New, GK-12 Physical Processes in the Environment

摘要申请编号：0638688首席研究员：Timothy herbert机构：Brown university头衔：这个跨学科项目将包括来自布朗大学三个物理科学系（地质科学、工程和物理）的研究生，他们将沉浸在普罗维登斯公立学校（PPS）系统科学管道的两个关键部分的科学教育学中：小学3-6年级和高中。PPS的两个层面都面临着重大挑战。四年前，在整个系统中，小学阶段的所有科学专家职位都被取消了，高中科学课程正朝着“物理优先”的顺序发展。为了支持这些变化，该项目将在主题上广泛，但重点是将STEM技能和概念从物理科学到学生周围的环境和技术联系起来。布朗大学的研究生和他们的教师伙伴将给学生带来兴奋、刺激和科学技能和思维模式的建模。研究生将把他们自己的研究中的创造力和洞察力带到课堂上。该项目还试图通过向科学学院展示，通过K-12外展活动，研究生的保留率和沟通技巧得到提高，并将教师与以少数族裔为主的公立学校系统联系起来，从而改变机构文化。

GRADUATE TEACHING FELLOWS IN K-12 EDUCATIONABSTRACTPROPOSAL #: 0638688PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Timothy HerbertINSTITUTION: Brown UniversityTITLE: New, GK-12 Physical Processes in the EnvironmentThis interdisciplinary program will involve graduate fellows from three of the physical science departments (Geological Sciences, Engineering, and Physics) at Brown University, who will immerse themselves in science pedagogy in two crucial pieces of the Providence Public School (PPS) system science pipeline: Elementary grades 3-6 and High School. Both levels of the PPS face significant challenges. All science specialist positions were eliminated across the system at the Elementary level four years ago, and the High School Science curriculum is moving toward a "Physics-First" sequence. In support of these changes, this program will be thematically broad, but with a focus relating STEM skills and concepts from the physical sciences to the environment and technology that surrounds the students. Graduate students at Brown and their teacher-partners will bring the excitement, stimulation, and modeling of science skills and modes of thought to students. Graduate students will bring creativity and insight from their own research to the classroom. This project also seeks to change the institution culture by demonstrating to science faculty that graduate student retention and communication skills increase through K-12 outreach activities, and by connecting faculty to a predominantly minority public school system.