CI Team: Introducing High School Science Teachers to 21st Century Research Techniques made Possible by Cyberinfrastructure

对于许多科学家、工程师和数学家来说，使用复杂的计算资源对通过网络基础设施获得的不断增长的数据档案进行操作，正在彻底改变他们的学科，取代传统的研究技术。尽管同样的资源也可以在互联网上找到，但21世纪的科学还没有进入高中的科学课堂。为了培养下一代科学家、工程师和数学家以及一支懂科学的劳动力队伍，我们必须开始增强教师的能力，使他们能够利用网络基础设施资源，在他们的课堂上支持21世纪的研究技术和协作科学。战略技术天文学研究小组(START)合作实验室是一个以网络为基础的国家天文研究合作实验室，根据国家科学基金会-科学、技术和创新研究所的一项为期三年的赠款(PN#0334168)正在创建，目的是向高中生提供综合利用国家天文学数据库、工具和网络基础设施上可用的资源的机会。为期两年的CI-Team演示项目将展示如何利用Start合作实验室，通过面对面和在线教师专业发展计划，将网络基础设施使21世纪的研究技术可能带入高中课堂，该计划包括对教师和学生的后续在线指导和支持。阿德勒天文馆加入了Start合作实验室团队-加州大学伯克利分校的Hands On宇宙、约翰·霍普金斯大学的斯隆数字天空调查和西北大学合作实验室项目-创建和提供专业发展计划。教师将学习参与和支持他们的学生在21世纪的天文学研究，首先自己探索这些新的研究技术，同时在线指导，并与START合作实验室的其他参与者和远程专家合作。第一年的重点是经验丰富的高中教师，他们已经在天文学研究方面与学生合作。二年级将引进芝加哥地区的高中科学教师，其中一半将来自芝加哥公立学校，重点是增加少数族裔的参与。这些教师可能对天文学有兴趣，但几乎没有研究经验或具体的天文学内容知识。在这个为期两年的示范项目结束时，阿德勒天文馆和动手宇宙将把面对面和在线研讨会整合到他们的项目中。研讨会和START合作实验室将可供其他组织采用。通过为学生提供通过进行当代数据驱动的研究来学习科学的机会，该项目将有助于发展一支更具科学素养的劳动力队伍。

For many scientists, engineers and mathematicians, using sophisticated computational resources operating on ever-growing data archives available through the cyberinfrastructure is revolutionizing their disciplines and replacing traditional research techniques. Even though these same resources are available on the Internet, 21st century science has not yet found its way into the high school science classroom. In order to prepare the next generation of scientists, engineers and mathematicians and a science-literate workforce, it is imperative that we begin to empower teachers to take advantage of cyberinfrastructure resources to enable 21st century research techniques and collaborative science in their classrooms. The Strategic Technology Astronomy Research Team (START) Collaboratory is a Web-based national astronomy research collaboratory that is being created under a three-year NSF-STI grant (PN #0334168) to provide high school students with integrated access to national astronomy databases, tools and resources available on the cyberinfrastructure. The two-year CI-TEAM demonstration project will show how the START Collaboratory can be used to bring 21st century research techniques made possible by the cyberinfrastructure into high school classrooms through a face-to-face and an online teacher professional development program that includes follow-up online mentoring and support for teachers and their students. The Adler Planetarium joins the START Collaboratory team - Hands On Universe at the University of California at Berkeley, the Sloan Digital Sky Survey at Johns Hopkins University, and the Northwestern University Collaboratory Project - to create and offer the professional development programs. Teachers will learn to engage and support their students in 21st century astronomy research by first exploring these new research techniques themselves while being mentored online and collaborating with other participants and remote experts in the START Collaboratory. The first year will focus on experienced high school teachers who are already working with their students on astronomy research. Year two will bring in Chicago-area high school science teachers half of whom will be drawn from the Chicago Public Schools with a focus on increasing minority participation. These teachers may have an interest in astronomy, but little research experience or specific astronomy content knowledge. At the conclusion of this two-year demonstration project, the Adler Planetarium and Hands On Universe will integrate the face-to-face and online workshops into their programs. The workshops and START Collaboratory will be available to other organizations to adopt. By providing students with the opportunity to learn science by doing contemporary data-driven research, the project will contribute to developing a more science-literate workforce.