New, GK-12: ShowMe Nature from Elements to Ecosystems

PI名称：Candace Galen机构名称：密苏里大学哥伦比亚分校提案标题：ShowMe Nature从元素到生态系统提案ID: 1045322 ShowMe Nature GK-12将加强研究生教学和沟通技巧的发展，将研究带入小学课堂，并促进密苏里大学农业和保护科学家之间的合作。研究植物生长和发育的生化、生理和遗传机制的研究生将与研究种群、群落和生态系统生物多样性的同行一起工作。综合跨学科和规模的观点将在维持自然资源的同时促进农业生产力。与K-12课堂教师的合作将同时为研究生提供必要的沟通和教学技能，以实现他们的专业进步。这个GK-12计划的创新之处包括使用科学提案写作作为多学科合作学习的策略，同伴指导作为一种机制来提高学生对教学技能的保留，虚拟探险以整合学生？我们通过课堂学习进行研究，并通过保护和推广认证计划对同事的成就进行认可。强大的行业和机构合作伙伴促进了GK-12的可持续性。ShowMe Nature将提高优秀青年科学家的教学和领导能力，同时为哥伦比亚州所有小学的教师提供沉浸在研究中的机会。研究员将教学生如何在实验室和实地环境中进行可视化研究。研究员将与MU医学院的教职员工合作，通过指导学生在户外进行科学发现，促进他们的健康、记忆和学习。从代表性不足的群体中招募的研究员将成为哥伦比亚大学的榜样。美国多样化的教室，培养下一代科学家。

PI Name: Candace Galen Institution Name: University of Missouri-Columbia Proposal Title: ShowMe Nature from Elements to Ecosystems Proposal ID: 1045322The ShowMe Nature GK-12 will enhance graduate student development of teaching and communication skills, bring research into elementary school classrooms, and catalyze collaboration between agricultural and conservation scientists at the University of Missouri. Graduate fellows studying the biochemical, physiological and genetic mechanisms underlying plant growth and development will work alongside peers studying biodiversity in populations, communities and ecosystems. The synthesis of perspectives across disciplines and scales will promote agricultural productivity while sustaining natural resources. Partnership with K-12 classroom teachers will simultaneously provide graduate fellows with the communication and teaching skills needed to implement their ideas as they advance professionally. Innovative aspects of this GK-12 plan include use of scientific proposal writing as a strategy for multi-disciplinary collaborative learning, peer mentoring as a mechanism to enhance Fellow retention of teaching skills, virtual expeditions to integrate fellow?s research with classroom learning, and recognition of Fellow achievements through Conservation and Outreach Certification Programs. Strong industry and agency partners promote sustainability of this GK-12.ShowMe Nature will enhance teaching and leadership capacity of outstanding young scientists while providing teachers at all elementary schools in Columbia MO with immersion in research. Fellows will teach students to visualize and conduct research in laboratory and field settings. Working with faculty in the MU School of Medicine, fellows will advance health, memory and learning of students by guiding them in scientific discovery out of doors. Fellows recruited from under-represented groups will serve as role models in Columbia?s diverse classrooms, cultivating the next generation of scientists.