Yerkes Astrophysics Academy for Young Scientists

耶克斯天体物理学青年科学家学院

• 批准号: 0639690
• 负责人: Kyle Cudworth
• 金额: $ 80万
• 依托单位: University of Chicago
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-10-15 至 2010-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0639690&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Yerkes; Astrophysics; Academy; Young; Scientists

The University of Chicago Yerkes Observatory and a host of education, science, business and community partners will combine resources to implement the Yerkes Astrophysics Academy for Young Scientists. Collaborators include the George Williams College -Aurora University, Consortium of Geneva Lakes Schools, Wisconsin Center for Blind and Visually Impaired, Wisconsin School for the Deaf, National Federation of the Blind, Williams Bay Business Association, Geneva Lake Environmental Agency, Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum, Science Museum of Tokyo, Hands-On Universe at the Lawrence Hall of Science, and the Astronomy Resources Connecting Schools (ARCS) teachers of the Illinois Mathematics and Science Partnerships. This project targets students in grades 3-8 in southern Wisconsin by providing them with year-round activities under four themes: Observing the Sky; Investigating Light and the EM Spectrum; Using Telescopes, Imaging, and Data Collection Display and Analysis; and Building Instruments. Over 100 students in elementary and middle school will receive 150 hours of out-of-school time programming as they engage in after school activities, observing sessions, field trips, and a week-long summer camp. The summer camp will enable students to build a tabletop projection solar spectrograph. Teacher professional development will be provided by Aurora University's College of Education and emphasize teaching as a scientific process, the relationship between learning and the brain, effective teaching models, the use of technology, and models of universal design. The twenty participating teachers will also learn physics and astronomy content while working with scientists and educators at the Yerkes Observatory. A research and evaluation plan will assess the effectiveness of the comprehensive partnership in achieving project outcomes, as well as the impact on student STEM learning and teacher knowledge and pedagogical practices. This project brings together the talents of scientists, educators and engineers to provide students, including those with sensory disabilities, with the opportunity to make scientific observations, build scientific equipment, and collect and interpret data.

芝加哥大学耶克斯大学天文台和许多教育，科学，商业和社区合作伙伴将结合资源来实施年轻科学家的Yerkes天体物理学学院。 Collaborators include the George Williams College -Aurora University, Consortium of Geneva Lakes Schools, Wisconsin Center for Blind and Visually Impaired, Wisconsin School for the Deaf, National Federation of the Blind, Williams Bay Business Association, Geneva Lake Environmental Agency, Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum, Science Museum of Tokyo, Hands-On Universe at the Lawrence Hall of Science, and the Astronomy Resources Connecting Schools （ARCS）伊利诺伊州数学和科学伙伴关系的教师。 该项目通过为他们提供四个主题的全年活动：观察天空，以在威斯康星州南部的3 - 8年级为目标。调查光和EM光谱；使用望远镜，成像和数据收集显示和分析；和建造工具。 小学和中学的100多名学生将获得150个小时的课外时间编程，因为他们从事放学后的活动，观察会议，实地考察和一个为期一周的夏令营。 夏令营将使学生能够构建桌面投影太阳能光谱仪。 Aurora大学教育学院将提供教师专业发展，并强调教学是一种科学过程，学习与大脑之间的关系，有效的教学模型，技术的使用以及通用设计的模型。 二十名参加教师还将学习物理和天文学内容，同时与耶克斯天文台的科学家和教育者合作。 研究和评估计划将评估全面合作伙伴关系在实现项目成果方面的有效性，以及对学生STEM学习以及教师知识和教学实践的影响。 该项目汇集了科学家，教育工作者和工程师的才能，以提供包括感官障碍的学生，并有机会进行科学观察，建造科学设备并收集和解释数据。