Advanced Manufacturing and Prototyping Integrated To Unlock Potential (AMP-IT-UP)

先进制造和原型集成到可持续发展潜力（AMP-IT-UP）是格鲁吉亚理工学院（GT）和格里芬斯伯丁县学校系统（GSCS）之间的合作伙伴关系，重点是六年级到九年级。在这个项目中，学生在这些中间年级探索他们的创造力在干创新和设计（干ID）课程，使用快速原型设备位于GSCS校园。学生们受到启发并被吸引到STEM的研究中，因为他们看到他们的创作成为现实。在这种伙伴关系中开发的数学，工程和科学模块促进了探究和情境学习，将STEM主题置于情境中，以展示其与AMP-IT-UP学生的相关性。通过课外的地方和国家俱乐部和比赛，学生的经验被拓宽和深化。这些俱乐部包括由GT教师和学生指导的青少年创客和创新俱乐部。这种指导为学生提供了榜样，并提供了对学生保留和自我效能至关重要的个人接触。比赛包括机器人比赛，如FIRST LEGO League和FIRST Robotics。每年约有2,400名学生参加探索性STEM课程模块，共有约1,200名学生参加课外活动。AMP-IT-UP正在研究STEM-ID课程对学生及其教师的影响的各个方面。正在衡量的一些效果包括探索参与如何影响学术参与，内容理解，知识转移和学生在STEM中的坚持。另一个相关的研究课题涉及到使用STEM-ID材料的教师的专业发展以及课程部署的保真度。AMP-IT-UP还开发了一个理论模型，通过利用包括工程和社会科学专家在内的跨学科团队的资源，了解教育这一复杂系统的变化。这一数学和科学合作伙伴关系中的两个核心合作伙伴说明了他们合作的互利性质。中学教师发展工作正在改变GSCS，提高教师在课堂上进行体验式学习的能力。GT社区正在与中学生和教师进行更大的互动，从而更加重视GT本科课程中的体验式和主动学习环境，并增加了对GT教师和学生服务学习的承诺。

Advanced Manufacturing and Prototyping Integrated to Unlock Potential (AMP-IT-UP) is a partnership between the Georgia Institute of Technology (GT) and the Griffin-Spalding County School System (GSCS) that focuses on grades six through nine. In this project, students in these middle grades explore their creativity in STEM Innovation and Design (STEM-ID) courses, using rapid prototyping equipment located on GSCS campuses. Students become inspired and drawn into the study of STEM as they watch their creations become reality. The mathematics, engineering and science modules developed in this partnership promote inquiry and situated learning which contextualizes STEM topics to demonstrate their relevancy to AMP-IT-UP students. Through extracurricular local and national clubs and competitions, student experiences are broadened and deepened. The clubs include Junior Makers and Innovation clubs that are mentored by GT faculty and students. This mentorship provides role models for the students and provides the personal touch that is so critical for student retention and self efficacy. The competitions include robotic competitions such as FIRST LEGO League and FIRST Robotics. Approximately 2,400 students each year participate in the exploratory STEM course modules with a total of approximately 1,200 participating in the extracurricular activities. AMP-IT-UP is conducting research into various aspects of the impact of the STEM-ID courses on the students and their teachers. Some of the effects being measured include exploring how participation affects academic engagement, content understanding, knowledge transfer and student persistence in STEM. Another related research topic involves the implementation of the professional development of the teachers who are using the STEM-ID materials as well as the fidelity of the curriculum deployment. AMP-IT-UP is also developing a theoretical model for understanding changes to the complex system that is education by utilizing resources from an interdisciplinary team that includes experts in both engineering and the social sciences.Both core partners in this Math and Science Partnership illustrate the mutually beneficial nature of their work together. GSCS is being transformed by the middle school teacher development efforts that are enhancing teachers' ability to conduct experiential learning in their classrooms. The GT community is being transformed by a greater interaction with the middle school students and teachers, resulting in an increased emphasis on experiential and active learning environments in the GT undergraduate curriculum as well as an increased commitment to service learning among GT faculty and students.