SSC: Wildlife Inquiry Through Zoo Education (W.I.Z.E.) Summer Science Camp

野生动物保护协会成立于1895年，前身为纽约动物学会，它向国家科学基金会申请拨款，为不配进入8年级和9年级的孩子们发起令人兴奋的双重科学教育和职业探索项目。这一通勤夏令营体验将在享誉国际的布朗克斯动物园举行，为期三年，每年为35名儿童提供服务，并将基于布朗克斯动物园教育部开发的示范和PEP1认证的生命科学课程之一--通过动物园教育的野生动物调查(WIZE)。到目前为止，已有40个州和美国领土的1000多名教师采用了7-10年级的课程。WIZE是一个针对青少年的科学项目，于1987年推出。WIZE最初由NSF资助，通过美国教育部国家传播网络连续两次拨款在全国范围内成功传播，并在过去七年中不断进行评估。野生动物保护协会、布朗克斯动物园教育部、怀兹课程和拟议的怀兹青少年夏令营的目标与NSF人力资源开发部门的目标密切协调：我们正在积极寻求：1)促进中学生对科学和数学的兴趣，这些兴趣将在他们的学业结束后一直伴随他们；2)使青少年作为知情公民，了解并参与涉及环境、栖息地和野生动物保护问题的公共政策辩论和决策；3)鼓励中学生重视并在整个中学继续他们的科学教育，并考虑接受高等教育，以科学、数学或技术为职业。***

The Wildlife Conservation Society, founded 1895 as the New York Zoological Society, requests a grant from the National Science Foundation, to launch and exciting two-fold science education and career exploration project for undeserved youngsters entering 8th and 9th grades. This commuter summer camp experience, serving 35 children annually over a three year period, will be held at the internationally acclaimed Bronx Zoo and be based on one of the exemplary and PEP1 validated life science curricula developed by the Bronx Zoo Education Department, Wildlife Inquiry through Zoo Education (WIZE). To date, over 1,000 teachers in 40 states and U.S. territories have adopted the curriculum in grades 7-10. WIZE, a science program targeted for adolescents, became available in 1987. Initially funded by NSF, WIZE has been successfully disseminated nationally through two consecutive grants from the U. S. Department of Education National Diffusion Network, and continually evaluate over the past seven years. The goals of Wildlife Conservation Society, the Bronx Zoo Education Department, the WIZE curriculum, and the proposed WIZE Teens Summer Science Camp closely coordinate with those of NSF's division Human Resources Development: We are actively seeking to: 1) promote an interest in science and mathematics in middle school students that will remain with them beyond their school years; 2 prepare adolescents to understand and participate as informed citizens in public policy debates and decisions on issues involving the environment, habitats, and wildlife preservation; 3) encourage middle school students to value and continue their science education throughout secondary school and consider higher education leading to careers in science, mathematics, or technology. ***