Using Hawaii's Unique Biota for Biology Education in a GK-12 Project

生态学、进化和保护生物学（EECB）研究生项目以“生物学只有在进化的背景下才有意义”为主题，与美国教育部建立了伙伴关系，以加强K-12阶段的生物科学教育。EECB项目的学生包括夏威夷大学生物科学领域的一些最优秀的学生，通过将他们的实地论文研究项目带入K-12课堂，他们正在开发一种科学教育计划，激励和刺激K-12学生将科学视为一种职业机会。该项目为EECB学生提供了一个提高夏威夷K-12学校学生和教师的内容知识和探究技能的机会。该项目还开展了一系列课程，为被选为K-12研究员的学生提供学习过程、知识转移/课程开发技术以及教学和学习工具，使他们能够与K-12学生和教师有效合作。

Based on the theme "Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution", the Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology (EECB) Graduate Program has entered into a partnership with the State Department of Education to enhance K-12 education in the biological sciences. Students in the EECB program comprise some of the best students in the biological sciences at the University of Hawaii, and by taking their field-oriented thesis research programs into the K-12 classroom they are developing a science education program that is motivating and stimulating K-12 students into considering science as a career opportunity. The program is providing an opportunity for EECB students to improve the content knowledge and inquiry skills of the students and teachers at K-12 schools in Hawaii. The program is also conducting a series of courses that provide students selected as GK-12 Fellows with the learning processes, knowledge transfer/curriculum development techniques, and the teaching and learning tools to enable them to work effectively with K-12 students and teachers.