The Community Science Connection

9454362厨师描述：这个为期48个月的项目通过电信技术、有组织的科学考察、学生调查和定期的教师反思机会，在教室和植物园之间建立合作联系网络，直接提高小学教师的科学理解和教学技能。该项目的目标是：增加植物学和动物学的知识；提供互联网接入；创建由资源丰富和资源匮乏的学校的学生和教师组成的网络社区，他们彼此合作，并与植物园的科学家合作；支持学生调查；提供家庭科学计划；与SSI和波士顿大学洛杉矶分校合作并在其内开展工作；以及将该模式传播到其他类似的中心。这些目标通过教师暑期讲习班、学生实地考察、家庭科学计划和评估/传播来实现。为暑期教师培训(有后续行动)和评估/传播提供了资金。在最初阶段，该项目与马萨诸塞州波士顿植物园毗邻的三个学校社区合作。270名小学教师接受来自植物园的课程、实地经验和直接支持。另有150名教师，主要来自国家内部，通过电信和当地支持接受培训。费用分摊比例估计为55%。***

9454362 Cook Description: This 48 month project directly enhances the science understanding and teaching skills of elementary school teachers by establishing a network of collaborative linkages between classrooms and the Arboretum through telecommunications technology, structured science expeditions, student investigations, and regular opportunities for teacher reflection. The project goals are: to increase knowledge of botany and zoology; to provide access to the Internet; to create network communities of students and teachers from resource-rich and resource-poor schools working with each other and with scientists from the Arboretum; to support student investigations; to offer a family science program; to work with and within the SSI and the Boston USI; and to disseminate the model to other similar centers. These goals are accomplished through summer workshops for teachers, student field studies, family science programs, and evaluation/dissemination. Funding is provided for the teacher training in the summers (with follow up) and the evaluation/dissemination. In its initial stages, the project works with three school communities adjoining the Arboretum in Boston, Massachusetts. Two-hundred and seventy elementary school teachers receive courses, field experiences and direct support from the Arboretum. An additional 150 teachers, primarily from within the state, receive training through telecommunications and local support. Cost sharing is estimated at 55%. ***