RET: Shaping Inquiry from Feedstock to Tailpipe (SHIFT)

RET：从原料到尾管的成型查询（SHIFT）

• 批准号: 0909100
• 负责人: Susan Stagg-Williams
• 金额: $ 49.95万
• 依托单位: University of Kansas Center for Research Inc
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-09-01 至 2013-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0909100&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RET; Shaping; Inquiry; Feedstock; Tailpipe

"This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5)." This award provides funding for a 3 year standard award to support a Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering Site program at the University of Kansas (KU) entitled, "RET: Shaping Inquiry from Feedstock to Tailpipe (SHIFT)", under the direction of Dr. Susan M. Stagg-Williams. This program hosted by the University of Kansas and the Southeast Kansas Education Service Center-Greenbush will provide a 6 week summer experience for a total of 24 high school science teachers and community college teachers (8 per year for 3 years). The participants will be recruited from both rural and urban school districts and two community colleges throughout the state of Kansas.The primary objectives of the program are to: 1) Provide professional development training and research opportunities to increase participants knowledge base and awareness of research methods; 2) Nurture long-term linkages between KU faculty and the surrounding educational community; 3) Guide the creation of original, standards-based, biofuel-related lessons for dissemination; 4) Engage students in real-world applications to demonstrate that solutions to complex problems often require integration of knowledge from multiple subject areas; and 5) Stimulate students' interest in STEM careers. The teachers will participate in full-time discovery-based research at KU during the summer in four areas of biofuels research that complement the courses they teach. These research areas include: (1) ecosystem processes; (2) feedstock production; (3) biofuel production; and (4) biofuel assessment. This opportunity will help teachers learn about the integrated nature of biofuels research. With guidance from Greenbush educators, participants will translate their research experiences into curricular materials that can be used in their classes the following year. These lessons will be designed to meet state science standards and it is anticipated that at least four lesson modules will be developed each year of the project.

“该奖项的资金来源是《2009 年美国复苏和再投资法案》（公法 111-5）。”该奖项为为期 3 年的标准奖项提供资金，以支持堪萨斯大学 (KU) 的工程现场教师研究经验 (RET) 项目，题为“RET：从原料到尾管的塑造探究 (SHIFT)”，该项目根据Susan M. Stagg-Williams 博士的指导。该项目由堪萨斯大学和堪萨斯州东南部格林布什教育服务中心主办，将为总共 24 名高中科学教师和社区大学教师（每年 8 名，为期 3 年）提供为期 6 周的暑期体验。参与者将从堪萨斯州的农村和城市学区以及两所社区学院招募。该计划的主要目标是： 1) 提供专业发展培训和研究机会，以增加参与者的知识基础和对研究方法的认识; 2) 培养 KU 教师与周边教育界之间的长期联系； 3) 指导创建原创的、基于标准的、与生物燃料相关的课程以供传播； 4) 让学生参与现实世界的应用，以证明复杂问题的解决方案通常需要整合多个学科领域的知识； 5) 激发学生对 STEM 职业的兴趣。暑假期间，教师们将在堪萨斯大学参与生物燃料研究四个领域的全职探索性研究，以补充他们所教授的课程。这些研究领域包括：（1）生态系统过程； (2)原料生产； (3)生物燃料生产； (4)生物燃料评估。这个机会将帮助教师了解生物燃料研究的综合性质。在格林布什教育工作者的指导下，参与者将把他们的研究经验转化为可在第二年的课堂上使用的课程材料。这些课程的设计将满足国家科学标准，预计该项目每年将开发至少四个课程模块。