RET Site: Wood to Wheels - Research Experiences for High School Teachers in Sustainable Transportation Technologies

RET 网站：从木材到车轮 - 高中教师可持续交通技术的研究经验

• 批准号: 1009617
• 负责人: David Shonnard
• 金额: $ 35.85万
• 依托单位: Michigan Technological University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-01-15 至 2015-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1009617&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RET; Site; Wood; Wheels; Research

This award provides funding for a three-year continuing award to support a Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering Site program at Michigan Technological University (MTU) entitled, "RET Site: "Wood-to-Wheels"-Research Experiences for High School Teachers in Sustainable Transportation Technologies, under the direction of Dr. David R. Shonnard. The goal of this RET in Engineering Site is to provide six-week summer, in-depth, multidisciplinary research experiences and concurrent curriculum development activities for 21 high school teachers (7 per year) over a three year period in a "Wood-to-Wheels" (W2W) forest-based biofuels transportation enterprise. The development of domestic renewable energy alternatives to replace imported fossil fuels has been identified as a grand challenge by many government agencies and scientific institutions. The production of new liquid transportation fuels derived from renewable forest resources can achieve many sustainability objectives; including reduced greenhouse gas emissions, energy and food security, domestic as well as rural job creation, and improved balance of trade. The research and development needed to achieve these sustainable energy goals will rely on a future supply of diverse engineers and scientists with a balance of technical expertise and an understanding of the broader issues that may be categorized under the term of "sustainability". This RET Site will increase the level of teachers' sustainability literacy and technical knowledge of the forest-based biofules life cycle. The faculty research mentors will also gain a deeper understanding of STEM education issues at the high school level and the collaborative course/laboratory teaching units will lead to improved teaching of engineering concepts, methods, and practices for both the teachers and faculty alike. The W2W RET will result in changes in secondary school classroom teaching and will lead to enhanced engagement of high school students who are better prepared and have the vision to pursue sustainability-oriented STEM education.

该奖项为三年持续奖项提供了资金，以支持密歇根技术大学（MTU）的工程网站课程的研究经验（RET），题为“ RET网站：“ Wood-Wood-to-Wheels” - 在可持续运输技术领域的高中教师的高中教师的研究经验，在这项卫生到六周期的范围内，可提供六周期的经验。在三年中，在“木材到轮”（W2W）的三年内（每年7个）的课程开发活动（W2W）的生物燃料交通运输企业的开发替代了许多政府机构的范围内，可以将其替换为替代进口的化石燃料。可持续性目标；包括减少温室气体排放，能源和粮食安全，国内和农村工作的创造以及改善贸易平衡。 实现这些可持续能源目标所需的研发将依靠未来的工程师和科学家的供应，并以技术专长的平衡以及对“可持续性”一词可能分类的更广泛问题的理解。 此RET网站将提高教师的可持续性素养和基于森林生物污物生命周期的技术知识的水平。教师研究导师还将在高中层面上更深入地了解STEM教育问题，协作课程/实验室教学单位将改善教师和教师的工程概念，方法和实践的改善。 W2W RET将导致中学课堂教学的变化，并将导致加强准备的高中学生的参与度，这些学生已经做好了更好的准备，并有愿景来追求以可持续性为导向的STEM教育。