Project FIRST TWO Field Involvement: Research by Science Teachers Teams/Water/Ozone

9355557莱克这是一个为期五年的项目，旨在让来自威斯康星州的百名教师能够学习并参与科学研究。该计划是让教师参与至少5天的工作人员发展活动，然后积极参与最多30天的动手科学研究。这项研究将(A)在特别挑选的科学家的指导下以个人为基础，或(B)在一个团队内，或(C)两者兼而有之。该小组的项目将是(A)使用生物索引对水质进行检查，以及(B)旨在有效利用马利筋作为臭氧污染指示器的路径。这两个团队项目都将与威斯康星州自然资源部合作。该项目的目标包括：(1)通过使选定的教师具有科学研究经验来改进科学教学，(2)与科学家建立伙伴关系，进行持续的指导，(3)开展有价值的研究，以及(4)为选定的教师提供在当地担任研究项目研究助理的机会。该项目的基础是实地参与：科学教师的研究(First)，这是NSF资助的一个项目。这项建议得益于从First中吸取的教训，它在教师中创造的专业知识，以及显而易见的弱点。该项目还受益于从地球科学资源协会(ESRA)获得的经验，特别是在领导力、教学方法和网络组件方面，ESRA是目前由美国国家科学基金会资助的威斯康星科学院项目。该项目向国家科学基金会申请743,745美元，各机构/机构和学区提供172,841%的国家科学基金会部分作为费用分摊(这不包括学区提供的杂项用品、空间、电话)。

9355557 Lake This is a five-year project to enable 100 teachers from Wisconsin to learn and be involved in scientific research. The plan is to have teachers involved in staff development activities of at least five days and then to actively been involved in up to 30 days of hands-on scientific research. This research will be (a) on an individual basis under the mentorship of specifically selected scientists, or (b) within a team, or (c) both. The team projects will be (a) an examination of water quality using biotic indexing, and (b) trails aimed at the effective use of milkweed as an indicator of ozone pollution. Both team projects will be in collaboration with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. The project's goals include (1) improvement of the teaching of science by enabling selected teachers to become experienced in scientific research, (2) formation of partnerships with scientists for on-going mentorship, (3) performance of valuable studies and (4) providing selected with the local opportunity to be research assistants in a research project. The project has its foundations in Field Involvement: Research by Science Teachers (FIRST), an NSF-funded program. This proposal benefits from the lessons learned from FIRST, the expertise it created amongst teachers, and the weaknesses that became apparent. The project also benefits from the experience gained, especially in terms of the leadership, pedagogy, and networking components, from Earth Science Resource Associates (ESRA), a currently NSF-funded project of the Wisconsin Academy. The project requested $743,745 from NSF with institutions/Agencies and school districts providing $172,841% of the National Science Foundation portion in cost sharing (this does not include miscellaneous supplies, space, phone, contributed by school districts).