The Lowell Observatory Navajo-Hopi Astronomy Outreach Program: the Kayenta Unified School District Collaboration

洛厄尔天文台纳瓦霍-霍皮天文学推广计划：凯恩塔联合学区合作

• 批准号: 1831063
• 负责人: Deidre Hunter
• 金额: $ 10.21万
• 依托单位: Lowell Observatory
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-09-15 至 2019-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1831063&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Lowell; Observatory; Navajo; Hopi; Astronomy

The project will fund five partnerships as part of the Lowell Observatory Navajo-Hopi Astronomy Outreach program in the 2018-19 school year. The program, which is in its 23rd year, is beginning a collaboration with 4th-7th grade teachers in the Kayenta Unified School District, located in the Navajo Nation of northern Arizona. Teachers are paired with an astronomer/educator from Lowell Observatory who regularly visits the observatory. Star parties are held in partnership with tribal educators who present traditional knowledge, and students visit Lowell Observatory as a culminating experience. The curriculum uses Project Based Learning, which education research has shown to be particularly effective with Native children. Topics for the new units are aligned with state, national, and Navajo tribal standards. Curriculum units will be developed, tested, and evaluated, and successful units will be made available free to educators. Navajo and Hopi elders and educators will be involved in this process.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该项目将在2018-19学年的洛厄尔天文台天文台天文学外展计划中为五个合作伙伴提供资金。该计划已于23年，该计划正在与位于北亚利桑那州纳瓦霍人国家的Kayenta Unified学区的4至7年级教师合作。老师与洛厄尔天文台的天文学家/教育家配对，后者定期访问天文台。明星派对是与提出传统知识的部落教育者合作举行的，学生们访问洛厄尔天文台，这是一种高潮的经历。该课程使用基于项目的学习，教育研究表明对本地儿童特别有效。新单元的主题与州，国家和纳瓦霍部落标准保持一致。将开发，测试和评估课程单元，并将为教育工作者免费提供成功的单元。纳瓦霍（Navajo）和霍皮（Hopi）长老和教育工作者将参与此过程。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响审查标准，被认为值得通过评估来获得支持。