GK12: Environmental Sciences and Molecular Biosciences in the Natural State

K-12EDUCATIONABSTRAPROPOSAL#：0809317 PRINCIPAL调查员：艾伦·克里斯蒂安研究所：阿肯色州立大学TITLE：？密西西比湾的土地利用、土地覆盖和生物多样性？密西西比湾是北美变化最严重的生态系统之一，正在从森林湿地生态系统转变为高产的行作物农业。这种转变留下了一个高度分散和修改的生态系统。生物多样性在这里被定义为遗传、物种和生态系统的多样性，受到土地覆盖和土地利用的时空变化的高度影响，并导致了亚利桑那州立大学对大气、土壤和水资源的广泛假说研究。GK12主题是在环境科学研究生项目教员研究的基础上制定的，该研究涉及跨生态系统和有机体的区域生物多样性。该项目基于S研究员的研究，每年在阿肯色州东部的5所学校安排8名博士生教授6-8年级学生的课程。该项目的四个主要目标是：1)研究员将接受最佳做法和教学方法方面的培训，并将获得广泛的教育和年龄层次的教学经验。研究人员将接受可应用于K16课程的探究式教学方法的深入培训；2)教师将通过研讨会接受专业发展，涵盖教学方法、教案的制定和实施，并对科学内容和探究式教学有更深入的了解；3)学生？将对STEM和STEM职业产生更大兴趣，并获得丰富的STEM环境；4)亚利桑那州立大学和学区之间的伙伴关系将得到加强。该提议的智力价值和更广泛的影响是：1)研究员也将接受培训，这些培训将大大增加他们的技能，增加他们在未来外展和教育活动中的成功；2)增加STEM的兴趣、兴奋和K-12学生的职业选择；3)让教师接触到研究员？方法和分析使他们接触到最新的技术；4)加强高等教育与学区之间的联系，并使其更容易获得，特别是对未得到充分服务的人群。

GRADUATE TEACHING FELLOWS IN K-12 EDUCATIONABSTRACTPROPOSAL #: 0809317PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Alan ChristianINSTITUTION: Arkansas State UniversityTITLE: ?Land Use, Land Cover, and Biodiversity in the Mississippi Embayment? The Mississippi Embayment is one of the most modified ecosystems in North America, being converted from forested wetland ecosystems into highly productive row crop agriculture. The conversion has left a highly fragmented and modified ecosystem. Biodiversity, defined here as genetic, species, and ecosystem diversity, is highly influenced by spatial and temporal changes in land cover and land use and has led to extensive hypothesis generating research on atmospheric, soil, and water resources at ASU. A GK12 theme was developed based on Environmental Sciences Graduate Program faculty research addressing regional biodiversity across ecosystems and organisms. This project places 8 doctoral Fellows per year in 5 east Arkansas schools to teach 6th ? 8th grade students lessons based on the Fellow?s research. The four main goals of the project are: 1) Fellows will receive training in best practices pedagogical methods and will gain experience in teaching to a broad range of education and age levels. The Fellows will receive in-depth training in inquiry based education methods that can be applied across the K16 curriculum; 2) Teachers will receive professional development via workshops covering pedagogical methods, development and implementation of lesson plans and gain a deeper understanding of science content and inquiry based teaching and learning; 3) Students? will become more interested in STEM and STEM careers and receive an enriched STEM environment; 4) Partnerships between ASU and school districts will be strengthened. The intellectual merit and broader impacts of the proposal are: 1) Fellows also will receive training that will add greatly to their skill set increasing their success of future outreach and educational activities; 2) increase STEM interest, excitement, and career choice of K-12 students; 3) provide teachers exposure to the Fellows? methods and analyses exposing them to the latest techniques; and 4) linkages between higher education and school districts being strengthened and becoming more accessible, especially to underserved populations.