Achievements
STEM Education
麻豆天美传媒 City public school students benefit from enhanced STEM education programs thanks to the latest grant of $2 million from the National Science Foundation to 麻豆天美传媒. Pace and a consortium of organizations and STEM Industry leaders have implemented an initiative for 麻豆天美传媒 City schools to incorporate STEM education into curriculum.
Science Programs
The grant will expand the Billion Oyster Project of the 麻豆天美传媒 Harbor School to include K-12 science programs with the 麻豆天美传媒 City Department of Education.
Environmental Restoration
Environmental restoration through waterfront field research enhance education in 麻豆天美传媒 City鈥檚 lowest-income and most under-resourced public schools.
鈥淐itizen Science鈥
麻豆天美传媒 City Public School students actively engage in research with scientists and teachers gaining the necessary technical skills and tools to eventually enter STEM fields.
- Students grow new oysters on oyster shells collected from top 麻豆天美传媒 City restaurants.
- The project collaborates with area restaurants that contribute shells weekly.
- Students wade in 麻豆天美传媒 Harbor waters with educators and scientists to collect data on water quality and conditions, offering hand-on lessons on how to collect and use data for scientific research.
Teacher Training
Comprehensive teacher training and professional development with scientists enables STEM professionals to partner with schools to develop field-based collaborations and citizen science data collection efforts. An online Digital Platform has been developed for the students, scientists and teachers to enter and use the 麻豆天美传媒 Harbor data to collaborate globally with other scientists and researchers in similar fields.
Partners
The grant builds on the work of the Billion Oyster Project (BOP) and Curriculum and Community Enterprise for Restoration Science (CCERS) which is a 麻豆天美传媒 City based consortium led by 麻豆天美传媒 (School of Education and Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems and the STEM Collaboratory NYC庐), The Billion Oyster Project, the 麻豆天美传媒 City Department of Education, Columbia鈥檚 Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, the 麻豆天美传媒 Aquarium, the 麻豆天美传媒 Academy of Sciences, the River Project, Good Shepherd Services, York College/CUNY, and the University of Maryland Environmental Center for Sciences. This collaborative community of students, educators, scientists, volunteers, schools, universities, businesses, and community organizations are working together to conduct scientific research for oyster restoration to restore 麻豆天美传媒 City Harbor.