New, GK-12: SCWIBLES - Santa Cruz-Watsonville Inquiry-Based Learning in Environmental Sciences

加州大学圣克鲁斯分校的环境科学研究生将与沃森维尔高中的教师和学生合作，开发和实施其环境科学和自然资源学院课程的探究式组成部分。SCWIBLES的目标（圣克鲁斯-沃森维尔环境科学探究式学习）是（1）培养研究生有效地代表生态和进化研究的过程和结果，以文化多样性的社会，并与不同的利益相关者合作，以确定关键的科学需求，解决环境问题，及（2）为教师提供研究经验及探究式工具，以协助学生成为知识渊博的自然资源持份者，与科学家合作解决未来的环境问题。该项目包括联合研究员教师研究和课程开发的夏季计划，激励学生参与环境科学的夏季计划，指导长达一年的高级顶点项目，以及社区论坛，以突出学生的科学活动和基于STEM的职业生涯。研究员将接受教育理论和实践方面的专业研究生培训，重点是在多语言，多文化的社会中进行有效的科学传播。环境问题对有色人种社区的影响不成比例，而环境科学专业人员绝大多数是白色。SCWIBLES旨在通过增加学生在农村公立学区的学术成功和职业机会，增加环境科学的多样性，该学区有75%的西班牙裔学生和表现不佳的历史。它将在农业、环境管理和绿色技术等区域重要领域加强就业和中学后教育的途径。

Environmental science graduate students at the University of California Santa Cruz will work with teachers and students at Watsonville High School to develop and implement inquiry-based components of their Environmental Science and Natural Resources Academy curriculum. The objectives of SCWIBLES (Santa Cruz - Watsonville Inquiry-Based Learning in Environmental Sciences) are to (1) train graduate students to effectively represent the process and outcomes of ecological and evolutionary research to a culturally diverse society, and to work with diverse stakeholders to identify critical scientific needs for environmental problem solving, and (2) provide teachers with research experience and inquiry-based tools to help students become well informed natural resource stakeholders who can work with scientists to solve environmental problems in the future. The project includes a summer program for joint Fellow-Teacher research and curriculum development, a summer program to motivate student involvement in environmental sciences, mentoring year-long Senior capstone projects, and community forums to highlight student science activities and STEM-based careers. Fellows will receive specialized graduate training in educational theory and practice focused on effective science communication in a multilingual, multicultural society. Environmental issues disproportionately affect communities of color, while professionals in environmental sciences are overwhelmingly white. SCWIBLES aims to increase the diversity in the environmental sciences by increasing the academic success and career opportunities for students in a rural public school district with 75% Hispanic students and a history of under-performance. It will enhance pathways to jobs and postsecondary education in regionally important fields of agriculture, environmental management, and green technology.