Heat Viz: An interactive digital platform for heat island investigations for K-12 STEM students

项目总结/摘要 极端高温是美国与天气有关的死亡的主要原因（超过飓风和 龙卷风），而热岛效应加剧了这些健康风险，通常在低资源的城市 地区我们的研究团队以前曾试点过用于公民科学研究的热岛测量项目 涉及大学生和高中阶段的STEM学习经验。通过试点 项目，我们的团队已经确定了限制广泛的可扩展性和适用性的关键可用性障碍， 这些活动。SBIR快速通道I/II阶段提案（称为Heat Viz）旨在构建和测试一个交互式 数字媒体平台，使热岛项目能够在全国各地的高中实施。 该项目的目标是重点提高四个学生的成果 1.围绕天气、气候、水文学和人类学的相关学科核心思想的内容知识 撞击地球 2.提高对科学和工程实践的熟练程度：规划和执行 调查，分析和解释数据，并根据证据进行辩论 3.提高对热岛的健康风险的理解，这些风险如何不公平地分布在 不同的群体，以及如何应对这些风险 4.提高学生对STEM的兴趣和对STEM如何改善自己生活的有效性 及其社区 Heat Viz项目的商业成果将是创建一个集成传感器的程序， 软件，教材和专业发展成一个模块化的教学单元，教育工作者可以 在生物学或地球科学课程中实施。PocketLab将营销和销售Heat Viz程序 通过我们的在线商店以及我们在美国和国际上的30多个经销商网络。PocketLab将 传播研究成果，并通过我们的科学是酷的学习市场热可视化计划 该社区与10万多名科学教育工作者合作。

Project Summary/Abstract Extreme heat is the leading cause of weather-related deaths in the United States (more than hurricanes and tornadoes combined), and the heat island effect intensifies these health risks, often in low-resource urban areas. Our research team has previously piloted heat island measurement projects for citizen science research involving college students and as STEM learning experiences at the high school level. Through the pilot projects, our team has identified key usability hurdles that limit the wide-spread scalability and applicability of these activities. This SBIR Fast-Track Phase I/II proposal (called Heat Viz) aims to build and test an interactive digital media platform to enable heat island projects to be implementable by high schools across the country. The goal of the project is focused on improvements of four student outcomes 1. Content knowledge of relevant disciplinary core ideas around weather, climate, biogeology, and human impacts on the Earth 2. Increased proficiency with the scientific and engineering practices: planning and carrying out investigations, analyzing and interpreting data, and arguing from evidence 3. Improved understanding of the health-risks of heat islands, how these are inequitably distributed among different groups, and what might be done to address these risks 4. Increased student interest in STEM and efficacy about how STEM can improve the lives of themselves and their communities The commercial outcome of the Heat Viz project would be to create a program that integrates sensors, software, lesson materials, and professional development into a modular instructional unit that educators can implement into their biology or Earth science curriculum. PocketLab will market and sell the Heat Viz program through our online store and through our network of 30+ resellers in the US and internationally. PocketLab will disseminate the research findings and market the Heat Viz program through our Science is Cool learning community which has engagements with 100K+ science educators.