Investigating Green Energy Technologies in the City: A Youth Based Project

调查城市中的绿色能源技术：一个基于青年的项目

• 批准号: 0737642
• 负责人: Angela Calabrese Barton
• 金额: $ 90万
• 依托单位: Michigan State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-10-01 至 2011-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0737642&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Investigating; Green; Energy; Technologies; City

Investigating Green Energy Technologies in the City (GET City) is a youth-based project designed to target underserved middle school students and introduce concepts in energy sustainability and environmental health. Partners include Michigan State University's College of Education and College of Engineering, Lansing Boys and Girls Club, Lansing Board of Water and Light, and Urban Options, a non-profit energy and environmental agency. Participants learn to use IT tools (GIS software, databases, and communication tools) and gain IT workforce skills, research experiences, science knowledge, and inquiry skills. Project components include bi-weekly afterschool sessions (18 weeks), a 3-week summer program with field-based design experiences, community energy events, parental involvement activities, career field trips, and a project website. Youth will also participate in an annual community fair and conduct energy audits. Topics covered include brownouts, environmental health, alternative energy sources, and green energy technologies. Youth will receive ongoing support from energy mentors and gain leadership experience. The project will result in the development of a curriculum that includes IT-based investigations with a focus on core energy concepts. GET City also includes a research component that examines youth identity development in science, engineering, and IT in an attempt to understand how the program supports participation in an IT community of practice. The research, in conjunction with the comprehensive evaluation, will contribute to the field by providing insight into how the program design fosters youth engagement and learning in science, engineering, and IT. Seventy youth will receive 280 contact hours over two years of participation.

研究该市的绿色能源技术（GET City）是一个基于青年的项目，旨在针对服务不足的中学生，并介绍能源可持续性和环境健康方面的概念。合作伙伴包括密歇根州立大学教育学院和工程学院，兰辛男孩和女孩俱乐部，兰辛水和光委员会以及非营利能源与环境机构的城市选择。参与者学习使用IT工具（GIS软件，数据库和通信工具），并获得IT劳动力技能，研究经验，科学知识和询问技能。项目组件包括每两周一次的课后课程（18周），一个为期3周的夏季计划，具有基于现场的设计经验，社区能源活动，父母参与活动，职业实地考察和项目网站。青年还将参加年度社区博览会并进行能源审核。涵盖的主题包括布朗特，环境健康，替代能源和绿色能源技术。年轻人将获得能源导师的持续支持并获得领导经验。该项目将导致开发课程，其中包括基于IT的调查，重点是核心能源概念。 Get City还包括一个研究组成部分，该研究部分研究了科学，工程学中的青年身份发展，并试图了解该计划如何支持参与IT实践社区。这项研究与全面的评估一起，将通过洞悉该计划设计如何促进科学，工程和IT方面的青年参与度和学习，从而为该领域做出贡献。在两年的参与期间，有70名青年将获得280个联系时间。