GK-12: K-6 Science Corps Fellows for the San Diego PISCES Project

该项目由来自圣地亚哥地区大学的13名研究生和来自Illisaguik学院和阿拉斯加巴罗学院的3名研究生组成，是圣地亚哥县双鱼座项目的扩展；这是一个正在进行的、以地区为基础的、社区支持的小学科学改进项目，涉及八个参与的学区的K-6年级学生。该项目每年向16名研究员和至少48名教师提供适当和有效的科学教育学习过程的指导，促进科学内容知识向合作教师的转移和丰富的科学课程开发，并利用教育技术发挥项目影响。教育特色包括夏季和学年的现场研讨会和研讨会，为研究员和他们的合作教师，并广泛使用圣地亚哥县教育办公室的教育技术资源。该项目正在提高研究员的沟通和教学技能，为K-6学生提供丰富的学习，为合作地区和私人基金资助的K-6教师提供专业发展机会，并加强圣地亚哥科学教育利益相关者之间的伙伴关系。参与教师的专业发展指导是由圣地亚哥科学联盟和参与学区的私人资源共同资助的。这个项目的一个额外成果来自Walter Oechel博士在阿拉斯加北极地区的国家科学基金会极地项目环境研究项目和在加利福尼亚的丛林研究项目，该项目为这个项目提供了科学队研究员的交流以及互联网视频和数据链接。

This project, composed of 13 graduate students from San Diego area universities and 3 from Illisaguik College and the College of Barrow Alaska, is expanding the San Diego County PISCES Project; an ongoing, district-based, community-supported elementary science improvement program for grades K-6 in eight participating school districts.The project is providing instruction to 16 fellows and at least 48 teachers annually in appropriate and effective learning processes for science education, facilitating science content knowledge transfer to cooperating teachers and enriched science curriculum development, and utilizing educational technology to leverage project impact. Educational features include both summer and school-year on-site workshops and seminars for the fellows and their cooperating teachers, and extensive use of the San Diego County Office of Education's educational technology resources. The project is developing improved communication and teaching skills for the fellows, providing enriched learning for K-6 students, offering professional development opportunities for K-6 teachers funded by the cooperating districts and private funds, and strengthening partnerships among science education stakeholders in San Diego. The professional development instruction of the participating teachers is being co-funded by private sources through the San Diego Science Alliance and the participating school districts.A bonus result of this project came from Dr. Walter Oechel's NSF Polar Programs environmental research program in Arctic Alaska and chaparral research in California, which is providing exchanges of Science Corps fellows and internet video and data links for use in this project.