New GK-12: Using the STEM Dimensions of Bioenergy Sustainability to Bring Leading-edge Graduate Research to K-12 Learning Settings

摘要：使用生物能源可持续发展的STEM维度将前沿的研究生研究带入K-12学习环境。W.K.凯洛格生物站(KBS)的这个新的GK-12项目的智力焦点是生物能源可持续发展的生态维度。密歇根州立大学的研究生S在KBS从事STEM研究，他们将与KBS K-12科学素养伙伴关系、新的能源部五大湖生物能源研究中心和美国国家科学基金会长期生态研究(LTER)项目的农业景观生态项目的教师合作。项目活动包括在K-12合作伙伴地区建立校园科学研究地块，模仿GLBRC研究地块的各个方面，作为校园研究网络的基础。研究员将与彼此、他们的顾问和项目合作伙伴合作，将他们自己的研究纳入针对密歇根和国家科学教育标准的K-12研究和调查活动。研究员将提高他们将他们的研究放在更广泛的社会和全球背景下的能力，跨学科合作，整合他们的研究和教学，并将他们的研究与专业、K-12和公众受众交流。有机会与研究员合作进行与紧迫的国家需求有关的真实研究，将促进K-12合作伙伴教师的专业发展，并丰富K-12学生的教育。该项目还将加强KBS正在进行的努力，以招募更多和多样化的年轻人进入STEM科学学科。

Abstract: Using the STEM Dimensions of Bioenergy Sustainability to Bring Leading-edge Graduate Research to K-12 Learning Settings.The intellectual focus of this new GK-12 project at the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station (KBS) is on the ecological dimensions of bioenergy sustainability. Graduate students in Michigan State University?s Ecology, Evolutionary Biology & Behavior and Environmental Science & Public Policy programs who are engaged in STEM research at KBS will partner with teachers in the KBS K-12 Partnership for Science Literacy, the new Department of Energy Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC), and the NSF Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) project on the Ecology of Agricultural Landscapes. Project activities include establishing schoolyard science research plots in K-12 Partner districts that mimic aspects of GLBRC research plots and serve as the foundation for a schoolyard research network. Fellows will work collaboratively with each other, their advisors, and project partners to incorporate their own research into K-12 research and inquiry activities that address Michigan and national science education standards.Fellows will improve their ability to place their research in its broader societal and global contexts, to collaborate across disciplines, to integrate their research and teaching, and to communicate their research to professional, K-12 and public audiences. The opportunity to work collaboratively with fellows on authentic research related to pressing national needs will enhance the professional development of the K-12 partner teachers and enrich the education of K-12 students. This project will also enhance ongoing efforts at KBS to recruit a greater number and diversity of young people into STEM science disciplines.