New GK-12:Building Bridges from High School to Grad School: Inspiring Students Through Discovery-based Activities in Energy and the Environment

K-12EDUCATIONABSTRACTPROPOSAL#：0742436 PRINCIPAL调查员：Deborah Kaminski调查：伦斯勒理工学院：搭建从高中到研究生院的桥梁TITLE：通过能源和环境领域基于发现的活动激励学生将伦斯勒的尖端研究与当地学区联系起来，向高中生介绍先进的科学概念和新兴技术，同时让研究生接触到传播科学研究的具有挑战性的受众。该教育计划的总主题将是能源与环境，这是当今社会一个非常吸引人且极其重要的话题。每名研究生研究员将与一名高中教师配对，该团队将设计和开发活动，有效地向高中生传授科学知识。活动将包括案例研究、情景构建、互动游戏和真实的研究项目，学生将在地区研究博览会上展示这些项目。研究员/K-12教师小组将由研究生院的顾问和一个区域教师咨询小组指导。服务的两个学区有大量来自市中心环境的少数民族人口。作为我们招聘工作的一部分，Rensselaer的研究生教育联盟和教授(AGEP)中心将寻找特殊的少数族裔研究生，他们将成为K-12学生的榜样和导师。该项目将教育高中生科学和工程的基本原理，提高他们对能源和环境问题以及技术的认识，并让他们对科学和工程职业充满热情。其他目标包括提高研究生研究员的沟通技能，并将他们投资于K12外联活动。高中教师将受益于获得先进的科学研究和对研究方法的更好理解。

GRADUATE TEACHING FELLOWS IN K-12 EDUCATIONABSTRACTPROPOSAL #: 0742436PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Deborah KaminskiINSTITUTION: Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteTITLE: Building Bridges from High School to Grad School: Inspiring Students through Discovery-based Activities in Energy and the EnvironmentLinking Rensselaer's cutting-edge research to local school districts will introduce high school students to advanced scientific concepts and emerging technologies in parallel with exposing graduate students to a challenging audience for dissemination of scientific research. The overall theme of the educational program will be Energy and the Environment, a highly engaging and vitally important topic in today's society. Each Graduate Research Fellow will be paired with a high school teacher, and this team will design and develop activities to effectively deliver scientific knowledge to high school students. Activities will include case studies, scenario building, interactive games, and an authentic research project, which the students will present in a regional Research Expo. The Fellow/K-12 teacher team will be guided by the Graduate Research Fellow's adviser as well as a Regional Teachers Advisory Group. Two of the school districts served have large minority populations from inner city environments. As part of our recruiting effort, Rensselaer's Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) center will identify exceptional minority graduate students who will become role models and mentors for the K-12 students. The project will educate high school students in basic principles of science and engineering, raise their awareness of energy and environmental concerns and technology, and get them excited about careers in science and engineering. Other objectives include improving the communication skills of the graduate fellows and investing them in K12 outreach initiatives. High school teachers will benefit from access to advanced scientific research and an improved understanding of research methodologies.