New, GK-12: UCLA SEE-LA, Science and Engineering of the Environment of Los Angeles

洛杉矶环境科学与工程（SEE-LA）是加州大学洛杉矶分校获得的GK-12奖。该项目的科学目标是支持研究生与知名教师一起研究各种环境问题，包括野火、城市化、生物多样性、地震灾害、区域气候变化、生态影响和高层大气动力学。教育目标是双重的。首先，该项目将在科学教育和传播方面为SEE-LA培养多样化的研究生干部。他们将在两个相邻的城市学区的初中和高中担任常驻科学家，并接受高级教师的指导。他们还将参加以探究为基础的科学课程的密集夏季讲习班。SEE-LA研究员与当地学校之间的密切联系还将实现第二个教育目标：通过让学生学习与当地环境相关的前沿科学，改善他们的大学前科学教育。这个GK-12项目将培养50名科学与工程（STEM）研究生，以提高他们的能力，将他们的研究跨科学学科联系起来，通过开发和教学探究性课程将科学研究与非科学家交流，并参与持续的科学教师专业发展活动。该项目将提高加州大学洛杉矶分校STEM专业研究生的沟通能力，要求他们在论文中包含对博士研究的非技术描述。该项目将通过让研究生成为榜样，丰富6000多名城市学校学生的学习经验。这个GK-12课程在研究生研究和大学前课堂活动中结合了基于场所的科学主题。

Science and Engineering of the Environment of Los Angeles (SEE-LA) is a GK-12 award to the University of California at Los Angeles. The scientific objective of this project is to support graduate Fellows working with renown faculty across diverse environmental problems including wildfires, urbanization, biodiversity, seismic hazards, regional climate change, ecological impacts, and upper atmospheric dynamics. The educational objectives are two-fold. First, the program will train a diverse cadre of graduate Fellows in SEE-LA in science education and communication. They will be resident scientists within the middle and high schools in two neighboring urban school districts, under the mentorship of master teachers. They will also participate in intensive summer workshops for developing inquiry-based science lessons. The close contact between SEE-LA Fellows and the local schools will also achieve the second educational objective: improving pre-college science education for students by including them in cutting edge science that is relevant to their local environment. This GK-12 program will train 50 Science and Engineering (STEM) graduate students to enhance their ability to connect their research across scientific disciplines, to communicate scientific research to non-scientists by developing and teaching inquiry-based lessons, and to participate in sustained science teacher professional development activities. The program will improve the communication skills of UCLA graduate students in STEM programs by requiring a non-technical description of their PhD research to be included in their dissertation. The program will enrich the learning experiences of over 6000 students in urban schools by involving graduate students as role models. This GK-12 program incorporates place-based science themes in both graduate student research and pre-college classroom activities.