Collaborative: New GK12: Building Ocean Literacy in a Coastal Community through Science Education and Estuarine Monitoring

萨凡纳州立大学(SSU)、斯基德韦海洋研究所和萨凡纳查塔姆公立学校系统(SCPS)将让研究生、科学家和K-12教师和学生参与一个可持续的研究型教育计划，以促进佐治亚州沿海地区的海洋扫盲、科学教育和研究。建设海洋扫盲计划的目标是什么？是扩大海洋素养，在K-12课堂上培养研究技能，同时培养研究生向研究界以外的人交流科学概念的技能。该计划将把来自历史悠久的黑人大学(SSU)的海洋科学GK-12研究员与SCPS中的科学大师教师和班级配对。与全国平均水平相比，非裔美国学生在SCPS中的比例过高，该项目将接触到广泛和多样化的受众。研究员将在河口监测和研究生研究活动中开设课程，以加强学校系统的研究技能和海洋知识。新的研究生课程将培养GK-12研究员之间的沟通和教学技能，而教师培训机会将提高教师对海洋问题的认识。GK-12研究员、教师和公立学校学生的研究活动将侧重于当地河口生态系统，并将直接支持佐治亚州的绩效标准。该项目的研究和教学部分将共同1)在K-12课堂上促进海洋素养，2)加强查塔姆县公立学校的K-12科学教学，3)培养下一代科学家，使他们能够胜任、舒适并致力于向广泛的受众交流科学概念。

Savannah State University (SSU), the Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, and the Savannah Chatham Public School System (SCPSS) will engage graduate students, scientists, and K-12 teachers and students in a sustainable research-based education program to promote ocean literacy, science education, and research in coastal Georgia. The goal of the ?Building Ocean Literacy Program? is to expand ocean literacy and cultivate research skills in K-12 classrooms while developing graduate student skills in communicating science concepts to people beyond the research community. The program will pair marine science GK-12 fellows from a historically black university (SSU) with master science teachers and classes within the SCPSS. African-American students are over-represented in the SCPSS compared to the national average and the program will reach a wide and diverse audience. Fellows will engage classes in estuarine monitoring and in their graduate research activities to enhance research skills and ocean literacy in the school system. New graduate coursework will develop communication and teaching skills among GK-12 fellows, while teacher training opportunities will enhance teacher awareness of marine issues. Research activities of GK-12 fellows, teachers, and public school students, will focus on the local estuarine ecosystem and will directly support Georgia Performance Standards. Research and instructional components of this project will collectively 1) promote ocean literacy in K-12 classrooms, 2) enhance K-12 science instruction in Chatham County public schools, and 3) train the next generation of scientists to be competent, comfortable, and engaged in communicating science concepts to a wide array of audiences.