SBIR Phase II: Green Engineering Magnet (GEM) Project

小企业创新研究(SBIR)第二阶段项目建议研究和开发绿色工程磁铁(GEM)项目，以响应国家在中小学层面促进科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)学习的需要。创业板项目回答了这样一个问题：？今天如何才能积极激励青年学者S以有意义和持续的方式从事STEM研究？？GEM项目利用绿色学习对年轻人的天然吸引力，吸引学生进入有意义和相关的STEM学习。第二阶段GEM项目将在绿色工程活动的背景下，框架第一阶段STEM核心主题和研究的扩展清单，为学生提供真实的经验，支持课堂上介绍的STEM概念的学习。为了实现这一目标，雅典娜将从身临其境的高价值3-D STEM模拟器开始，将三项强大的学习技术融合在一起。接下来，必要的数据收集、显示和分析活动将通过反映真实世界数据收集活动的虚拟仪器门户进行引导。最后，基于软件的情景学习主题将用于将内容作为真实的STEM活动进行整合、交付、评估和补救。因此，GEM学生将像绿色工程师一样，通过基于可靠的科学和经济和环境成本进行观察、测量、计算和选择来参与绿色工程挑战。这个项目更广泛的影响/商业潜力是它对中学普通科学、地球科学和类似课程的支持。此外，GEM产品将支持教师开展以绿色工程为重点的活动。GEM项目用户将受益于他们在课堂STEM学术研究中变得更有能力和积极性，以及更好地准备和对追求STEM职业生涯感兴趣，并成为更懂STEM的公民。

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project proposes to research and develop the Green Engineering Magnet (GEM) Project in response to a national need to promote Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) studies at the middle and elementary school levels. The GEM Project answers the question: ?How can one actively moti-vate today?s young scholars to pursue STEM studies in a meaningful and sustained manner?? The GEM Project uses the natural youthful attraction of green studies as a magnet to draw students into meaningful and relevant STEM studies. The Phase II GEM Project will frame an expanded list of Phase I STEM core topics and studies in the context of green engineering activities, providing students with authentic experiences that support the learning of STEM concepts presented in class. To achieve this goal, Athena will fuse together three powerful learning technologies beginning with immersive, high-value 3-D STEM simulators. Next, requisite data collection, display, and analysis activities will be channeled through virtual instrument portals that mirror real-world data collection activities. Lastly, software-enabled scenario-based learning motifs will be used to integrate, deliver, assess, and remediate content as authentic STEM activities. As a result, GEM students will engage in green engineering challenges by making observations, measurements, calculations, and choices based on sound science and economic and environmental costs, just like a green engineer.The broader impact/commercial potential of this project is its support for middle school general science, earth science, and similar curricular offerings. In addition, GEM products will support teachers with activities having a green engineering emphasis. GEM Project users will benefit by becoming more capable and motivated in their in-class STEM academic studies, as well as being better prepared and interested in pursuing STEM careers and becoming more STEM-literate citizens.