Mobile Lab Experiences and TRIPs (Teacher-Research Institute Partnerships) to Inspire Middle School Students

项目总结 西雅图儿童科学教育部的标志性项目是科学冒险实验室，一个 45英尺的移动实验室，配备齐全的研究级设备。流动实验室一直在访问 自2009年以来，华盛顿州的农村和城市中小学资源不足， 提供有吸引力的动手实验室体验、与NGSS一致的课程和互动机会 与研究科学家的合作。到目前为止，全州170所不同学校的超过56,000名学生已经 参加了这个项目。 拟议的项目将重点关注资源不足的城乡中学八年级的学生。 有大量的经济困难学生和少数族裔学生。我们会把老师召集在一起 领导、我们的科学家、工程师和NGSS专家设计了两个新的课程模块，其中包括 NGSS的三个维度，并连接到真实的研究。将教授四节课的模块 在教室里由老师讲授，由科学家和老师在科学冒险实验室的一个 独特的合作伙伴关系。该项目还将包括在市中心的SCRI举行为期一天的会议。 在西雅图，学生们将参加关于新技术和技术的演讲，这些技术和技术正在推动 科学和医疗保健的前沿，并参与STEM和医疗保健的职业探索小组 这将拓宽他们对职业选择的看法。期间涉及的内容和活动 SCRI的科学会议将补充和扩展课程的学习目标 模块，并允许学生将他们所学的内容与现实世界的研究应用程序联系起来。 我们将采用匹配良好的对照小组研究设计，项目的所有方面都将受到 严格的评估。我们将评估学生完成课程并参加 八年级的会议，以及对职业兴趣、课程选择和 九年级和十年级的自我效能感。 该项目将利用SCRI与国内和国际移动实验室社区的深入联系 广泛传播NGSS设计的课程模块的创新战略，这些模块针对 在移动实验室中使用。课程单元、评估和资源将分发给流动实验室 年度移动实验室联盟会议上的计划，部分由SEPA R13会议支持 在这个项目上授予私人投资公司的赠款。我们将在以下地点提供实施和调整课程的培训 并创建一个论坛，以便在使用该课程的方案之间分享最佳做法。我们会 会议还可以作为一个论坛，以便在评估数据可用时在不同项目之间共享这些数据。

PROJECT SUMMARY The signature program of Seattle Children's Science Education Department is the Science Adventure Lab, a 45-ft mobile laboratory that is fully equipped with research-grade equipment. The mobile lab has been visiting under-resourced rural and urban elementary and middle schools across Washington state since 2009, providing engaging hands-on laboratory experiences, NGSS-aligned curricula and the opportunity to interact with research scientists. To date, more than 56,000 students at 170 different schools throughout the state have participated in the program. The proposed project will focus on students in grade eight at under-resourced urban and rural middle schools with high populations of financially-disadvantaged and minority students. We will bring together teacher leaders, our scientists, engineers and NGSS experts to design two novel curriculum modules that incorporate the three dimensions of the NGSS and connect to authentic research. The four-lesson modules will be taught in the classroom by teachers, and co-taught by scientists and teachers on the Science Adventure Lab in a unique partnership. The project will also include a one-day conference at SCRI in the heart of downtown Seattle where students will attend presentations on new techniques and technologies that are advancing the frontiers of science and healthcare, and participate in career exploration panels with STEM and healthcare professionals that will broaden their perspective on career options. The content and activities addressed during the science conference at SCRI will complement and expand on the learning objectives for the curriculum modules, and allow the students connect what they learned to real-world research applications. We will utilize a well-matched comparison group study design, and all aspects of the project will be subject to rigorous evaluation. We will assess the short-term impact of students completing the lessons and attending the conference in grade eight, and the medium-term impact on career interests, coursework selection and perceived self-efficacy in grades nine and ten. The project will leverage SCRI's deep connections to the national and international mobile lab community as an innovative strategy to broadly disseminate the NGSS-designed curriculum modules, which are optimized for use on mobile labs. The curriculum modules, assessments and resources will be disseminated to mobile lab programs at the annual mobile lab coalition conference, which is supported in part by a SEPA R13 conference grant awarded to the PI on this project. We will provide training on implementing and adapting the curriculum at the conference and create a forum for sharing best practices among programs who use the curriculum. We will also use the conference as a forum for sharing evaluation data across programs as it becomes available.