The Lowell Observatory Navajo-Hopi Astronomy Outreach Program: the Kayenta Unified School District Collaboration

该项目将资助五个合作伙伴关系，作为洛厄尔天文台纳瓦霍-霍皮天文学外展计划的一部分，在2018-19学年。该项目已进入第23个年头，目前正开始与位于亚利桑那州北方纳瓦霍族的卡耶塔联合学区的4 - 7年级教师合作。教师与来自洛厄尔天文台的天文学家/教育家配对，他们定期访问天文台。星星派对是与展示传统知识的部落教育工作者合作举办的，学生们参观洛厄尔天文台是一次高潮体验。课程采用基于项目的学习，教育研究表明，这是特别有效的土著儿童。新单位的主题与州、国家和纳瓦霍部落的标准保持一致。将开发、测试和评估课程单元，成功的单元将免费提供给教育工作者。纳瓦霍人和霍皮人的长老和教育工作者将参与这一进程。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估的支持。

The project will fund five partnerships as part of the Lowell Observatory Navajo-Hopi Astronomy Outreach program in the 2018-19 school year. The program, which is in its 23rd year, is beginning a collaboration with 4th-7th grade teachers in the Kayenta Unified School District, located in the Navajo Nation of northern Arizona. Teachers are paired with an astronomer/educator from Lowell Observatory who regularly visits the observatory. Star parties are held in partnership with tribal educators who present traditional knowledge, and students visit Lowell Observatory as a culminating experience. The curriculum uses Project Based Learning, which education research has shown to be particularly effective with Native children. Topics for the new units are aligned with state, national, and Navajo tribal standards. Curriculum units will be developed, tested, and evaluated, and successful units will be made available free to educators. Navajo and Hopi elders and educators will be involved in this process.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.