Boston Harbor Marine Research Program for Teachers

这个项目的名称是“波士顿港教师海洋研究项目”。20名准备充分的初中教师将在波士顿港进行海洋研究，重点研究与污染有关的主题。教师将使用由海洋教育中心“海洋计划”和马萨诸塞大学/波士顿分校提供的研究船、海洋设备和实验室。在海洋学家和科学教育工作者的指导下，教师将获得第一手的科学研究经验，并加强他们对科学本质的理解。该项目还将帮助教师将他们的经验转化为教学方法，并将其转移到自己的课堂上，让学生参与科学探究。该计划包括实验设计、实验室调查和实地研究、数据收集和分析、结果展示以及学生研究计划的设计和测试。在1993年和1994年期间，教师将在麻省理工学院/波士顿分校为少数民族和代表性不足的学生举办的特别夏季会议上，以及在他们学校的项目中，实施和测试学生对该计划的申请。学生的项目将在同事的相互支持和项目工作人员的监督下进行设计和开发。项目期限为3年，从1991年11月1日至1994年9月30日。非国家科学基金分摊的费用超过了向国家科学基金申请的费用的19%。

The title of this program is "Boston Harbor Marine Research Program for Teachers." Twenty well-prepared junior high school teachers will carry out marine research in Boston Harbor, focusing on a topic relevant to its pollution. Teachers will use a research vessel, oceanographic equipment and laboratory provided by Project Oceanology, a marine education center, and the University of Massachusetts/Boston. With the guidance of oceanographers and science educators, teachers will gain first-hand experience doing scientific research and will strengthen their understanding of the nature of science. The program will also help teachers translate their experience into teaching methods and transfer it to their own classrooms to engage their students in scientific inquiry. The program includes experimental design, laboratory investigations and field studies, data collection and analysis, presentation of results, and the design and testing of student research programs. During 1993 and 1994, teachers will implement and test student applications of this program in a special summer session for minority and under-represented students at UMass/Boston and in programs in their schools. Student programming will be designed and developed with the mutual support of their colleagues and the supervision of program staff. The program duration is 3 years, from Nov. 1, 1991 to Sept. 30, 1994. Non-NSF cost sharing is over 19% of the amount requested from NSF.