SSC: Wildlife Inquiry Through Zoo Education (W.I.Z.E.) Summer Science Camp

SSC：通过动物园教育进行野生动物探究（W.I.Z.E.）夏季科学营

• 批准号: 9553277
• 负责人: Annette Berkovits
• 金额: $ 6.24万
• 依托单位: Wildlife Conservation Society
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1995
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1995-11-01 至 1997-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9553277&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SSC; Wildlife; Inquiry; Through; Zoo

The Wildlife Conservation Society, founded 1895 as the New York Zoological Society, requests a grant from the National Science Foundation, to launch and exciting two-fold science education and career exploration project for undeserved youngsters entering 8th and 9th grades. This commuter summer camp experience, serving 35 children annually over a three year period, will be held at the internationally acclaimed Bronx Zoo and be based on one of the exemplary and PEP1 validated life science curricula developed by the Bronx Zoo Education Department, Wildlife Inquiry through Zoo Education (WIZE). To date, over 1,000 teachers in 40 states and U.S. territories have adopted the curriculum in grades 7-10. WIZE, a science program targeted for adolescents, became available in 1987. Initially funded by NSF, WIZE has been successfully disseminated nationally through two consecutive grants from the U. S. Department of Education National Diffusion Network, and continually evaluate over the past seven years. The goals of Wildlife Conservation Society, the Bronx Zoo Education Department, the WIZE curriculum, and the proposed WIZE Teens Summer Science Camp closely coordinate with those of NSF's division Human Resources Development: We are actively seeking to: 1) promote an interest in science and mathematics in middle school students that will remain with them beyond their school years; 2 prepare adolescents to understand and participate as informed citizens in public policy debates and decisions on issues involving the environment, habitats, and wildlife preservation; 3) encourage middle school students to value and continue their science education throughout secondary school and consider higher education leading to careers in science, mathematics, or technology. ***

野生动物保护协会成立于 1895 年，前身是纽约动物学会，它请求国家科学基金会拨款，为八年级和九年级的不值得的孩子启动令人兴奋的双重科学教育和职业探索项目。 该通勤夏令营体验将在国际知名的布朗克斯动物园举行，为期三年，每年为 35 名儿童提供服务，并以布朗克斯动物园教育部野生动物探究开发的示范性和 PEP1 验证的生命科学课程之一为基础。动物园教育（WIZE）。 迄今为止，40 个州和美国领地的 1,000 多名教师已在 7 至 10 年级采用了该课程。 WIZE 是一项针对青少年的科学项目，于 1987 年推出。WIZE 最初由 NSF 资助，通过美国教育部国家传播网络的连续两次资助，在全国范围内成功传播，并在过去七年中不断进行评估。 野生动物保护协会、布朗克斯动物园教育部、WIZE 课程以及拟议的 WIZE 青少年夏季科学营的目标与 NSF 人力资源开发部门的目标密切协调：我们正在积极寻求：1) 促进对科学的兴趣和中学生的数学知识将在他们毕业后继续存在； 2 让青少年了解并作为知情公民参与有关环境、栖息地和野生动物保护问题的公共政策辩论和决策； 3) 鼓励中学生重视并在整个中学阶段继续接受科学教育，并考虑接受高等教育以从事科学、数学或技术领域的职业。 ***