Linking Geoscience Research and Education in Schools and Museums: A Model for Scaling Up Successful Collaborations

链接地球科学研究和教育在学校和博物馆：扩大成功合作的模式学生-科学家伙伴关系（SSP）促进真正的调查经验，同时也为更大的科学问题提供数据。古生物研究所（PRI）和TERC提议合作开发一个成功的大规模地球科学SSP模型。 在局部地区，中学体育项目涉及的学生人数相对较少。对学生数据和学习成果的评估对少数几个大规模的SSP构成了挑战。为了克服这些挑战，PRI的科学教育工作者开发了泥盆纪海洋项目。四年级至九年级的教室参加了课堂试点测试，明确设计，以满足特定的挑战，大规模发展的SSP，包括数据的准确性和教育教学法的问题。这些古生物学SSP的结果是令人鼓舞的：学生们正在建立重要的联系，他们的课程和学生的数据是足够准确的记录感兴趣的古生物学模式。PRI提议与TERC合作开发一个扩大泥盆纪海洋项目的模型。为了增加可获得性和传播，将在国际关系研究所网站上提供教育材料，并将其编入地球科学教育数字图书馆。通过开发一个扩大成功的本地化SSP的模型，PRI和TERC将为其他有兴趣创建有效的大型研究和教育项目的博物馆和大学奠定基础。

Linking Geoscience Research and Education in Schools and Museums: A Model for Scaling up Successful CollaborationsStudent-scientist partnerships (SSPs) facilitate experiences of genuine inquiry while also contributing data to larger scientific questions. The Paleontological Research Institution (PRI) and TERC propose a collaboration to develop a model for successful, large-scale geoscience SSPs. SSPs have involved relatively small numbers of students in localized areas. Evaluations of student data, and learning outcomes, have posed a challenge to the few large-scale SSPs. To overcome these challenges, scientist-educators at the PRI have developed the Devonian Seas Project. Fourth through ninth grade classrooms have participated in classroom pilot-tests explicitly designed to meet specific challenges to the large-scale development of SSPs, including issues of data accuracy and educational pedagogy. The results of these paleontological SSPs have been encouraging: students are making important connections to their curricula and student data is sufficiently accurate to document paleontological patterns of interest. PRI proposes to partner with TERC to develop a model for scaling-up the Devonian Seas Project. To increase accessibility and dissemination, educational materials will be made available on the PRI Website, and catalogued with the Digital Library of Earth Science Education. By developing a model for scaling-up successful localized SSPs, PRI and TERC will lay the groundwork for other museums and universities interested in creating effective, large-scale projects linking research and education.