Partnerships for Polar Science Education and Outreach in Greenland (JSEP) and Antarctica (JASE)

地球两极地区正在经历与整个世界相关的快速变化。科学家们正在努力了解这一变化的原因和后果，并在与不同利益攸关方沟通他们的发现方面发挥关键作用。极地变化的步伐要求在培训和教育下一代极地专业人员方面不断投资，这些专业人员准备成为学术界、政府、行业和政策的领导者。联合科学教育项目(JSEP)和联合南极学校考察(JASE)是NSF赞助的两个以极地为重点的项目，为培训下一代STEM专业人员和极地科学拓展提供了重要机会。JSEP是联合委员会于2007年发起的一个项目，旨在教育来自格陵兰岛、丹麦和美国的学生和教师。该项目将格陵兰的美国学生与丹麦和格陵兰学生聚集在一起，该小组在格陵兰花费三周时间研究北极环境变化的原因和后果。JASE是与智利南极研究所(INACH)合作的一个项目，它将美国学生带到南极洲，与智利学生一起研究南极洲快速变化的生态系统。该奖项为达特茅斯学院提供资金，在未来四年内领导美国对JSEP和JASE的捐款。达特茅斯每年将组织一次全国范围的申请程序，以挑选高中生参与者，并将与国际项目协调员合作，设计学生活动和学习体验。除了为美国高中生协调每个实地考察项目外，达特茅斯还将努力扩大这些项目的影响，方法是派遣一支具有极地考察经验的研究生和教职员工团队，领导JSEP和JASE的科学组成部分，与格陵兰和智利的教育工作者合作，在实地考察期间向当地观众传播JSEP和JASE极地科学成果，调整JSEP和JASE极地科学实地活动，用于美国和国际课堂，为不同受众提供跨文化科学交流培训，向达特茅斯研究生和校园社区提供培训，并评估JSEP和JASE中高中和研究生参与者基于技能和内容的结果。社会利益包括建立由学生、教育工作者、利益相关者、未来领导人和极地科学家组成的国际网络；使美国极地科学劳动力多样化，并产生可供学生和教师以多种语言免费获取的极地科学教育工具和模块。该计划通过培养一支了解北极和南极的美国科学队伍来解决国家优先事项，这两个地区对美国的经济发展和国家安全越来越重要。联合委员会是美国、格陵兰和丹麦政府之间的一个高级别政府论坛，在2007年国际极地年期间发起了JSEP。自成立以来，来自格陵兰岛、丹麦和美国的高中生和教师前往格陵兰岛参加两个JSEP教育项目，即Kangerlussuaq科学野外学校和科学与教育周。2013年，智利南极研究所(INACH)邀请美国参加他们的南极考察队(EAE)项目，该项目旨在促进智利年轻人对南极洲的认识和欣赏。从那时起，美国团队加入了三个JASE考察队，为两国的高中生和教师提供南极研究的实践经验。JSEP和JASE的目标都是1)教育和激励下一代极地科学家，2)在参与国之间建立强大的学生、教师和研究人员网络，3)通过带领学生团队到极地地区分享极地科学活动来提高语言和沟通技能。该计划将加强美国、丹麦和格陵兰之间的国际科学联系，并提高这三个国家的学生和公民对极地科学的理解。达特茅斯将对目前的高中生和研究生极地研究员的结果进行评估，并对来自美国、丹麦、格陵兰岛和智利的校友进行调查。JSEP项目将为美国高中生和高中教师提供极地科学和国际合作的沉浸体验。它还将为研究生提供教学、跨文化交流和外展方面的经验和培训。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Earth's polar regions are undergoing rapid changes that have relevance to the entire world. Scientists are working to understand the causes and consequences of this change and have a critical role in communicating their findings with diverse stakeholders. The pace of polar change demands continuous investment in training and educating the next generation of polar professionals who are prepared to be leaders in academia, government, industry, and policy. The Joint Science Education Project (JSEP) and the Joint Antarctic School Expedition (JASE) are two NSF-sponsored polar-focused programs that provide significant opportunities for training the next generation of STEM professionals and for polar-science outreach. JSEP, a project of the Joint Committee, was initiated in 2007 to educate students and teachers from Greenland, Denmark, and the U.S. The program brings US students together with Danish and Greenlandic students in Greenland where the group spends three weeks studying the causes and consequences of Arctic environmental change. JASE, a project in collaboration with the Chilean Antarctic Institute (INACH), takes U.S. students to Antarctica to work alongside Chilean students and examine Antarctica's rapidly changing ecosystems. This award provides funding for Dartmouth College to lead the U.S. contributions to JSEP and JASE for the next four years. Dartmouth will organize a nation-wide application process to select high school student participants each year and will work with the international program coordinators to design student activities and learning experiences. In addition to coordinating each field-based program for U.S. high school students, Dartmouth will work to broaden the impact of these programs by sending a team of graduate student and faculty researchers with polar field experience to lead scientific components of JSEP and JASE, work with Greenlandic and Chilean educators to disseminate JSEP and JASE polar science outcomes to local audiences during the field-based expeditions, adapt JSEP and JASE polar science field activities for use in U.S. and international classrooms, provide training in cross-cultural science communication for diverse audiences to Dartmouth graduate students and the campus community, and assess skill- and content-based outcomes for high school and graduate student participants in JSEP and JASE. Societal benefits include building international networks of students, educators, stakeholders, future leaders, and polar scientists; diversifying the US polar scientific workforce, and generating polar science educational tools and modules that are freely accessible to students and teachers in multiple languages. This program addresses national priorities by developing a U.S. scientific workforce that is knowledgeable about the Arctic and the Antarctic, regions that are of growing importance to U.S. economic development and national security.The Joint Committee, a high-level government forum between the U.S., Greenlandic, and Danish governments, initiated JSEP during the International Polar Year in 2007. Since its inception, high school students and teachers from Greenland, Denmark, and the U.S. have traveled to Greenland to participate in two JSEP educational programs, Kangerlussuaq Science Field School and Science and Education Week. In 2013, the Chilean Antarctic Institute (INACH), invited the United States to participate in their Expedición Antártica Escolar (EAE), a program to promote awareness and appreciation of Antarctica in young Chileans. Since then, U.S. teams have joined three JASE expeditions, which provide hands-on experience with Antarctic research to high school students and teachers from both nations. Both JSEP and JASE aim to 1) educate and inspire the next generation of polar scientists, 2) build strong networks of students, teachers and researchers among the participating countries, and 3) improve language and communication skills by taking teams of students to the polar regions to share in polar science activities. The program will strengthen international scientific ties between the U.S., Denmark and Greenland and improve the understanding of polar science for students and citizens of all three countries. Dartmouth will conduct assessments of outcomes for the current high school students and graduate student polar fellows as well as surveys of alumni from previous U.S., Danish, Greenlandic, and Chilean participants. The JSEP program will provide U.S. high school students and high school teachers with an immersion experience in polar science and international collaboration. It will also provide graduate students with experience and training in teaching, cross-cultural communications and outreach.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.