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

项目摘要 西雅图儿童科学教育部的标志性项目是科学冒险实验室， 45英尺长的移动的实验室，配备齐全的研究级设备。移动的实验室一直在访问 自2009年以来，华盛顿州的农村和城市中小学资源不足， 提供引人入胜的实验室实践经验、与NGSS一致的课程和互动机会 与研究科学家。到目前为止，全州170所不同学校的56，000多名学生 参加了这个项目。 拟议的项目将侧重于资源不足的城市和农村中学的八年级学生 经济上处于不利地位的学生和少数民族学生人数很多。我们将把老师 领导人，我们的科学家，工程师和NGSS专家设计了两个新颖的课程模块， NGSS的三个维度，并连接到真实的研究。四课模块将教授 在教室里由教师，并共同教授的科学家和教师在科学冒险实验室在一个 独特的伙伴关系。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新技术的演讲， 科学和医疗保健的前沿，并参加与STEM和医疗保健的职业探索小组 专业人士，这将扩大他们对职业选择的看法。会议期间讨论的内容和活动 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知识与现实世界的研究应用相结合。 我们将采用匹配良好的对照组研究设计，项目的各个方面都将受到 严格的评估。我们将评估学生完成课程并参加 会议在八年级，和中期的影响，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与国内和国际移动的实验室社区的深厚联系， 一项创新战略，广泛传播国家地理科学系统设计的课程模块，这些模块经过优化， 用于移动的实验室。课程模块、评估和资源将分发到移动的实验室 在一年一度的移动的实验室联盟会议上，SEPA R13会议提供了部分支持 在这个项目上授予PI的补助金。我们将提供有关实施和调整课程的培训， 会议，并创建一个论坛，分享谁使用课程的程序之间的最佳做法。我们将 还将会议作为一个论坛，以便在各方案之间分享可用的评价数据。

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.