New, GK-12: BioME: Biodiversity from Molecules to Ecosystems

来自亚利桑那大学的GK-12项目将为生命科学系和专业(如生态学、神经生物学和植物科学)的研究生研究员创造协同的机会，让K-12的学生和教师通过各种大学资源(如生物多样性数字图书馆的生命树)，让科学如何与他们和他们周围的自然界直接相关的兴奋。研究生研究员将通过研究生研讨会课程接受关于K-12教育和通过探究教授科学的适当培训。研究员还将与他们的合作教师一起参加暑期学院，以发展和加强关系。该项目每年将招聘10名研究员和最多18名教师。研究生研究员的研究顾问和其他合作教员将积极参与该项目。咨询委员会还将包括一名外部评价员，就形成性和总结性评价部分提供补充指导。知识方面的好处包括向参与的教师提供机会，与研究生合作，将加拉帕戈斯群岛实地经验的各个方面纳入课堂课程和活动。更广泛的影响包括从任职人数不足的群体中招聘研究生研究员的计划，以及在赠款结束后承诺在最长五年的时间内继续开展项目活动。

GRADUATE TEACHING FELLOWS IN K-12 EDUCATION ABSTRACTPROPOSAL #: 0638774PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Judith L. BronsteinINSTITUTION: University of ArizonaTITLE: New, GK-12: BioME: Biodiversity from Molecules to EcosystemsThe GK-12 project from the University of Arizona will create synergistic opportunities for graduate fellows in life sciences departments and programs (such as ecology, neurobiology, and plant sciences) to engage K-12 students and teachers in the excitement of how science directly relates to them and the natural world around them ("Bio" and "ME") through a variety of university resources (such as the tree of life digital library of biodiversity). Graduate fellows will receive appropriate training in K-12 education and in teaching science through inquiry through a graduate seminar course. Fellows will also participate in a summer institute with their cooperating teachers to develop and strengthen relations. The project will recruit 10 fellows and up to 18 teachers per year. Research advisors of the graduate fellows and other collaborating faculty members will be actively involved in the project. The advisory board will also include an external evaluator to provide additional guidance on the formative and summative evaluation components. The intellectual merit includes providing opportunities to participating teachers to collaborate with graduate fellows to integrate aspects of the field experience to the Galapagos Islands into classroom curriculum and activities. The broader impacts include a plan to recruit graduate fellows from underrepresented groups and a commitment to sustain the project activities after the end of the grant for a period up to five years.