High Adventure Science: Earths Systems and Sustainability

我们已经进入了人类世，在这个时代，70亿人的行动对地球的影响越来越大。高冒险科学：地球系统和可持续发展项目正在为初中生和高中生开发地球和空间科学课程的模块，测试使用计算模型、分析真实世界数据、参与建立科学推理和论证技能的学生能够更好地理解地球科学的核心思想以及人类如何影响地球系统的假设。协和联盟正在与加州大学圣克鲁斯分校和国家地理学会合作开发这些模块，就这些模块如何增强学生的高阶思维技能和对人地相互作用的理解进行有针对性的研究，并通过影响深远的教育网络广泛传播这些材料。高冒险科学：地球系统和可持续发展项目正在创建在线、初中和高中课程模块，以计算模型为特色，涵盖五个主题：气候变化、淡水可用性、化石燃料利用、资源可持续性和土地利用管理。与此同时，项目组正在进行设计研究，以了解模块中内置的具体功能、提示、论证和评估工具如何影响学生对地球科学核心概念的理解。设计研究促进快速、迭代的模块开发，并有助于确定支持学生学习的功能，以及支持科学推理、具有不确定性的科学论证、系统思维和基于模型的实验技能。对于每个模块，测试前和测试后的数据、嵌入式评估、学生调查、课堂观察、教师访谈和调查都提供了重要信息，以迅速改进模块的功能、内容和可用性。最终的、高质量的项目材料将通过国家地理学会以及协和联盟主办的高风险科学：地球系统和可持续发展网站向全国观众提供。至关重要的是，学生从高中毕业时，必须扎实理解有助于解释人类如何影响地球系统的科学概念，反之，解释地球过程如何影响人类。高冒险科学：地球系统和可持续发展项目提供了一种独特的、以研究为基础的方法，向学生传达核心的地球科学内容、交叉概念和科学的基本实践。由此产生的在线课程模块和教师指南提供了新一代地球科学教学材料的令人兴奋的例子，研究结果为学生如何学习核心科学概念和获得关键科学技能提供了新的见解。

We have entered the Anthropocene, an age when the actions of seven billion humans have increasing influence on the Earth. The High-Adventure Science: Earth Systems and Sustainability project is developing modules for middle school and high school students in Earth and Space Science classes, testing the hypothesis that students who use computational models, analyze real-world data, and engage in building scientific reasoning and argumentation skills are better able to understand Earth science core ideas and how humans impact Earth's systems. The Concord Consortium in partnership with the University of California Santa Cruz and the National Geographic Society are co-developing these modules, conducting targeted research on how the modules enhance students' higher order thinking skills and understanding of human-Earth interactions, and broadly disseminating these materials via far-reaching education networks.The High-Adventure Science: Earth Systems and Sustainability project is creating online, middle and high school curriculum modules that feature computational models and cover five topics: climate change, fresh water availability, fossil fuel utilization, resource sustainability, and land use management. At the same time, the project team is conducting design studies to look at how specific features, prompts, argumentation and evaluation tools built into the modules affect student understanding of core Earth science concepts. The design studies promote rapid, iterative module development and help to identify features that support student learning, as well as scientific reasoning, scientific argumentation with uncertainty, systems thinking, and model-based experimentation skills. For each module, pre- and posttest data, embedded assessments, student surveys, classroom observations, teacher interviews and surveys, provide important information to rapidly improve module features, content, and usability. The final, high-quality, project materials are being made available to a national audience through the National Geographic Society as well as through the High-Adventure Science: Earth Systems and Sustainability website hosted at the Concord Consortium. It is essential that students graduate from high school with a solid understanding of the scientific concepts that help explain how humans impact Earth systems, and conversely, how Earth processes impact humans. The High-Adventure Science: Earth Systems and Sustainability project provides a unique, research-based approach to conveying to students core Earth science content, crosscutting concepts, and fundamental practices of science. The resulting online curriculum modules and teacher guides provide exciting examples of next generation Earth science teaching and learning materials, and the research findings provide new insights on how students learn core science concepts and gain critical scientific skills.