Expanding the Data Cycle: Empowering Middle Level Teachers and Students to Integrate Information Technology, Data Skills and Science Content

这一建议是为了方便中学科学教师和学生使用地球系统科学数据。 该项目为中学教师提供了访问和分析地球科学数据集的能力，使用数据分析工具（IT），并以满足学生兴趣和课程需求的方式对其进行调整。 它还使参与者的学生能够以有意义的方式使用地球科学数据，并向他们传授他们未来将携带的信息技术工具的技能。该项目利用《地球探索工具手册》中的地球科学数据和数据分析工具开展定制的教育活动，这些工具将通过项目网站、国家科学数字图书馆（NSDL -www.nsdl.org）课堂数据使用门户网站和地球系统教育数字图书馆（DLESE -www.dlese.org）提供给广大教育界。 通过将这些工具放在网上，这些资源可以共享，从而可供国内和国际教师使用。该方案涉及75名中学教师在三年内，150名中学生在夏季讲习班，并多达9,000名学生在学年期间，教师实施他们在夏季与学生开发的活动。教师参与了为期一年的教师专业发展计划，其中包括夏季研讨会和通过在线讨论，电话会议和为期一天的会议长达一年的支持。 在DLESE和其他地方编目的定制的数据丰富的活动将是该项目的成果，一组教师和学生将更好地准备使用地球科学数据和数据分析工具，以帮助他们了解当前的社会问题。

This proposal is to facilitate middle-school science teachers and students using Earth system science data. The project provides middle-school teachers with the ability to access and analyze Earth science data sets, use data analysis tools (IT), and adapt them in a way that addresses both the interests and curricular needs of their students. It also enable the students of the participants to use Earth science data in a meaningful way and teach them skills with IT tools that they will carry with them in the future. The project produces customized educational activities that use Earth science data and data analysis tools featured in the Earth Exploration Toolbook, that will be made available to the broader educational community through the project Web site, the Using Data in the Classroom Portal of the National Science Digital Library (NSDL -- www.nsdl.org) and the Digital Library for Earth System Education (DLESE -- www.dlese.org). By having these tools on the web these resources are discoverable and thus usable to teachers nationally and internationally. The program involves 75 middle-school teachers over three years, 150 middle-school students in the summer workshops, and up to 9,000 students during the school year as the teachers implement the activities they developed during the summer with their students. Teachers are involved in a year-long teacher professional development program that includes a summer workshop and year-long support through online discussions, teleconferences and a one-day meeting. Customized data-rich activities cataloged in DLESE and elsewhere will be an outcome of this project, as will a group of teachers and students better prepared to use Earth science data and data analysis tools to help them understand current societal issues.