Think Globally, Learn Locally (TGLL): Neighborhood Ecology in a Global Perspective

“全球思考，本地学习：全球视角下的社区生态”（TGLL）项目是一项合作项目，涉及来自生物系、地质与地球物理系、大气科学（正式名称为气象学）和犹他州自然历史博物馆的研究生和教师，以及盐湖城学区小学的教师和学生。TGLL每年将培训9名研究生，为四年级、五年级和六年级学生开发和领导基于探究的活动。这些活动将重点关注五大环境问题：(1)栖息地改变；(2)污染和干扰；(3)入侵物种；(4)气候变化；(5)疾病。学生将学习这些问题背后的科学，它们的实际含义，以及个人的生活方式选择如何在全球范围内影响相关过程。TGLL研究员将作为科学榜样和导师，为处于智力和情感发展关键阶段的年轻学生提供指导，并向他们展示如何成为具有前瞻性和准备的公民科学家，以有效地参与复杂的新兴环境问题。TGLL项目将以少数民族人口较多的学校和社区为目标，使科学面向更广泛的受众，并积极从代表性不足的群体中招募TGLL研究员。在TGLL项目中开发的将与犹他州四、五、六年级的科学核心课程相结合。通过与TGLL研究员合作，K-12教师将获得对科学教学的信心，并成为研究和教学网络的积极成员。

PROJECT ABSTRACT FOR UTAH GK-12 GRANTThe Think Globally, Learn Locally: Neighborhood Ecology in a Global Perspective (TGLL) program is a collaboration involving graduate students and faculty from the Departments of Biology, Geology & Geophysics, Atmospheric Sciences (formally Meteorology) and the Utah Museum of Natural History, together with teachers and students from elementary schools in the Salt Lake City School District. TGLL will train 9 Graduate Fellows per year to develop and lead Inquiry-Based Activities (IBAs) for fourth, fifth and sixth grade students. These activities will focus on five major environmental issues: (1) habitat alteration, (2) pollution and disturbance, (3) invasive species, (4) climate change, and (5) disease. Students will learn the science behind these issues, their practical implications, and how individual lifestyle choices scale up to affect the relevant processes on a global scale. TGLL Fellows will serve as scientific role models and mentors to young students at a critical stage of their intellectual and emotional development, and will show them how to become citizen scientists with the outlook and preparation needed to engage productively with complex, emerging environmental issues.The TGLL program will make science accessible to a wide audience by targeting schools and neighborhoods with high minority populations and actively recruit TGLL Fellows from underrepresented groups. The IBAs developed in the TGLL program will be integrated with the Science Core Curriculum of the State of Utah for fourth, fifth and sixth grades. By working with TGLL Fellows K-12 teachers will gain confidence in scientific teaching, and become active members of a research and teaching network.