Environmental Neuroscience for All: A participatory science program and platform for students, teachers, scientists, and communities

项目总结/摘要 环境神经科学为所有使用在线和面对面的工具和开放的科学相结合 支持高中生开展原创性研究项目的方法，重点是 环境神经科学，一个快速发展的研究领域，在行为科学和更多的交叉点 “传统”的STEM领域，认识到人类大脑和行为科学在更好地 了解环境对人类的影响，以及人类对我们的影响。 环境我们的大脑健康和幸福如何受到环境的影响？我们能改进我们 通过加深我们对人类大脑如何连接的理解来与我们的环境互动？连同 科学家和他们的教师和社区，学生将探讨这些和其他问题的多， 人类大脑、人类行为和我们的环境之间的方向性关系。我们将继续努力， 通过我们的SEPA项目创建的学校和社区合作伙伴的技术、内容和网络 脑波和我们的社区科学平台MindHive。我们将开发课程材料和工具 立足于开放科学实践，这代表了从狭隘的，更传统的观点的转变， “科学方法”，朝着科学探究的协作和迭代方法发展。我们还将建立一个 在线平台，具有支持协作研究构思、同行反馈、数据收集和 参与和沟通。学生将学习如何制定研究问题和翻译他们 设计，审查和修订环境神经科学研究;收集，分析， 并交流研究成果。课程材料和基于网络的平台将共同支持 由环境神经科学家网络中的青少年带头进行的真实社区科学研究， 社区组织和学生同行-本地和全国，以及面对面和在线。在 今年夏天，全民环境神经科学将连接地理和社会经济上不同的学习者 和社区;并在此过程中创造通往更透明，更容易获得和更具包容性的途径 环境科学因此，该项目不仅有助于进一步整合人类大脑和行为 科学，一个越来越相关的STEM领域，进入preK-12科学课程，但也将教育一个新的 在开放科学原则下培养一代科学家，为STEM劳动力奠定基础， 将环境挑战视为集体的跨学科努力。

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Environmental Neuroscience for All uses a combination of online and in-person tools and an open science approach to support high school students in carrying out their own original research projects focusing on environmental neuroscience, a fast-growing field of research at the intersection of behavioral science and more ‘traditional’ STEM fields that recognizes the critical role of human brain and behavioral science in better understanding the impact that the environment has on humans, and the impact that humans have on our environment. How is our brain health and wellbeing affected by our environment? Can we improve how we interact with our environment by deepening our understanding of how the human brain is wired? Together with scientists and their teachers and communities, students will explore these and other questions about the multi- directional relationship between the human brain, human behavior, and our environment. We will build on the technology, content, and network of schools and community partners created through our SEPA project BrainWaves and our community science platform MindHive. We will develop curriculum materials and tools grounded in open science practices, which represent a shift away from narrower, more traditional views of the “scientific method,” toward a collaborative and iterative approach to science inquiry. We will also build out an online platform with tools that support collaborative study ideation, peer feedback, data collection and engagement, and communication. Students will learn how to formulate research questions and translate them into testable hypotheses; design, review, and revise environmental neuroscience studies; and collect, analyze, and communicate research findings. Together, the curriculum materials and web-based platform will support authentic community science research spearheaded by teens in a network of environmental neuroscientists, community organizations, and student peers - both locally and nationwide, and both in-person and online. In sum, Environmental Neuroscience for All will connect geographically and socio-economically diverse learners and communities; and in doing so create pathways toward more transparent, accessible, and inclusive environmental science. As such, the project will not only help further integrate human brain and behavioral science, an increasingly relevant STEM field, into preK-12 science curricula, but will also educate a new generation of scientists in open science principles, building the foundations for a STEM workforce that approaches environmental challenges as a collective, interdisciplinary effort.