GK-12: Exploring California Biodiversity

该项目的总体目标是启发K-12学生研究生物多样性，并让研究生对K-12教育中的问题有一个了解。该项目将加州大学伯克利分校的博物馆和外勤站与当地的K-12社区连接起来。在学年之初，研究生研究员带着K-12的学生和他们的老师到伯克利自然历史实地考察站之一进行实地考察，那里允许访问加州不同的自然栖息地。学生们收集自然历史项目，这些项目构成了后续课堂活动的核心。学校的学生与研究生一起，使用从大型BNHM收藏中收集的额外信息来管理和/或识别收集的标本。K-12学生和教师将样本数据和相关信息输入一个数据库，该数据库与已经建立的卫生保健管理数据库相连，并有一个网络界面。然后他们使用解释工具来研究他们的数据。学生根据收集的信息和进行的分析制定假设，并在实地测试这些假设。学生产生的数据和相关的解释在参与的学校之间共享，整个湾区的学校都可以访问这些信息。该项目对一些受益者产生了广泛的影响。专业人员和研究生研究员受益于：(I)关于生物多样性的空间和时间模式的扩大的数据库，这些信息对于发展关于生物地理模式的历史过程、影响分布的当前因素和未来轨迹的假设至关重要；(Ii)交流和领导技能的发展。K-12教师受益于直接参与研究和丰富对进化生物学的方法和理解，包括强烈参与生物多样性监测的意识。项目标题：GK-12：探索加州生物多样性研究所：加州大学伯克利分校PI/Co-PI：罗斯玛丽·吉莱斯皮、唐纳德·达尔斯汀、大卫·林德伯格、克雷格·莫里茨、玛丽·帕特纳学区：West Contra Costa联合学院，3年共资助：1,432,160美元/年研究员数量：6名毕业生，2名本科生，1年级；8名毕业生，8名未毕业学生2，3年设置：城市目标受众：初中-高中NSF支持的学科：科学和数学，环境科学

The overall objective of the project is to inspire K-12 students in the study ofbiodiversity and give graduate fellows an understanding of issues in K-12 education. This project connects the museums and field stations at UC Berkeley with the local K-12 community. Early in the academic year, the graduate fellows take the K-12 students and their teachers on a field trip to one of the Berkeley Natural History Field Stations that allow access to diverse natural habitats in California. The students collect natural history items that form the kernel of subsequent classroom activities. Together with the graduate fellows, the school students curate and/or identify the specimens collected using additional information from the large BNHM collections. The K-12 students and teachers enter specimen data and associated information into a database, which is linked to the already established databases of the BNHMs, and has a web interface. They then use interpretive tools to study their data. The students develop hypotheses, based on the information collected and analyses performed, and test these in the field. The data that the students generate and associated interpretations are shared among participating schools, and the information is made accessible to schools throughout the Bay Area. There are broad impacts from this project to a number of beneficiaries. The PIs and graduate fellows benefit from (i) the expanded database on spatial and temporal patterns of biodiversity, information that is critical to developing hypotheses as to historical processes responsible for biogeographic patterns, current factors affecting distributions, and future trajectories; and (ii) development of skills in communication and leadership. The K-12 teachers benefit from direct involvement in research and enrichment in the approach to, and understanding of, evolutionary biology, including a strong sense of participation in monitoring of biodiversity. The schools benefit from the enhanced access to technology, and development of their own natural history collections and associated databases coupled with interpretive tools.Project title: GK-12: Exploring California Biodiversity Institution: University of California BerkeleyPI/Co-PI: Rosemary Gillespie, Donald Dahlsteen, David Lindbergh, Craig Moritz, Mary PowerPartner School Districts: West Contra Costa Unified, Funding: $ 1,432,160 total for 3 yearsNo of fellows/yr: 6 graduate, 2undergraduate, yr 1; 8 graduate, 8 undegraduate yr 2,3Setting: UrbanTarget audience: middle-high schoolNSF supported disciplines involved: Science and Mathematics, Environmental Science