IPY: Adapting SENCER to the Arctic. Improving Polar Science Education as a Legacy

地球系统科学(40)该项目正在根据美国国家科学基金会资助的新公民参与和责任科学教育计划的研究结果，通过创建课程“环境放射性、管理和北方人”，调整科学课程的最佳实践，以供北极地区使用。这门课程是核化学的跨学科探索，探索在环极地北方的文化和地缘政治背景下放射性的使用。学生们正在调查核武器发展对阿留申群岛的影响以及北极核电的未来发展。学生们正在学习最先进的核化学和健康概念，他们正在发现核发展与人和土地的交叉点。这种基于背景的方法显示了利用公民参与来激发学生的创造性思维的智力价值。该项目的一个更广泛的影响是使用该模式来调整其他课程，这些课程将侧重于北方自然资源和能源的利用，这些主题已知会引起北极土著人民和学生的兴趣。这门课程正在扩大UARCTIC学生可以使用的科学课程。

Earth Systems Science (40)This project is adapting for use in the Arctic the best practices for science course delivery based on results from NSF funded research in the Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities Program by creating the course 'Environmental Radioactivity, Stewardship and People in the North.' This course is an interdisciplinary exploration of nuclear chemistry which explores use of radioactivity in the cultural and geopolitical context of the circumpolar north. The impact of nuclear weapons development on the Aleuts and the future development of nuclear power in the Arctic are being investigated by the students. Students are learning state-of-the-art nuclear chemistry and health concepts and they are discovering where nuclear development intersects with people and the land. This context-based approach shows the intellectual merit in using civic engagement to stimulate creative thinking by students. A broader impact of this project is use of the model to adapt other courses which will focus on use of northern natural resources and energy, topics known to engage the interest of arctic indigenous people and students. This course is expanding the science courses available to UARCTIC students.