Collaborative Research: Ecology Disrupted: Using real scientific data about daily life to link environmental issues to ecological processes in secondary school science classrooms

纽约城市学院和美国自然历史博物馆提出了一个为期三年的研究和开发项目，以完善和测试基于博物馆开发的关于当代生态问题的科学内容的案例研究单元，供与自然联系得不到充分服务的学生使用。这些资源是为初中和高中生物、生态和环境科学课程的教师设计的。该项目将产生三个完整的课程模块。他们将包括新的科学家在工作中的个人资料视频，将通过一个网络界面在线传播，使教师能够选择和定制脚手架，并满足他们在课堂上的特定学生需求。该计划还将在CCNY和AMNH为纽约市当地公立学校和全国教师开发面对面和在线课程，以探索他们自己与环境问题和生态的联系，并反思科学探究在建立对自然世界的理解方面的作用。

0918629WynerThe City College of New York and the American Museum of Natural History propose a three-year research and development project to refine and test case study units based on existing museum-developed scientific content on contemporary issues in ecology for students underserved in their connection to nature. The resources are designed to be used by teachers of middle and high school biology, ecology, and environmental science classes. The project will produce three complete curriculum modules. They will include new scientist at work profile videos that will be disseminated online through a web interface that enables teachers to select and customize scaffolding and to address their particular students' needs in the classroom. The program will also develop in-person and online courses at CCNY and AMNH for local New York City public school teachers and teachers nationally to explore their own connection to environmental issues and ecology and to reflect upon the role of scientific inquiry in building understanding of the natural world.