New, GK-12: Vibes and Waves in Action: A Cross-Disciplinary Collaborative Network for GK-12 Education

行动中的新的GK-12共鸣和浪潮：GK-12教育的跨学科网络该项目将马萨诸塞州洛厄尔大学工程学院、教育学院和艺术与医学学院的研究人员与马萨诸塞州洛厄尔和劳伦斯学区的高中教师和学生联系起来。项目主题是行动中的共鸣和波，重点是声、电磁振动和波及其与环境的相互作用的科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)。它固定了GK-12研究员的研究主题，并为将核心高中物理和数学课程与研究联系起来提供了背景。该项目的目标是：(I)通过在城市高中提供科学教育的同时获得共同学习经验的活动，将跨学科研究计划的研究生研究员联系起来；(Ii)提供强调导师关系、社会影响和多样性教育的领导力培训；(Iii)聘请有远见的教师帮助发展目标高中课程内容、马萨诸塞州课程框架和研究员之间的协同作用？研究项目；以及(Iv)向高中生提供使用高科技设备和网络平台的体验。将建立一个行业导师网络，作为研究生研究员和高中社区的资源。网络基础设施将被用来保持动态的在线存在，提供虚拟协作，并将大学计算机服务器、数据库和实验室仪器连接到高中教室进行基于网络的实验。方案活动将整合到Creating Waves中：这是一门研究生课程，可用于培训所有STEM方案的研究生。该项目将加强STEM学科中代表不足学生比例较高的学区的STEM教与学，并创建可持续的项目，将当地学区、大学和地区行业联系在一起，以提高马萨诸塞州S劳动力的科学技术素养。

New, GK-12 Vibes and Waves in Action: A Cross-Disciplinary Network for GK-12 EducationThis project connects researchers from the Colleges of Engineering, Education and Arts & Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Lowell to high-school teachers and students in school districts of Lowell and Lawrence, MA. The project theme, Vibes and Waves in Action, is focused on the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) of sound and electromagnetic vibrations and waves and their interaction with the environment. It anchors the research topics of GK-12 fellows and provides a context for relating core high school Physics and Mathematics curriculum to the research. The project goals are to: (i) connect graduate fellows in interdisciplinary research programs through activities that elicit common learning experiences while delivering science education in urban high schools; (ii) provide leadership training that emphasize mentorship, social impacts and diversity education; (iii) engage visionary teachers to help develop synergy between targeted high school curriculum content, Massachusetts state curriculum frameworks, and the fellows? research projects; and (iv) provide high school students experience in use of high technology equipment and cyber enabled platforms. An industry mentor network will be developed as a resource to the graduate fellows and the high school community. Cyber-infrastructure will be utilized to maintain a dynamic online presence, afford virtual collaboration, and to connect University compute servers, databases and lab instruments to high school classrooms for web based experiments. The program activities will be integrated into Creating Waves: a graduate course available for training all graduate students in STEM programs. This project will enhance STEM teaching and learning in school districts with high level of underrepresented students in STEM disciplines and create sustainable programs linking local school districts, colleges and regional industry together to improve the scientific and technical literacy of Massachusetts?s workforce.