Track 2, GK-12: Exploring California Biodiversity

该提案描述了一个由加州大学伯克利分校、伯克利自然历史博物馆（BNHM）和当地K-12城市学校以及野外站附近的农村学校共同开发的轨道2项目。该项目开始于为教师、研究生研究员和他们的顾问提供的一个短暂的暑期学院。然后，学年包括从学校附近的自然区域和校园收集自然历史数据，然后在实地站收集。这些藏品为使用BNHM的信息进行研究、管理和鉴定标本提供了基础。生物信息学数据被从学校和野外站点输入到BNHM数据库。最后，年终庆祝活动包括所有项目人员见面并展示他们的成果。生成的数据在参与的学校之间共享，并且在项目过程中，整个湾区的学校都可以访问数据。研究生研究员与K-12教师一起在学生数据收集、管理和识别、生物信息学数据准备和年终庆祝活动中担任辅导员。

This proposal describes a Track 2 project developed by the University of California Berkeley, the Berkeley Natural History Museums (BNHM) and Field Stations with local K-12 urban schools, and with the rural schools near the Field Stations. The program starts with a short Summer Institute for Teachers, Graduate Fellows, and their Advisors. The school year then involves the collection of natural history data, from natural areas and schoolyards adjacent to the school, and then at Field Stations. The collections provide a foundation for a study, curation and identification of specimens using information from BNHM. Bioinformatics data are put into a database from schools and field stations to BNHM. Finally, an End-of-year Celebration involves all program persons to meet and present their results. Data generated is shared among participating schools and, over the course of the program, data becomes accessible to schools throughout the Bay Area. Graduate Fellows serve as facilitators with K-12 Teachers in student data collection, curation and identification, bioinformatics data preparation and end of year celebration activities.