After-School Adventures in Wildlife Science (ASCEND Project)

野生动物保护协会为一项为期三年的项目寻求资金，该项目旨在为纽约市布朗克斯的180名高中生制定课后和周六计划。这些家庭都是低收入家庭，85%的家庭生活在贫困线以下。学生将参加每周两次的课后课程，时间为下午2:30 -5:00，为期18周；每期亦包括星期六半天。课程将在春季和秋季举行，总共将有180名学生参与三年的项目。科学内容将基于布朗克斯动物园开发的野生动物探究动物园教育（WIZE）课程材料，并辅以动物园的实践活动。该项目将把布朗克斯地区高中的学生带到布朗克斯动物园，在那里他们将学习观察、制定假设、收集数据、分析和展示数据。学生将学习生态学、解剖学、动物行为学、食物链等方面的知识。参赛学生将获得纽约市颁发的高中学分。位于马里兰州安纳波利斯的非营利教育研究和发展组织“学习创新研究所”将对该计划的实施和长期影响进行形成性/补偿性和总结性评估。

The Wildlife Conservation Society seeks funding for a three-year project to develop an after school and Saturday program for 180 high school students from the Bronx in New York City. The families are all low-income and 85% are below the poverty level. Students will attend sessions two times a week after school from 2:30pm-5:00pm for 18 weeks; one-half day on Saturday per session will also be included. Sessions will be held in the spring and fall, and will include a total of 180 students over the three years of the project. The science content will be based on the Wildlife Inquiry through Zoo Education (WIZE) curriculum materials developed by the Bronx Zoo and supplemented with hands-on activities at the Zoo. The program will bring students from Bronx-area high schools to the Bronx Zoo where they will learn to observe, formulate hypotheses, collect data, analyze and present the data. Student will learn aspects of ecology, anatomy, animal behavior, food webs and chains, etc. Participating students will receive high school credit from the city of New York for participating. The Institute for Learning Innovation, an Annapolis, MD-based, non-profit educational research and development organization, will conduct formative/remedial and summative evaluation of the implementation and long-term impact of the program.