Graduate Teaching Fellows in STEM High School Education: An Environmental Science Learning Community at the Land-Lake Ecosystem Interface

K-12教育研究生教学研究项目摘要提案编号：0742395主要研究者：Stepien， CarolINSTITUTION: University of ToledoTITLE: STEM高中教育研究生教学研究项目：陆湖生态系统界面的环境科学学习社区STEM高中教育的研究生助教：陆湖生态系统界面的环境科学学习社区？托莱多大学和附近温莎大学的高级研究生与高中教师及其学生合作，在陆地-湖泊生态系统界面建立了一个环境科学学习社区。其目标是：1)通过让学生参与环境问题的实践研究，激发学生对科学事业的热情；2)在研究生和高中教师之间交流知识和教学法，从而产生尖端的环境科学内容，提高教学和沟通技巧；3)开发实践解决方案，解决五大湖校园溪流生态系统的环境问题。研究生、教师和高中生将获得实践经验，了解城市和农业对流域在大湖区历史、社会发展和未来活力中的作用；通过项目网站、演讲和出版物传播。对环境问题的研究是一种真正的方法，通过这种方法，学生可以回馈他们自己的当地社区，从而帮助建立一个教育网络，专注于使生活方式与自然环境更加互动。因此，这个项目包含了将科学研究与公民责任相结合的公共学术哲学概念，以造福公众和社区。

GRADUATE TEACHING FELLOWS IN K-12 EDUCATIONABSTRACTPROPOSAL #: 0742395PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Stepien, CarolINSTITUTION: University of ToledoTITLE: Graduate Teaching Fellows in STEM High School Education: An Environmental Science Learning Community at the Land-Lake Ecosystem Interface The proposed program, ?Graduate Teaching Fellows in STEM High School Education: An Environmental Science Learning Community at the Land-Lake Ecosystem Interface? partners advanced graduate students at the University of Toledo and nearby University of Windsor with high school teachers and their students to build an Environmental Science Learning Community at the land-lake ecosystem interface. The objectives are to: 1) Generate student enthusiasm for science careers by engaging them in hands-on research into environmental problems, 2) Exchange knowledge and pedagogies between graduate students and high school teachers resulting in cutting-edge environmental science content and increased teaching and communication skills, and 3) Develop hands-on solutions to environmental problems along schoolyard stream ecosystems feeding the Great Lakes. Graduate fellows, teachers, and high school students will gain hands-on experience in the role of urban and agricultural influences on watersheds in the history, social development, and future vitality of the Great Lakes region; disseminated through the project website, presentations, and publications. Research on environmental problems is a real method through which students can give back to their own local communities, thereby helping to build an educational network focused on making lifestyles more interactive with the natural environment. This program thus embraces the public scholarship philosophic concept of merging scientific research with civic responsibility to benefit the public and the community.