Schoolyard Ornithology Resource Project

校园鸟类资源项目（SORP）是康奈尔鸟类实验室（实验室）、TERC、康奈尔大学教育部和国家奥杜邦学会之间的合作项目，将设计、实地测试、评估和传播一套资源包，帮助教师在课堂上实施国家鸟类研究项目。基于国家科学标准，SORP将为教师提供持续的机会，以提高他们的科学内容知识和过程技能，以及他们将科学探究带入课堂的能力。SORP还将使教师能够从事其他依赖于收集和分析真实数据的项目。最后，通过与国家奥杜邦学会的合作，SORP将为教师提供一种机制，让他们在课堂上接受来自社区成员的指导，这些社区成员在鸟类学、自然史和基于互联网的技术方面知识渊博，并经过专门培训，可以与小学和中学教师一起工作。SORP建立在几个早期nsf支持的项目之上：Project FeederWatch；项目PigeonWatch;康奈尔巢箱网络；还有新的“教室喂食器”；成千上万的参与者（其中许多是学生）将精心收集的数据发送给实验室进行分析和发表。SORP产品将包括：*一份资源手册，其中有一些研讨会的样本，重点是提高教师在1)鸟类学-鸟类识别方面的内容知识；鸟类的解剖学、生理学和行为学；结构与功能的互补性；鸟系统;鸟类的重要性及其在环境相互作用中的作用；鸟类的多样性和适应性；2)科学过程技能-质疑；设计和进行调查；收集、记录和分析数据；沟通发现和解释；提出新的问题。*教师评估，使用课堂结果来衡量进步。一个SORP主页和实践区，将包括在研讨会期间和之后探索数据输入和检索，电子邮件通信和数据分析的机会。它还将包括关于科学内容和教学方法的原创和热链接资源，以帮助教师扩展他们的知识和技能。讲习班将在实验室和全国各地的培训中心举行，包括国家奥杜邦协会中心，为希望在课堂上实施鸟类研究和其他探究式探索的教师。网络课程将提供给那些比较孤立的教师，帮助他们在教学中使用科学数据收集。

9618945 Bonney The Schoolyard Ornithology Resource Project (SORP), a collaboration between the Cornell Lab of Ornithology (Lab), TERC, the Cornell University Department of Education, and the National Audubon Society, will design, field test, evaluate, and disseminate a resource package to help teachers implement national bird research projects in their classrooms. Based on the National Science Standards, SORP will offer teachers ongoing opportunities to improve their science content knowledge and processes skills, as well as, their ability to bring scientific inquiry to their classroom. SORP will also empower teachers to undertake other projects that rely on the collection and analysis of real data. Finally, through collaboration with the National Audubon Society, SORP will provide a mechanism for teachers to receive classroom-based mentorship from community members knowledgeable in ornithology, natural history, and Internet-based technology, and specially trained to work with elementary and middle school teachers. SORP builds on several earlier NSF-supported projects: Project FeederWatch; Project PigeonWatch; the Cornell Nest Box Network; and the new Classroom FeederWatch; in which thousands of participants, many of them students, send carefully gathered data to the Lab for analysis and publication. SORP products will include: * A Resource Manual with sample workshops that focus on improving teachers' content knowledge in 1) ornithology-bird identification; bird anatomy, physiology, and behavior; the complementary nature of structure and function; bird systems; the importance of birds and their role in environmental interactions; bird diversity and adaptation; and 2) science process skills-questioning; designing and conducting an investigation; collecting, recording, and analyzing data; communicating findings and explanations; asking new questions. * Teacher assessments that use classroom outcomes to measure progress. * A SORP Home Page and Practice Area that w ill include opportunities for exploring data entry and retrieval, e-mail communication, and data analysis both during and after workshops. It will also include resources, both original and hot-linked, on both science content and pedagogy, to help teachers extend their knowledge and skills. Workshops will be held at the Lab and at training centers across the country, including National Audubon Society Centers, for teachers wishing to implement bird studies and other inquiry-based explorations into their classrooms. Netcourses will be offered to help those teachers who are more isolated and want to include the use of scientific data gathering in their instruction.