The Atlantic Partnership for the Biological Sciences: A partnership for effective lab and field-based science

塞勒姆州立学院（Salem State College）、波多黎各大学（university of Puerto Rico en Humacao）、TERC以及马萨诸塞州和波多黎各的学区正在共同努力，改变这两所学院和多达17个学区的生命科学教学方式。利用MSP-Start，他们正在为这一转变奠定基础，重点关注沿海和森林微生物和群落生态学以及相关保护，将基因研究与生态系统结合起来。大西洋生物科学伙伴关系汇集了不同的利益相关者群体，这些利益相关者在专业发展方面领导教师，以更好地了解如何使多文化学生群体能够接触到科学。通过科学研究的指导经验，这些教师正在系统地提高他们对组织各级生物过程的多样性和统一性的理解，并将这种学习转化为课堂实践中教学上有效的变化。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。

Salem State College, Universidad de Puerto Rico en Humacao, TERC, and school districts from Massachusetts and Puerto Rico are working together to transform the way life sciences are taught in the two colleges and up to 17 school districts. Using the MSP-Start, they are building a foundation for this transfomation by focusing on coastal and forest microbial and community ecology and related conservation to integrate the study of genes to ecosystems. The Atlantic Partnership for the Biological Sciences brings together a diverse group of stakeholders that is leading teachers in professional development to better understand how to make science accessible to a multicultural student population. Through guided experiences in scientific research these teachers are systematically enhancing their understanding of the diversity and unity of biological processes at every level of organization and are translating this learning into pedagogically effective changes in classroom practice. This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).