Year 3

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Project Type

PI Meeting 2022 One-pager -Lehigh team_draft_20220-10-20.docx

Discipline(s)

Engineering

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Collaborative Research: Expanding Socio-Environmental Science Investigations with Geospatial Technologies in High Schools

Thomas Hammond — Tue, 01 Nov 2022 15:13:54 +0000

Collaborative Research: Expanding Socio-Environmental Science Investigations with Geospatial Technologies in High Schools

Thomas Hammond Tue, 11/01/2022 - 11:13

Collaborative Research: Expanding Socio-Environmental Science Investigations with Geospatial Technologies in High Schools

This project expands from a single site into a multi-university, multi-school teacher professional development and curriculum development initiative for geospatial integration into science, social studies, and STEM courses. Student outcomes addressed include spatial thinking and reasoning and STEM college and career interests.

Poster Materials

NSF One Pager

NSF Award Abstract

NSF Award Abstract for SESI-ExpAND project

Age Group

Project website for SESI-ExpAND team

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Project Stage

Scaling, Expanding, and Iterating Innovations (SEI)

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Discipline(s)

Chemistry

Connecting Students with Autism to Geographic Information Science & Technology Careers

Environmental sciences

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Connecting Students with Autism to Geographic Information Science & Technology Careers

Jason Painter — Tue, 01 Nov 2022 14:28:59 +0000

Connecting Students with Autism to Geographic Information Science & Technology Careers

Jason Painter Tue, 11/01/2022 - 10:28

Connecting Students with Autism to Geographic Information Science & Technology Careers

The goal of this project is to develop an innovative, research-based workforce development model for students with Autism Spectrum Disorder that (1) increases student self-regulation, interest, and motivation in Geographic Information Science & Technology (GIST), (2) expands students’ understanding of GIST/STEM concepts and skill sets, and (3) certifies students as FAA Drone Pilots (FAA Part 107).

Poster Materials

NSF One Pager

NSF Award Abstract

https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2048937&HistoricalAwards=false

Age Group

Project Stage

Project Type

PI Meeting 2022 One-pager.pdf

Discipline(s)

Geosciences

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My STEM Story: Scaling STEM Motivation Through Digital Storytelling and Near Peer Relationships

Ed Madison — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 15:01:16 +0000

My STEM Story: Scaling STEM Motivation Through Digital Storytelling and Near Peer Relationships

Ed Madison Mon, 10/31/2022 - 11:01

My STEM Story: Scaling STEM Motivation Through Digital Storytelling and Near Peer Relationships

The My STEM Story project aims to enhance the identity-based motivation of diverse high school students through their engagement with and reflection on the authentic digital stories of diverse near-peer mentors paving their way in a post-secondary STEM pathway.

Poster Materials

NSF One Pager

NSF Award Abstract

https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1759442

Age Group

Project Stage

Project Type

PI Meeting 2022 One-pager_Josset.pdf

Discipline(s)

Chemistry

Environmental sciences

Life sciences

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Engaging Young Black and Latino Students in Data Science Through Water Security

Laureline Josset — Sat, 29 Oct 2022 05:49:22 +0000

Engaging Young Black and Latino Students in Data Science Through Water Security

Laureline Josset Sat, 10/29/2022 - 01:49

Engaging Young Black and Latino Students in Data Science Through Water Security

Communities of color across the nation face increasing challenges with affordable access to safe drinking water. Using data science to explore why, where and how this is happening, and what is being done about it, provides a powerful vehicle for the engagement of students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), and to help develop a digital work force with appropriate representation from the affected communities. The America’s Water Education (AWE) project will test whether a data science integrated curriculum, using visualization, exploration, and modeling/analysis of water data in an age-appropriate way, can engage young Black and Latino students and increase their interest in data science. The project will comprise approximately 800 8th through 11th-grade students and their science and mathematics teachers from the Eagle Academies of Harlem and Southeast Queens, New York. The project will seek to: 1) increase students’ likelihood of choosing a data science career, generally, or applied to water security, specifically; 2) improve students’ science, technology, and mathematics competencies, senses of confidence, and self-efficacy through an integrated core curriculum, aligned to co-curricular water security data-rich projects and water exhibitions; and 3) increase the effectiveness of the academies’ teachers to implement and assess the project’s integrated middle and high school core curriculum and co-curriculum.

The project's overarching research question is: How can middle and high school young Black and Latino students be prepared to acquire the necessary knowledge/skills in data science and water security so that, if they choose, they become part of the next generation of data scientists meeting the needs of the water-dependent society? Student-centered learning opportunities will involve reliable, adaptable, intriguing, and wholly accessible data platform technologies as staple tools for water and data sciences. Students will explore and probe information through inquiry and questioning by selecting and manipulating the hosted data sets, like publicly available data and platforms of the U.S. Geological Survey and U.S. Department of Agriculture. Linking data across science and mathematics with technology will lead to breakthroughs in their understanding of both data and water security. A systematic assessment at different grade levels will allow for meaningful findings to be shared with educators and researchers. AWE’s data platforms and data sets, along with its curricular and co-curricular educational materials, will be accessible to teachers and students across The Eagle Academy Network of Schools and with 750+ New York City and New York State secondary schools; single-gender schools within the US; and teachers and students in co-educational settings who are interested in data science and/or water security. Locally constructed data sets and accessible national data sets will make the content relevant and interesting across the country. This project is funded by the Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) program, which supports projects that build understandings of practices, program elements, contexts and processes contributing to increasing students' knowledge and interest in STEM and information and communication technology (ICT) careers.

Poster Materials

NSF One Pager

NSF Award Abstract

NSF award project 2048958

Age Group

https://water.columbia.edu/research-projects/americas-water-education

Middle School

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Project Stage

Project Type

Discipline(s)

PI Meeting 2022 One-pager-V2.docx

Data Science

Environmental sciences

Interdisciplinary

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CS Frontiers: Beyond CS Principles: Engaging Female High School Students in New Frontiers of Computing

Brian Broll — Fri, 28 Oct 2022 20:07:11 +0000

CS Frontiers: Beyond CS Principles: Engaging Female High School Students in New Frontiers of Computing

Brian Broll Fri, 10/28/2022 - 16:07

CS Frontiers: Beyond CS Principles: Engaging Female High School Students in New Frontiers of Computing

Building on the foundations set by the AP Computer Science (CS) Principles course, this project seeks to dramatically expand access, especially for high school girls, to the most exciting and emerging frontiers of computing, such as distributed computation, the internet of things (IoT), cybersecurity, and machine learning, as well as other 21st century skills required to productively leverage computational methods and tools in virtually every profession. We present the design of a new, modular, open-access curriculum called Computer Science Frontiers (CSF) that provides an engaging introduction to these advanced topics in high school (that are currently accessible only to CS majors in college). The project leverages NetsBlox, a powerful yet easy-to-use visual programming environment that has been shown to increase engagement and interest in computing. Additionally, NetsBlox supports effective collaboration while facilitating learning of distributed computing, networking, and cybersecurity in informal settings.

Poster Materials

NSF One Pager

NSF Award Abstract

https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1949472&HistoricalAwards=false

Age Group

https://csf.isis.vanderbilt.edu/

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Project Type

Discipline(s)

Emerging Tech (Artificial Intelligence, Quantum Computing, and Blockchain)

Engineering

Interdisciplinary

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CS Frontiers: Beyond CS Principles: Engaging Female High School Students in New Frontiers of Computing

Tiffany Barnes — Fri, 28 Oct 2022 18:59:08 +0000

CS Frontiers: Beyond CS Principles: Engaging Female High School Students in New Frontiers of Computing

Tiffany Barnes Fri, 10/28/2022 - 14:59

CS Frontiers: Beyond CS Principles: Engaging Female High School Students in New Frontiers of Computing

CS Frontiers is a new high school computer science curriculum designed to dramatically expand access, especially for high school girls, to the emerging frontiers of computing, such as distributed computation, the internet of things (IoT), machine learning, and software engineering.

Poster Materials

NSF One Pager

CS Frontiers is a 4-module high school course on distributed computing, IoT, AI/ML, and software engineering.

NSF Award Abstract

NSF award abstract for CS Frontiers

Age Group

http://csf.isis.vanderbilt.edu

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Project Type

Discipline(s)

DeSIRE_Yr 2 Infographic_v2_final.pdf

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Developing STEM Identity in Rural Audiences through Community-Based Engineering Design

Tameshia Baldwin — Fri, 28 Oct 2022 16:42:46 +0000

Developing STEM Identity in Rural Audiences through Community-Based Engineering Design

Tameshia Baldwin Fri, 10/28/2022 - 12:42

Developing STEM Identity in Rural Audiences through Community-Based Engineering Design

This project creates community-based engineering design experiences in advanced manufacturing aimed to build STEM content knowledge, identity and interest in STEM careers among underrepresented rural middle school (grades 6-8) students. The project also explores the impact of professional development on rural middle school teachers' STEM content knowledge, self-efficacy and awareness of STEM careers.

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Poster Materials

NSF One Pager

PI Meeting 2022 One-pager.pdf

NSF Award Abstract

https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1949454

Age Group

Middle School

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Project Website

Project Stage

Project Type

NSF Abstract for SISTEM: Supporting Science Inquiry, Interest, and STEM thinkin…

Discipline(s)

Engineering

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Supporting Science Inquiry, Interest, and STEM Thinking for Young Dual Language Learners (SISTEM)

Jessica Young — Fri, 28 Oct 2022 15:59:33 +0000

Supporting Science Inquiry, Interest, and STEM Thinking for Young Dual Language Learners (SISTEM)

Jessica Young Fri, 10/28/2022 - 11:59

Supporting Science Inquiry, Interest, and STEM Thinking for Young Dual Language Learners (SISTEM)

SISTEM’s overarching goals are to (1) Increase DLL PreK families’ perceptions of themselves as partners in their children’s science learning and their engagement, confidence, and skills in supporting their children’s science inquiry; (2)Increase PreK DLL teachers’ perceptions of themselves as partners in their students’ science learning and their skills and self-efficacy in facilitating science inquiry with DLLs; (3) Increase children’s, families’ and teachers’ knowledge of STEM careers; and (4) Improve PreK DLLs’ science, language and literacy skills and their interest and self-confidence in doing and learning science.

Poster Materials

NSF One Pager

SISTEM 1 pager-poster

NSF Award Abstract

Age Group

PreK/Elementary

Additional Link(s)

SISTEM Google Website for Teachers

Project Stage

Project Type

PI Meeting 2022 One-pager.docx.pdf

Discipline(s)

Life sciences

Physics and astronomy

Other

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Network Science for All: Positioning High Need Youth for Success in Pursuing STEM Pathways

Kimberly Howard — Fri, 28 Oct 2022 14:33:26 +0000

Network Science for All: Positioning High Need Youth for Success in Pursuing STEM Pathways

Kimberly Howard Fri, 10/28/2022 - 10:33

Network Science for All: Positioning High Need Youth for Success in Pursuing STEM Pathways

This collaborative project aims to establish STEM career identity among Latinx youth and help them identify the academic pathways needed to best position themselves for the future workplace. The project team leverages previously developed curriculum in the context of a network science lens and designs an evidence-based personalized career development curriculum.

Poster Materials

NSF One Pager

NSF Award Abstract

https://nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1949526&HistoricalAwards=false

Age Group

Middle School

Additional Link(s)

https://sites.bu.edu/careerdevelopmentlab/

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Project Type