Collaborative Research: Project STEAM: Integrating Art with Science to Build Science Identities among Girls

摘要：Conner#1224020阿拉斯加大学费尔班克斯分校将与国家光学和天文天文台、北方阿拉斯加大学博物馆和华盛顿大学博塞尔分校合作，为对艺术感兴趣的女孩们带来生物材料、光学、光子学和纳米技术的内容、艺术渗透的体验和职业意识。这个全面的开发项目，项目STEAM，将探索生物学、物理学和艺术之间的交叉，使用从纳米到宏观尺度的先进技术。来自阿拉斯加安克雷奇和亚利桑那州图森两个地点的阿拉斯加原住民、美国原住民(Tohono O‘odham，Pascula Yaqui)和西班牙裔群体的中学女孩及其家人、教师和女童子军领袖将参与该项目。STEAM项目以“大自然的色彩”为主题，将让女孩参与旨在提高STEM学习和视觉空间技能的科学活动。在项目期间，约240名在夏季学院注册的女孩将利用先进技术，与女科学家导师、教师和女童子军领导人合作，创作在纳米和宏观尺度上观察到的自然物体的艺术表现。第一年将有40名女孩参加夏季学院(阿拉斯加和亚利桑那州每个地点20名女孩)。在随后的几年中，约有180名女孩将参加该学院(每个地点30名女孩)。另外1,500名女孩预计将通过其女童子军队长(n=15)得到帮助，他们将接受培训，使用专门的课程包提供该方案的修订版。此外，预计将有6,000多名女孩及其家人参加本学年在每个地点的当地非正式科学教育机构举行的STEAM科学咖啡馆项目活动。在开展方案活动的同时，还将开展一项研究调查，以研究该方案对女孩科学认同感的影响。将检验和分析参与者的讨论、前后评估，以及观察到的对科学和艺术思想和工具的参与。将由Goldstream小组进行的形成性和总结性评价也将采用混合方法。最终，该项目致力于通过艺术提高STEM的学习和兴趣，通过专业发展建设能力，推进女孩科学身份的研究基础，并激励和吸引女孩在STEM职业中的兴趣。

Abstract: Conner #1224020 The University of Alaska Fairbanks will partner with the National Optical and Astronomy Observatory, the University of Alaska Museum of the North, and the University of Washington-Bothell to bring biomaterials, optics, photonics, and nanotechnology content, art infused experiences, and career awareness to art-interested girls. This full scale development project, Project STEAM, will explore the intersections between biology, physics, and art using advanced technologies at the nano to macro scale levels. Middle school girls from predominately underrepresented Alaskan Native, Native American (Tohono O'odham, Pascula Yaqui) and Hispanic groups, their families, teachers, and Girl Scout Troop Leaders in two site locations- Anchorage, Alaska and Tucson, Arizona will participate in the project. Centered on the theme "Colors of Nature," Project STEAM will engage girls in science activities designed to enhance STEM learning and visual-spatial skills. Using advanced technologies, approximately 240 girls enrolled in the Summer Academy over the project duration will work with women scientist mentors, teachers, and Girl Scout Troop Leaders to create artistic representations of natural objects observed at the nano and macro scale levels. Forty girls will participate in the Summer Academy in year one (20 girls per site- Alaska and Arizona). In consequent years, approximately180 girls will participate in the Academy (30 girls per site). Another 1,500 girls are expected to be reached through their Girl Scout Troop Leaders (n=15) who will be trained to deliver a modified version of the program using specialized curriculum kits. In addition, over 6,000 girls and their families are expected to attend Project STEAM Science Café' events held at local informal science education institutions at each site during the academic year. In conjunction with the programmatic activities, a research investigation will be conducted to study the impact of the program on girls' science identity. Participant discourse, pre and post assessments, and observed engagement with the scientific and artistic ideas and tools presented will be examined and analyzed. A mixed methods approach will also be employed for the formative and summative evaluations, which will be conducted by The Goldstream Group. Ultimately, the project endeavors to increase STEM learning and interest through art, build capacity through professional development, advance the research base on girls' science identity and inspire and interest girls in STEM careers.