Track 2, GK-12: Teaching the Science in Everyday Life

这份提案描述了阿肯色大学与阿肯色州中学合作开发的Track 2项目。Track 1项目是一个跨学科的项目，名为儿童(K-12，我做科学)，专注于将科学带入现实生活。接受纳米科学培训的研究生与中学教师合作，证明学生在做中学习。在这项第2轨道提案中，私人投资机构展示了第1轨道阶段的成就，包括关于研究员、教师和学生成果的量化数据，传播成果，并指出在国家科学基金资助之外维持项目的方法。第二轨道的主要目标是通过实施一项维持该项目的五年计划，在第一轨道的基础设施上再接再厉。

This proposal describes a Track 2 project developed by University of Arkansas in collaboration with Arkansas Middle Schools. The Track 1 project was an interdisciplinary program called KIDS (K-12, I Do Science) focused on bringing science to real life. The Graduate Fellows trained in Nanosciences worked in collaboration with middle school teachers to demonstrate that students learn by doing. In this Track 2 proposal, PIs demonstrated the accomplishment of the Track 1 phase by including quantitative data about outcomes for Fellows, teachers and students, disseminating the results and also by indicating ways of sustaining the project beyond NSF funding. The primary goal of Track 2 is to build on the infrastructure of Track 1 by implementing a five-year plan to sustain the project.