GK-12 Fellows: Linking Urban Water Quality with Science Education in the Chesapeake Watershed and the Coastal Region of Belize.

标题：GK-12研究员：将切萨皮克流域的城市水质与科学教育联系起来。机构：Christopher Newport University PI：Gary Whiting博士，生物、化学和环境科学系公共摘要GK-12项目的目标是：a)拓宽研究生的背景框架？研究：b)提高研究员有效沟通科学如何发挥作用的能力；c)将从事科学的兴奋带入高中生的体验；d)让高中生直接应用他们的研究成果，造福环境和社会。研究员将使用基于探究的教学方法来指导九年级教师和学生发展实地采样和空间分析技能，以解决影响当地切萨皮克湾的关键生态问题。高中生将设计和建造野外设备，采样当地的池塘和湖泊，对他们在全市范围内的结果进行地理空间分析-S景观(网络链接)，并将他们的结果带到这些流域周围的社区，以鼓励企业和居民了解他们在水质方面的行动并提出改善建议。GK-12项目是克里斯托弗·纽波特大学、纽波特纽斯公立学校(NNPS)的五所高中、纽波特纽斯市工程部和汉普顿道路规划区委员会的HR STORM之间的合作伙伴关系。该项目将通过招募历史上的黑人学院和大学的研究员以及参与的高中中的少数族裔学生普遍(超过65%)，为增加少数群体进入科学领域奠定基础。项目活动、工具和伙伴关系将成为其他大学和社区在教育学生和居民的同时解决当地和区域环境问题的典范。

Title: GK-12 Fellows: Linking Urban Water Quality with Science Education in the Chesapeake Watershed. Institution: Christopher Newport UniversityPI: Dr. Gary Whiting, Department of Biology, Chemistry and Environmental SciencePublic AbstractThis GK-12 project goals are to: a) broaden the contextual framework of graduate fellows? research; b) enhance the fellows ability to effectively communicate how science functions; c) bring excitement of doing science into high school student experience, and d) have high school students apply their findings directly to benefit the environment and society. An inquiry-based teaching approach will be used by fellows to guide 9th grade teachers and students in developing field sampling and spatial analysis skills to address critical ecological issues impacting the local Chesapeake Bay. High school students will design and build field gear, sample local ponds and lakes, geospatially analyze (GIS) their results across the city?s landscape (Web-linked), and take their results into the neighborhoods surrounding these watersheds to encourage the businesses and residents to be aware of their actions on water-quality and make recommendations for improvement. The GK-12 project is a partnership between Christopher Newport University, the five high schools of Newport News Public Schools (NNPS), the Engineering Department for the City of Newport News, and HR STORM, a committee of the Hampton Roads Planning District Commission. This project will set the stage for increased recruitment of minorities into science fields with the recruitment of Fellows from historically black colleges and universities and the prevalence (over 65%) of minority students in the participating high schools. The project activities, tools and partnerships will be a model for other universities and communities to address local and regional environmental problems while educating their students and residents.