the unknowns are many, the design to experimentally explore the unknowns is complex, the instruments and expertise to execute the experiment(s) are advanced, and a highly skilled and informed mentor is critical. The New Hampshire Academy of Science (NHAS) believes that the pursuit of scientific investigations that contribute to scientific understanding and inspire the pursuit of STEM careers should be available to all students. In our northern area of NH and VT, opportunities for pre-college students to perform meaningful and inspiring scientific research with teachers as effective science mentors are extremely limited or non-existent. The NHAS intends to help resolve these limited opportunities by using its advanced STEM Lab and its connections with mentors in our scientific community to greatly expand its support of middle and high school students and their teachers in experiencing discovery-based science. The NHAS has established a well- equipped primary satellite STEM laboratory at the Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium (FMP) that has a close relationship with the economically depressed rural north of VT in order to advance the museum’s science programs and offer students experiences in inquiry-based research. The NHAS will also establish a primary site at Colby Sawyer College (CSC) that will make the design and execution of research-based activities part of the learning experience of future biology/science teachers at CSC with IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) support. CSC will also function as a geographically strategic location for outreach to secondary schools in the rural center of NH. A small number of more modest secondary satellite laboratories will be established in regional schools for students to perform research that matches their abilities and interests. Teachers will be provided professional development in the day-to-day practices of professional scientists to transform those teachers into inspirational mentors for their students. This will influence these teachers and their peers to performing inquiry-based science investigations in their respective schools. A web-based system will provide peer-to-peer student, teacher, and mentor platforms to ensure that students and teachers have the constant intellectual and personal support that they need for career advancement. There will be multiple opportunities for students and teachers to present their research at regional and national science events including the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Parents will be encouraged to attend these events as well as more local conferences to help them appreciate the opportunities in STEM careers for their children. This long-term mentoring support for students and teachers on both personal and intellectual levels serves a critical need for attracting and retaining underserved students into science and health careers. With this grant, the STEM Labs of the NHAS, FMP, and resources at CSC will create a vibrant scientific community in the region, where students, teachers, and parents have a shared and enduring role.

项目概要 学习科学最好的方式就是做科学家所做的事情，尤其是在进行真正的科学实验时 未知数很多的调查，实验探索未知数的设计很复杂， 执行实验的仪器和专业知识是先进的，并且是高技能且消息灵通的人员 导师很关键。新罕布什尔州科学院 (NHAS) 认为，追求科学 有助于科学理解并激发对 STEM 职业追求的调查应该 可供所有学生使用。在新罕布什尔州和佛蒙特州北部地区，为大学预科学生提供表演机会 由于有效的科学导师极其有限或与教师一起进行有意义且鼓舞人心的科学研究 不存在的。 NHAS 打算利用其先进的 STEM 实验室来帮助解决这些有限的机会 及其与我们科学界导师的联系，以极大地扩大对中高中的支持 学校学生及其老师体验基于发现的科学。 NHAS 建立了良好的 费尔班克斯博物馆和天文馆 (FMP) 配备了主要卫星 STEM 实验室，该实验室拥有近 与佛蒙特州北部经济萧条的农村建立关系，以推进博物馆的科学发展 项目并为学生提供基于探究的研究经验。 NHAS 还将建立一个主要站点 科尔比索耶学院 (CSC) 将使基于研究的活动的设计和执行成为 CSC 未来生物学/科学教师通过 IDeA 生物医学研究网络的学习经验 卓越 (INBRE) 支持。 CSC 还将作为一个地理战略位置，向 新罕布什尔州农村中心的中学。少数规模较小的二级卫星实验室将 在地区学校设立，供学生进行与其能力和兴趣相匹配的研究。 教师将在专业科学家的日常实践中获得专业发展，以 将这些老师转变为学生的励志导师。这将影响这些老师和他们的 同学们在各自的学校进行基于探究的科学调查。基于网络的系统将 提供点对点的学生、教师和导师平台，以确保学生和教师拥有 他们的职业发展需要持续的智力和个人支持。将会有多个 学生和教师有机会在地区和国家科学活动中展示他们的研究成果 包括美国科学促进会的年会。父母将会 鼓励参加这些活动以及更多当地会议，以帮助他们抓住机会 为他们的孩子从事 STEM 职业。这种对学生和教师个人的长期指导支持 和智力水平是吸引和留住服务不足的学生进入科学和领域的关键需求 健康事业。凭借这笔拨款，NHAS 的 STEM 实验室、FMP 和 CSC 的资源将创建一个充满活力的实验室 该地区的科学界，学生、教师和家长共同发挥着持久的作用。