SeaTech: Underserved Teens Hooked on Ocean Technology!

海洋研究所(OI)与斯克里普斯海洋研究所(Scripps)、卡普斯特拉诺山谷男孩女孩俱乐部(B&amp；GC)和电气电子工程师协会(IEEE)合作，正在开发“SeaTech”，这是一个以青年为基础的多年ITEST计划，为来自服务不足人口的120名女性和少数族裔初中生和高中生提供391个小时的信息技术(IT)密集海洋研究体验。Seatech内容侧重于了解鲸鱼和海豚的声学行为，特别是加州、白令海和南大洋的声音产生、噪音影响和声学种群普查。Seatech为13岁和14岁的青少年提供了一个为期两年的核心课程，包括“接触的广度”阶段和“技能深度”阶段，总计299个小时。核心计划有三个不同的组成部分--课后俱乐部、实地考察和暑期研究机构--并在前后的努力中得到加强：为12岁的年轻人提供早期管道开发阶段(52小时)，为15岁的年轻人提供实习机会(40小时)。为期三年的ITEST补助金将接待三个队列，每个队列40名参与者。每名青年参与者将获得总计391小时的联系时间。通过面向家长的努力，SeaTech预计每年将有60名家长参与约80小时的活动。招聘将通过卡普斯特拉诺山谷B&amp；GC的专业知识并与之协调，包括介绍和信息计划、双语小册子以及B&amp；GC员工的直接努力。此外，还将从当地学校招募学生。计划内的优点：基于信息技术的海洋哺乳动物生物声学研究将吸引学生对课外俱乐部、实地考察和暑期研究机构的兴趣。Seatech促进了人们对更广泛的渠道开发在解决面向青少年的IT项目中长期招聘和留住问题方面的作用的理解。更广泛的影响：Seatech编程已被仔细且明显地整合到B&amp；GC的课外编程中。海洋技术俱乐部为B&amp；GC的青少年活动提供组织结构；然而，IT课程也被整合到两个全国知名的现有结构中，分别称为Career Launch和Club Tech。该项目对招募、保留和家长参与的审查结果将对非正规科学教育领域产生广泛影响。

The Ocean Institute (OI), in partnership with Scripps Institution of Oceanography (Scripps), Capistrano Valley Boys & Girls Clubs (B&GC) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), is developing "SeaTech," a multi-year, Youth-based ITEST program providing 120 female and minority middle and high school students from underserved populations with 391 contact hours of information technology (IT)-intensive oceanographic research experiences. SeaTech content focuses on understanding the acoustic behaviors of whales and dolphins, specifically, sound production, noise impacts and acoustic population census in California, the Bering Sea and the Southern Ocean. SeaTech offers a two-year core program for 13 & 14 year olds consisting of a "Breadth of Exposure" phase and a "Depth of Skills" phase totaling 299 hours. The core program has three distinct elements -- after-school clubs, field explorations and summer research institutes -- and is augmented with efforts before and after: an Early Pipeline Development phase (52 hours) for youth age 12, and Internships (40 hours) for youth age 15. The three-year ITEST grant will host three cohorts of 40 participants each. Each youth participant will receive 391 total contact hours. Through efforts directed at parents, SeaTech anticipates involving 60 parents in about 80 hours of activities each year.Coordinated through and with the expertise of Capistrano Valley B&GC, recruitment will include orientation and information programs, a bilingual brochure and direct efforts by B&GC staff. In addition, recruitment will happen from local schools.INTELLECTUAL MERIT: IT-based studies of marine mammal bio-acoustics will 'hook' student interest in after-school clubs, field explorations and summer research institutes. SeaTech advances understanding of the role of broader pipeline development in addressing chronic recruitment and retention problems in teen-targeted IT programs. BROADER IMPACTS: SeaTech programming has been meticulously and demonstrably integrated into the afterschool programming at the B&GC. The SeaTech Club provides organizational structure to the teen activities at the B&GC; however, the IT curriculum is also integrated into two nationally renowned extant structures called Career Launch and Club Tech. Findings from the project's examination of recruitment, retention and parental involvement will have broad implications to the field of informal science education.