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Invasive Species Curriculum to Enhance STEM Learning in New York State K-12 Classrooms.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Invasive Species Curriculum to Enhance STEM Learning in New York State K-12 Classrooms./
Author:	Caboot, Emily.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2019,
Description:	115 p.
Notes:	Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 80-10.
Contained By:	Masters Abstracts International80-10.
Subject:	Mathematics education. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=13814664
ISBN:	9781392050675

Invasive Species Curriculum to Enhance STEM Learning in New York State K-12 Classrooms.
Caboot, Emily.

Invasive Species Curriculum to Enhance STEM Learning in New York State K-12 Classrooms. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2019 - 115 p.

Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 80-10.

Thesis (M.S.)--State University of New York at Albany, 2019.

This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.

Invasive species have been affecting the environment, economy and public health globally for many decades. Over this time, federal and state agencies have been working to decrease the spread of localized infestations while also developed methods to prevent new invasions from becoming established. It is predicted that invasive species will become a larger issue in the future due to climate change. Along with pledging to work to prevent the spread of invasive species, the State of New York has agreed to educate the citizens on the issue and ways they could prevent or decrease the spread. While issues like invasive species have been getting worse, the United States has been falling behind on student science testing scores globally. The decrease in science testing scores has resulted in a push for more STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) in K-12 classrooms. In the next five years, New York State is in the process of adopting new science standards, Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). These standards will help engage students in hands-on, real-life science issues and phenomena. As these standards are rolling out, how can public schools investigate real-world conservation science issues, specifically, in their curriculum? In 2016, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) released their Strategic Plan for Invasive Species Education and Outreach. This plan contains six objectives focusing on education and outreach for different groups and ages of citizens. Specifically, objective #3 states, "develop and provide invasive species curriculum units aligned to New York's science learning standards." A workgroup created in 2016 by the NYSDEC focused its efforts to develop a unit curriculum leading student research of terrestrial plant invasive species for middle school classrooms to fulfill objective #3. This workgroup is comprised of invasive species professionals, NYSDEC, NY Natural Heritage Program (NYNHP), Cornell University and other universities, as well as education professionals, New York State Education Department, Capital Region BOCES and University at Albany. The middle school curriculum was developed in the summer of 2018; it includes nine forty-minute lessons with teacher tips, supplemental worksheets, and a PowerPoint for teachers to modify for their classrooms. The use of iMapinvasives was one of the main focuses of the unit to give students an authentic experience using the scientific method to learn about invasive species. During the unit, student research groups collect data using the citizen science app, iMapinvasives, along with field forms to record other information, not recorded in the app, to be analyzed by the student groups. The lessons were planned and approved by the workgroup in July of 2018, written in August of 2018, and edited in September of 2018. On September 28th, 2018, a workshop was held at Capital Region BOCES with 27 individuals; most were NYS teachers but other types of educators, like environmental educators and stewards, were also in attendance. Additional workshops are being planned around the state to distribute the curriculum for NYS teachers to pilot. Following the piloting period, 2018-2019 school year, the curriculum will be reviewed and is planned to be made official in the summer of 2019. But why is it important to integrate this conservation science into public classrooms?

ISBN: 9781392050675Subjects--Topical Terms:

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Mathematics education.
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