The GK-12 Program in Hawaii: Using the Native Biota for Science Education

在当前GK-12项目（DGE 9979656）的基础上，夏威夷大学和夏威夷教育部正在努力确保它们之间建立的合作的可持续性。 生态学，进化和保护生物学（EECB）的研究生正在与夏威夷的K-12学校的学生和教师进行互动，并提高他们的内容知识和探究技能。研究生和本科生研究员正在学习当前的科学教育改革工作，包括国家和国家科学教育标准，同时通过探究来提高自己的沟通和教学技能。科学教师提供了专业发展的机会，以获得在生态学，进化和保护生物学在夏威夷研究的最新知识。研究生和本科生研究员通过让K-12学生和教师积极参与EECB计划正在进行的研究，成为实践科学家的榜样。 因此，科学研究和科学教育之间的合作文化正在夏威夷发展。研究生研究员将自然实验室的信息带到教室里的K-12学生和教师，并将K-12学生和教师带到自然实验室进行实地活动。以前的项目为当地社区的现实生活做出了贡献。在一个案例中，K-12学生收集的数据导致了一种外来蚂蚁物种的早期入侵被消灭，并发现了两种以前没有记录的蚂蚁物种。因此，除了夏威夷目前方案的知识价值外，个别项目对当地社区正在处理的问题产生了广泛的影响。正在与20多个社区、政府（联邦、州和县）和专业机构/组织建立合作关系。通过这些合作，K-12教育工作者和学生正在更好地了解岛屿生态系统的脆弱性和努力保护它们的重要性。项目名称：利用本地生物群进行科学教育机构：夏威夷大学PI/Co-PI：Kenneth Kanashiro，Sheila Conant，Robert Kinzie，Donald Young合作学区：夏威夷州教育部资金：$1，482，270研究员人数/年：10研究生，2本科生设置：城市，郊区，农村目标受众：K-12 NSF支持的学科涉及：生物学

Building on a currrent GK-12 project (DGE 9979656) the University of Hawaii and the the Hawaii Department of Education are working to ensure sustainability of the collaboration that has been forged between them. Graduate students in Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology (EECB) are interacting with and improving the content knowledge and inquiry skills of students and teachers at K-12 schools in Hawaii. The graduate and undergraduate Fellows are learning current science education reform efforts including national and state standards for science education while teaching science through inquiry to improve their own communication and teaching skills. Science teachers are provided with professional development opportunities to gain current knowledge of research in ecology, evolution and conservation biology in Hawaii. The graduate and undergraduate Fellows serve as role models of practicing scientists by engaging K-12 students and teachers as active participants in ongoing research in the EECB program. Thus a culture of collaboration between science research and science education is being developed in Hawaii. The graduate fellows bring information from the natural laboratory to the K-12 students and teachers in the classroom, and also bring the K-12 students and teachers to the natural laboratory in field-based activities. Previous projects have contributed to real-life situations within the local communities. In one case, the data collected by the K-12 students resulted in the eradication of an incipient invasion of an alien ant species as well as the discovery of two previously unrecorded species of ants. Thus, besides the intellectual merits of the current program in Hawaii, the individual projects are having a broad impact on issues being addressed by the local communities. Collaborative relationships are being developed with more than 20 community, government (federal, state and county), and professional agencies/organizations. Through these collaborations K-12 educators and students are developing a better understanding of the fragility of the island ecosystems and the importance of efforts made to conserve them.Project title: Using the Native Biota for Science EducationInstitution: University of HawaiiPI/Co-PI: Kenneth Kanashiro, Sheila Conant, Robert Kinzie, Donald YoungPartner School Districts: Hawaii State Department of EducationFunding: $ 1,482,270Number of fellows/year: 10 graduate, 2 undergraduateSetting: Urban, Suburban, RuralTarget audience: K-12NSF supported disciplines involved: Biology