Student-PARTNERS: A Pan-Arctic Science and Education Collaboration

河流是北极系统中连接陆地和海洋的关键组成部分。学生伙伴项目将学生、教师和科学家团结起来，研究河流在北极水系中的作用，并创建了一个创新和有效的教育和推广计划。通过与居住在俄罗斯、加拿大和阿拉斯加最大的北极河流旁边的K-12年级学生和教师合作，研究人员能够获得理解河流系统中水文和生物地球化学通量所需的高频河水样本。在此过程中，将建立一个包括俄罗斯、加拿大和美国在内的多国北极河流观测网络。频繁和持续地测量北极主要河流的物质通量对于调查北极陆地-海洋联系和了解气候变化对北极系统的影响至关重要；然而，没有一个长期项目正在以协调的方式调查北极主要河流。学生合作伙伴项目包括的六条北极河流(俄罗斯的Yenisey、Lena、Ob‘、加拿大的Mackenzie、阿拉斯加的Yukon和Colville)加起来占进入北冰洋的河流淡水的一半以上，它们的分水岭总面积超过1100万平方公里。因此，收集的数据将提供发生在大范围内的生物地球化学和水文过程的综合视图。此外，学生伙伴项目的设计使以社区为基础的多国北极河观测网络将长期可持续。这一点很重要，因为需要进行长期观测，以确定北极河流对气候变化的反应。通过参与采样、样本分析和数据解释，研究地点的学生和教师将逐渐认识到他们的河流在北极水系中所起的关键作用。他们将与项目科学家和教育工作者进行频繁和持续的互动，从而成为国际科学努力的积极参与者。将强调探究，并将项目内容/概念与国家科学教育标准联系起来。同时，项目科学家和教育工作者将响应当地社区的需求。项目评估活动将确定导致成功的学生-教师-科学家伙伴关系的特点和方法。通过这种方式，该项目将增加教育研究基础，并提供一个可以在其他地方应用的模式。学生合作伙伴项目将涉及到非常不同的学生和教师。少数族裔参与者将包括俄罗斯的Nganasan、Nenet、Entsy、Evenki、Dolgan、Sakha、Khanty和Komi学生，加拿大的Inuvialuit和Gwich‘en学生，阿拉斯加的Yupik和Inupiat学生，以及通过与马萨诸塞州Roxbury预备学校合作的黑人和拉丁裔学生。通过促进不同学习地点的学生和教师之间的交流和合作，该项目将促进对整个北极学生之间的文化联系的欣赏。一名本土课程开发人员将把科学翻译成符合国家标准的文化相关科学教育材料。通过社区介绍、媒体联系和项目网站，生活在北极以外的学生和成年人也将接触到北极的独特重要性。另一名合作者将开发一个在线教师培训模块，将北极河流研究作为当前全球相关的地球科学教育单元，并提供课堂上使用的实际课程材料。该项目真正将研究与教育相结合，让学生成为收集北冰洋淡水输入数据的科学家。

Rivers are a key component linking land and ocean in the arctic system. The STUDENT-PARTNERS Project unites students, teachers, and scientists to study the role of rivers in the Arctic System and creates an innovative and effective education and outreach program. By partnering with K-12 grade students and teachers living beside the largest arctic rivers in Russia, Canada, and Alaska, researchers are able to obtain high frequency river water samples that are needed to understand hydrologic and biogeochemical fluxes in the river systems. In the process, a multinational arctic river observing network will be developed involving Russia, Canada and the U.S. Frequent and ongoing measurements of material flux in major arctic rivers are critical for investigating land-ocean linkage in the Arctic and for understanding the impact of climate change on the Arctic System; yet, no long-term project is investigating the major arctic rivers in a coordinated fashion. The six arctic rivers included in the Student PARTNERS project (Yenisey, Lena, Ob' in Russia,Mackenzie in Canada, Yukon and Colville in Alaska) together account for more than half of riverine freshwater entering the Arctic Ocean and their combined watershed area is greater than 11 million square kilometers. Therefore, data collected will provide an integrated view of biogeochemical and hydrological processes occurring over a huge area. Furthermore, the Student PARTNERS project is designed such that the multinational community-based arctic river observing network will be sustainable for the long-term. This is important because long-term observations will be needed to determine how arctic rivers are responding to climate change. Through involvement in sampling, sample analysis, and data interpretation, students and teachers at the study sites will come to appreciate the pivotal role "their" rivers play in the Arctic System. They will have frequent and ongoing interactions with project scientists and educators, thus becoming active participants in an international scientific endeavor. Inquiry will be stressed, and project content/concepts will be linked to the National Science Education Standards. At the same time, project scientists and educators will be responsive to needs of the local communities. Project assessment activities will define characteristics and approaches that lead to successful student-teacher-scientist partnerships. In this way, the project will add to the educational research base and provide a model that can be applied elsewhere.A great diversity of students and teachers will be involved in the Student PARTNERS project. Minority participants will include Nganasan, Nenet, Entsy, Evenki, Dolgan, Sakha, Khanty, and Komi students in Russia, Inuvialuit and Gwich'en students in Canada, Yupik and Inupiat students in Alaska, and Black and Latino students through a collaboration with the Roxbury Preparatory School in Massachusettes. By facilitating communication and collaboration among students and teachers at the different study sites, the project will foster an appreciation of the cultural links among students throughout the Arctic. An indigenous curriculum developer will translate the science into culturally relevant science education materials that meet national standards. Through community presentations, media contacts, and the project web site, students and adults who live outside of the Arctic will also be exposed to the unique importance of the Arctic. An additional collaborator will develop an online teacher enhancement module that presents the research on arctic rivers as a current, globally relevant unit on geoscience education with hands-on curriculum materials for use in the classroom. This project truly integrates research with education where the students become the scientists collecting an unprecedented data set on the freshwater inputs of the Arctic Ocean.