Track 2, GK-12: The Watershed-Integrated Sciences Partnership-2 (WISP-2)

该提案描述了由马萨诸塞州大学和波士顿地区三个公立学区开发的Track 2 GK-12项目。该计划每年将支持8至12名研究员与波士顿、戴德姆和米尔顿公立学区的硕士教师合作，将科学带给K-12学生。该计划被称为分水岭-综合科学伙伴关系-2(WSAP-2)，仍然侧重于科学研究员和中学教师之间的个人伙伴关系，他们共同努力，在当地尼伯塞普河分水岭的背景下修改和实施高质量的探究式科学教学。该分水岭为涵盖生命科学、物理科学和地球科学基本概念的班级和实地/实验室单元提供了一个共同的经验框架。合作伙伴还包括新英格兰环境商业委员会和马萨诸塞州洞察教育和研究所。

This proposal describes a Track 2 GK-12 project developed by the University of Massachusetts and three Boston-area public school districts. The program would support 8 to 12 Fellows each year to work in partnership with master teachers in the Boston, Dedham, and Milton public school districts to bring science to K-12 students. The program, known as Watershed-Integrated Sciences Partnership-2 (WISP-2) remains focused on individual partnerships between science Fellows and middle school teachers who work together to modify and implement high quality inquiry-based science instruction within the context of the local Neponset River Watershed. The watershed provides a common experiential framework for classes and field/laboratory modules covering fundamental concepts in life sciences, physical sciences and earth sciences. Partners also include the Environmental Business Council of New England and the Massachusetts Insight Education and Research Institute.