STORMS - Students and Teachers Observing and Recording Meteorological Systems

STORMS（学生和教师观测和记录气象系统）是缅因州罗克兰岛研究所的一个为期一年的试点项目，旨在提高公众对地球系统的科学素养，促进未来地球科学工作人员的发展。通过使用技术注入的、基于地点的教学法，为学生和教师创造专业发展经验和课程，STORMS将在缅因湾至少10所岛屿和农村沿海学校加强K-8关于天气、风暴和气候的教育。项目目标包括：1)增加教师和学生对天气、风暴和气候的核心STEM原则的知识；2)提高教师使用技术工具加强STEM课程的能力；3)提高师生对地学教育和职业路径的认识；4)说明STORMS专业发展模式在提高地球科学素养方面的有效性，从而为缅因州的课程开发提供信息。为了实现这些目标，STORMS结合了基于地点的教育策略、强大的专业学习社区和综合技术计划来促进基于探究的学习。教师将培养对内容的理解、技术技能、课程设置以及通过天气和风暴的视角在课堂上探索气候科学的信心。学生将亲自观察和参与真实的研究活动，包括收集天气数据，进行基本的数据分析和绘图，以及使用空间数据工具（GPS/GIS）和民族志研究记录天气和风暴如何影响基于自然资源的社区。STORMS的工作人员、科学和STEM教育研究顾问已经与国家气象局和CoCoRAHS建立了全州范围的战略合作伙伴关系，以确保STORMS在参与学校之外成为一个催化试点项目，从而在东北地区和更广泛的范围内设计和部署更有效的气候科学教育计划。

STORMS (Students and Teachers Observing and Recording Meteorological Systems) is a one-year pilot project at the Island Institute in Rockland, Maine, that advances public Earth system science literacy and promotes the development of a future geoscience workforce. By creating professional development experiences and curriculum with students and teachers using a technology-infused, place-based pedagogy, STORMS will strengthen K-8 education on weather, storms, and climate in at least 10 island and rural coastal schools in the Gulf of Maine. Project goals include: 1) increasing teacher and student knowledge of core STEM principles on weather, storms, and climate; 2) increasing teacher abilities to use technology tools to strengthen STEM curriculum; 3) increasing teacher and student awareness of geoscience educational and career pathways; and 4) illustrating the efficacy of the STORMS professional development model for increasing Earth science literacy to inform curriculum development throughout the state of Maine. To accomplish these goals, STORMS combines place-based education strategies, strong professional learning communities, and integrated technology plans to stimulate inquiry-based learning. Teachers will develop the content understanding, technology skills, curriculum, and confidence to explore climate science in their classrooms through the lens of weather and storms. Students will observe and participate in authentic research activities first-hand, including collecting weather data, undertaking basic data analysis and graphing, and documenting how weather and storms affect natural resource-based communities using spatial data tools (GPS/GIS) and ethnographic research. STORMS staff, science and STEM education research advisors have formed strategic statewide partnerships with the National Weather Service and CoCoRAHS to ensure that STORMS acts as a catalytic pilot project beyond participating schools, enabling design and deployment of more effective climate science education initiatives within the northeast region and more broadly.