BIORETS: Global Change Ecology at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

BIORETS：史密森环境研究中心的全球变化生态学

• 批准号: 2147080
• 负责人: Alison Cawood
• 金额: $ 55.75万
• 依托单位: Smithsonian Institution
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-02-15 至 2025-01-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2147080&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: BIORETS; Global; Change; Ecology; Smithsonian

The Research Experience for Teachers (RET) program at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) will provide middle school teachers from Anne Arundel County Public Schools and Prince George’s County Public Schools in Maryland and District of Columbia Public Schools in Washington, DC with hands-on participation in research on global change. The teachers will study a variety of topics, including ecosystem conservation, climate change, biological invasions, and biodiversity to understand how ecosystems are changing. Through the program, teachers will be trained in a range of current scientific research techniques. This will increase their understanding of the scientific process, result in meaningful learning experiences, and provide them the support to begin implementing authentic research and data analysis in their classrooms. The teachers will engage with hundreds of students each year, providing high quality STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) resources and access to a large network of STEM professionals to inspire their students.In recent centuries, humans have dramatically altered the planet through habitat fragmentation, increased greenhouse gases, species introductions, excess nutrient loading, and native species extirpation. Determining and ultimately mitigating the consequences of these global transformations is a major goal in ecology, and the primary focus of the Research Experience for Teachers (RET) program at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. The environmental issues of the 21st century are complex and require a multi-disciplinary approach. Through the program, teachers will be trained in many subfields including ecology, chemistry, genetics, and quantitative ecology, resulting in rich experiences and scientific impacts. After their summer experiences, teachers will have increased their understanding of and comfort with current research practices and techniques and have the support to begin implementing authentic research and data analysis practices in their classrooms. More than half of the students in the target school districts are students of color, and large portions of the students are considered economically disadvantaged. Students from these demographics often have less access to high quality STEM teaching and learning materials. By engaging teachers from these districts in hands-on research and preparing them to better integrate the authentic science practices in their classrooms, not only will the teachers benefit from increased environmental science knowledge and self-efficacy, but their students and school communities will benefit as well. The teachers will engage with hundreds of students each year, providing high quality STEM resources and access to a large network of STEM professionals to better inspire and engage their STEM students.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.

史密森尼环境研究中心（SERC）的教师研究经验（RET）计划将为来自Anne Arundel县公立学校的中学教师和位于马里兰州的乔治王子县公立学校和华盛顿特区哥伦比亚公立学校提供动手参与研究全球变化研究。教师将研究各种主题，包括生态系统保护，气候变化，生物学入侵和生物多样性，以了解生态系统的变化。通过该计划，教师将接受一系列当前的科学研究技术的培训。这将增加他们对科学过程的理解，从而带来有意义的学习经历，并为他们提供支持，以开始在课堂上实施真实的研究和数据分析。教师每年将与数百名学生互动，提供高质量的STEM（科学，技术，工程和数学）资源，并获得与大型STEM专业人员网络的访问，以激发他们的学生。最近几个世纪，人类通过栖息地碎片，增加的温室气体，物种引入，过多的营养载荷和本地物种和本地物种和本地物种来大大改变地球，从而极大地改变了地球。确定并最终减轻这些全球转型的后果是生态学的主要目标，也是史密森尼环境研究中心的教师研究经验（RET）计划的主要重点。 21世纪的环境问题很复杂，需要采用多学科的方法。通过该计划，将在许多子领域接受教师的培训，包括生态学，化学，遗传学和定量生态学，从而带来丰富的经验和科学影响。经过夏季的经验，教师将增加对当前研究实践和技术的理解和舒适感，并得到开始在课堂上实施真实的研究和数据分析实践的支持。目标学区的一半以上是有色人种的学生，大部分学生被认为在经济上受到干扰。来自这些人口统计学的学生通常较少获得高质量的STEM教学材料。通过让来自这些地区的教师进行动手研究，并准备更好地整合在班级中的真实科学实践，不仅教师将从增加的环境科学知识和自我效能感中受益，而且他们的学生和学校社区也将受益。教师每年将与数百名学生互动，提供高质量的STEM资源并获得大量的STEM专业人员网络，以更好地启发和吸引他们的STEM学生。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并通过使用基金会的知识分子的优点和更广泛的影响来评估NSF的法定任务。