BIORETS: INterSPecies Interactions Research Experience (INSPIRE)

斯坦福大学的物种间相互作用研究经验(INSPIRE)BIORETS Site奖将在夏季持续8周的时间里，每年在斯坦福大学的科学家和8名公立学校科学教师之间建立合作伙伴关系，并在全年持续提供课堂支持。将在2023-2025年夏季招聘三批教师，在颁奖期间总共招聘24名教师。招聘将侧重于加利福尼亚州旧金山湾区的初中和高中教师，特别强调为大部分边缘化学生服务的教师。该计划的目标是为教师提供研究经验，增强他们在实验室中的信心和技能，并支持将研究经验的各个方面转移到他们的课堂上，以改善学生的学习。教师将对物种之间的相互作用进行研究，例如食物网络关系或疾病传播，这些对人类健康和自然生态系统都很重要。教师还将参加专业学习体验，以加强队列内的合作，并将他们的研究应用到课堂环境中。参与的科学家将访问教室，与学生互动，并肯定他们的科学学习之旅。该项目的结果将通过调查、访谈和评估进行评估，以确定教师的这些真实的科学经验是否导致教学实践的变化，以及学习结果的改善和学生的更大参与。加利福尼亚州的湾区存在着巨大的财富不平等，在那里，丰富的学术经历并不平等。该计划将颁布并鼓励在资源有限的学校为教师和学生提供更多基于实验室的经验。物种间的相互作用对人类和生态系统的健康至关重要。培养下一代科学家了解物种的相互依存关系，将使美国科学工作者能够应对一些最紧迫的社会挑战，如疾病、粮食短缺和生物多样性保护。该计划的目标是通过斯坦福大学生物系实验室的真实研究经验和斯坦福支持卓越教学中心的专业学习经验，提高教师内容和教学知识、科学技能和信心。所有项目参与者，包括实验室导师，都需要进行合乎道德的研究和防止骚扰培训。该项目将使用www.nsfetap.org招聘和记录参与情况，有针对性地从服务于大多数低收入、代表性不足人口的地区招聘教师。教师将在世界领先的科学实验室进行真实的研究，并参与专业学习体验，重点是发展教学知识、教学方法，并通过教育转移计划将他们的经验转化为课堂教学计划。合作科学家将接受导师培训，并将在整个学年访问这些公立学校的教室，与教师和学生互动。资助包括教师津贴，教师提出他们的暑期研究的会议旅行，以及实施他们的教育转移计划的课堂资金。实例研究项目包括生态系统相互作用，如捕食者-猎物或树木-真菌关系，传染病传播如新冠肺炎传播，以及生物体如何适应气候变化。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，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。

The INterSPecies Interactions Research Experience (INSPIRE) BIORETs site award to Stanford University will create partnerships between Stanford scientists and eight public school science teachers per year for eight weeks in the summer with continued classroom support throughout the year. Three cohorts of teachers will be recruited for the summers of 2023 – 2025 for a total of 24 teachers during the award. Recruitment will focus on middle and high school teachers from the Bay Area of California with special emphasis on teachers serving large percentages of marginalized students. The goals of this program are to provide research experiences to teachers that enhance their confidence and skills in the lab with support to transfer aspects of the research experiences into their classrooms to improve student learning. Teachers will conduct research on the interactions between species, such as food web relationships or disease transmission, which are important for human health and natural ecosystems. Teachers will also participate in professional learning experiences that enhance collaboration within the cohort and application of their research to classroom settings. Participating scientists will visit classrooms to interact with and affirm students in their science learning journey. Outcomes of this project will be assessed through surveys, interviews, and assessments to determine if these authentic science experiences for teachers resulted in changes in teaching practice as well as improved learning outcomes and greater engagement for students. The Bay Area of California has tremendous wealth inequity, where enriching academic experiences are not equally available. This program will enact and inspire increased distribution of lab-based experiences for teachers and students in schools with more limited resources. Species interactions are critically important for human and ecosystem health. Preparing the next generation of scientists to understand the interdependency of species will enable the US scientific workforce to tackle some of society’s most pressing challenges, like disease, food scarcity, and biodiversity conservation. The goals of this program are to enhance teacher content and pedagogical knowledge, scientific skill sets, and confidence through authentic research experiences in Stanford University’s Department of Biology laboratories and professional learning experiences with Stanford’s Center to Support Excellence in Teaching. Ethical conduct of research and harassment prevention training are required of all project participants, including laboratory mentors. The project will use www.nsfetap.org to recruit and document participation, with targeted recruitment of teachers from districts serving majority low-income, underrepresented populations. Teachers will conduct authentic research in world-leading scientific laboratories and participate in professional learning experiences focused on developing content knowledge, pedagogy, and translating their experiences into lesson plans for their classrooms through an Education Transfer Plan. Partnering scientists will receive mentorship training and will visit these public-school classrooms to interact with teachers and students throughout the academic year. Funding includes a teacher stipend, conference travel for the teacher to present their summer research, and classroom funds to implement their Education Transfer Plans. Example research projects include ecosystem interactions like predator-prey or tree-fungi relationships, infectious disease spread like COVID-19 transmission, and how organisms adapt to climate change.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.