Creating, Scaling and Sustaining NGSS-Aligned, ONR-Informed Research in High School Science Classrooms
Abstract
UC San Diego’s Center for Research on Educational Equity, Assessment and Teaching Excellence (CREATE) as part of the CREATE STEM Success Initiative, along with the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center, and in coordination with the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SPAWAR) propose a three-year effort to increase the flow of ONR-funded research content and practices into high school classrooms in the San Diego area. Specifically, this proposal aims to leverage the powerhouse of ONR-funded work at both UC San Diego (UCSD), UCSD affiliated organizations (e.g. Scripps Institution of Oceanography) and SPAWAR by directly linking ONR scientists and engineers to high school teachers via a newly created communicating science infrastructure. Lesson study cycles will serve as the primary vehicle through which the infrastructure will be built, with teachers recruited through CREATE’s extensive science teaching network and contacts with local high school districts. During lesson study cycles, researchers will initially share their scientific and engineering design practices and content with small teams of teachers who will then work to adapt their new knowledge of content and practices into high school science lessons. These lessons will be purposively designed with the newly introduced Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) in mind, providing teachers with deep content and valuable time together to practice shifting their classroom lesson(s) towards the NGSS. Participating teachers will then work collectively in small teams to refine their lessons via an iterative process—by teaching, observing and re-teaching them to their classrooms of high school students. The lessons and all supportive curricular materials and any created assessments will then be posted and shared online and through existing teacher development networks both regionally and, perhaps, nationally. The Reuben H. Fleet will use its central location in San Diego’s Balboa Park, facilities and extensive knowledge of communicating science to lay audiences to further infuse the process with excitement and accessibility. We anticipate that a three-year grant provision could allow for as many as 12 researchers and 72 high school teachers to participate, impacting nearly 13,000 students.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Aug 12, 2016
- Source ID
- N000141512426
Entities
People
- Susan Yonezawa
Organizations
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy
- University of California, San Diego