GK-12 OCEANS: Ocean sCientist Educator pArtnerships eNhancing Science

教师研究员GK-12团队正在将海洋科学引入Pineallis县K-8教室，将他们的努力与佛罗里达州科学标准中的地球科学，生命科学和物理科学内容链保持一致。这些团队合作发现并满足学区管理人员表达的需求。 通过与研究员的合作，教师们（其中许多人以前几乎没有海洋科学的背景）利用佛罗里达三面环海的事实，越来越善于激发和提高学生对各种科学主题的兴趣。 来自海洋科学学院和教育学院的教师合作者担任导师和教育工作者，为研究员和教师提供内容和教学法方面的专业支持。 学生和教师参与的招聘策略利用了海洋科学研究生在教育，推广学习和教学机会，以及由教育学院提供的基于海洋科学内容的科学教育学位课程的启动日益增长的兴趣。 项目的广泛影响反映在每个参与者获得的利益上。 研究员们正在为课堂环境做好更好的准备，并在与不同受众联系等领域提高沟通技巧。 参与的教师，其中许多人在海洋科学的学术背景很少，通过与内容专家合作，正在成为善于利用佛罗里达三面环海的事实，激发和提高学生对各种科学主题的兴趣。其他教师从团队开发并放在网上的资源中受益。 K-8学生受益于他们与现实生活中的科学家谁充当榜样和内容专家，谁是职业信息的来源互动。 学校受益于1）教师的专业发展，扩大了他们的内容知识和基于探究的教学技能，2）改善了学生的科学学习环境，将当地的海洋环境融入真实的世界科学应用中。 高等教育合作伙伴受益，因为该项目促进了科学家和教育工作者之间的合作，促进了创新学位课程的发展，并为海洋科学和教育领域的未来研究生提供了招聘激励。 项目名称：GK-12海洋：K-12研究生教学研究员教育机构：南佛罗里达大学PI/CoPI：Teresa Greely和Paula Coble合作地区和学校：皮内拉斯县，坎特伯雷佛罗里达学校每年研究员人数：10名毕业生，3名本科生设置：城市，郊区项目目标受众：K-8 NSF支持的学科涉及：地球科学/海洋科学

Project Summary Teacher-Fellow GK-12 teams are introducing, ocean based science into Pineallis County K-8 classrooms, aligning their efforts with the Earth Science, Life Science, and Physical Science content strands in the Florida state science standards. The teams collaborate to discover and then meet the expressed needs of school district administrators. Through their work with the Fellows, the teachers, many of whom have little previous background in ocean science, are becoming adept at stimulating and elevating students' interest in a variety of science topics by capitalizing on the fact that Florida is surrounded on three sides by ocean. Faculty collaborators from the College of Marine Science and the College of Education serve as mentors and educators to provide professional support in content and pedagogy for Fellows and teachers. Recruiting strategies for student and faculty participation capitalize on the growing interest of College of Marine Science graduate students in education, outreach learning and teaching opportunities, and the initiation of expanded Ocean Science content based Science Education degree programs offered by the College of Education. The broader impacts of the project are reflected in the benefits accruing to each of the participants. The Fellows are becoming better prepared for the classroom environment and are developing improved communication skills in such areas as connecting with diverse audiences. The participating teachers, many of whom have little academic background in ocean science, by working with content experts, are becoming adept at capitalizing on the fact that Florida is surrounded on three sides by ocean to stimulate and elevate students interest generally in a variety of science topics. Other teachers benefit from the resources the teams have developed and put on the web. The K-8 students benefit from their interaction with real-life scientists who act as role models and content specialists, and who are a source of career information. Schools benefit through 1) professional development for teachers which expands both their content knowledge and inquiry-based instructional skills, and 2) an improved science learning environment for students which incorporates the local ocean setting into real world science applications. The higher education partners benefit because the project facilitates collaboration between scientists and educators, fosters development of innovative degree programs, and serves as a recruitment incentive for prospective graduate students in Marine Science and Education. Title of Project: GK-12 OCEANS: Graduate Teaching Fellows in K-12 Education Institution: University of South Florida PI/CoPI: Teresa Greely and Paula CobleCooperating District and Schools: Pinellas County, Canterbury School of Florida Number of Fellows per year: 10 graduates, 3 undergraduatesSetting: Urban, Suburban Target Audience of the project: K-8 NSF supported disciplines involved: Geosciences/Ocean Science