RET: Shaping Inquiry from Feedstock to Tailpipe (SHIFT)

“该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。“该奖项为3年标准奖提供资金，以支持堪萨斯大学（KU）工程现场项目中的教师研究经验（RET），该项目名为“RET：从原料到排气管的成型研究"，由Susan M.斯塔格-威廉姆斯该项目由堪萨斯大学和东南部堪萨斯教育服务中心-格林布什主办，将为24名高中科学教师和社区大学教师提供为期6周的暑期体验（每年8名，为期3年）。参与者将从整个堪萨斯州的农村和城市学区以及两所社区学院招募。该计划的主要目标是：1）提供专业发展培训和研究机会，以增加参与者的知识基础和研究方法的意识; 2）培养KU教师与周围教育社区之间的长期联系; 3）指导创建原创的，基于标准的，与生物燃料相关的课程以供传播; 4）让学生参与现实世界的应用，以证明复杂问题的解决方案往往需要整合多个学科领域的知识;以及5）激发学生对STEM职业的兴趣。教师将参加全日制的发现为基础的研究在KU在夏季在生物燃料研究的四个领域，补充他们教的课程。这些研究领域包括：（1）生态系统过程;（2）原料生产;（3）生物燃料生产;（4）生物燃料评估。这个机会将帮助教师了解生物燃料研究的综合性质。在格林布什教育工作者的指导下，参与者将把他们的研究经验转化为课程材料，可用于第二年的课程。这些课程的设计将符合国家科学标准，预计该项目每年将开发至少四个课程模块。

"This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5)." This award provides funding for a 3 year standard award to support a Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering Site program at the University of Kansas (KU) entitled, "RET: Shaping Inquiry from Feedstock to Tailpipe (SHIFT)", under the direction of Dr. Susan M. Stagg-Williams. This program hosted by the University of Kansas and the Southeast Kansas Education Service Center-Greenbush will provide a 6 week summer experience for a total of 24 high school science teachers and community college teachers (8 per year for 3 years). The participants will be recruited from both rural and urban school districts and two community colleges throughout the state of Kansas.The primary objectives of the program are to: 1) Provide professional development training and research opportunities to increase participants knowledge base and awareness of research methods; 2) Nurture long-term linkages between KU faculty and the surrounding educational community; 3) Guide the creation of original, standards-based, biofuel-related lessons for dissemination; 4) Engage students in real-world applications to demonstrate that solutions to complex problems often require integration of knowledge from multiple subject areas; and 5) Stimulate students' interest in STEM careers. The teachers will participate in full-time discovery-based research at KU during the summer in four areas of biofuels research that complement the courses they teach. These research areas include: (1) ecosystem processes; (2) feedstock production; (3) biofuel production; and (4) biofuel assessment. This opportunity will help teachers learn about the integrated nature of biofuels research. With guidance from Greenbush educators, participants will translate their research experiences into curricular materials that can be used in their classes the following year. These lessons will be designed to meet state science standards and it is anticipated that at least four lesson modules will be developed each year of the project.