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Curriculum and Community Enterprise for
New York Harbor
Restoration in New York City Public Schools
Dr. Lauren B. Birney (PI)
Scientix Conference Europe
Brussels, Belgium
October 24, 2014
Pace University
School of Education
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Presentation Summary
I. Overview of Curriculum and Community Enterprise
Project
II. Components of the Project Pillars
III. Details of the Partnerships and Enterprise
IV. Anticipated Project Outcomes
V. Questions and Answers
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I. Billion Oyster Project STEM C
Project Summary
Abstract
Research consistently shows that children who have opportunities to actively investigate natural settings and
engage in problem-based learning greatly benefit from the experiences. They gain skills, interests, knowledge,
aspirations and motivation to learn more. But how can we provide these rich opportunities in densely populated
urban areas where resources and access to natural areas are limited? This project will develop and test a model
of curriculum and community enterprise to address that issue within the nation’s largest urban school system.
Middle-school students will study New York Harbor and the extensive watershed that empties into it, and they
will conduct field research in support of restoring native oyster habitats.
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Billion Oyster Project
Lauren Birney, Principal Investigator
Samuel Janis, Project Manager
Peter Malinowski, Billion Oyster Project Director
Murray Fisher, President New York Harbor
Foundation
Primary Project Goals
BOP STEM-C Curriculum and Community Enterprise
• INCREASE STEM STUDENTS Increase public middle school student access to high quality, engaging andauthentic STEM-C learning in both formal and informal settings, thereby (a) increasing student STEM-Ccontent knowledge; (b) improving student self-efficacy and confidence in STEM-C; and (c) presentingstudents with new role models from STEM-C related career fields.
• INCREASE STEM TEACHERS Increase the number of teachers, OST educators, and STEM-C professionalsinvolved in creating and teaching authentic STEM-C curriculum - particularly in the context of local speciesrestoration and environmental studies - to NYC public school students, particularly those from economicallydisadvantaged neighborhoods by (a) creating an accredited teacher training program at Pace University (b)expanding New York Academy of Science’s successful STEM-C mentoring program to Good ShepherdServices afterschool sites; (c) creating a program for applied learning at local aquariums/marine scienceresearch facilities and enabling students to carry out scientific data collection at local oyster restoration sites;and (d) building a comprehensive online platform for teacher-centered training and curriculum developmentand student-centered environmental monitoring, data collection, and statistical analysis.
• EFFECTIVE STEM CURRICULUM Evaluate the overall effectiveness and impact of the combined curriculumand community enterprise on STEM-C teaching and learning in middle school grades of urban public schoolsby (a) evaluating each of the five main pillars of the model independently on students and teachers through acomparison/treatment group methodology and (b) by evaluating the model holistically through social networkmapping and context based analysis (CIPP 2009)
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II. BOP STEM C CCE PILLARS
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TeacherTrainingCurriculum
StudentLearningCurriculum
DigitalPla orm
AquariumExhibit&Guide
OST
Program
BOPSTEM-CCCE:5Educa on-ResourcePillars
TeacherTrainingUniversityClassrooms
Sites:1(Pace)
NYCPublicSchoolsClassrooms
Sites:16peryear
WaterfrontFieldSiteRestora onResearch
Sites:8ormore
Aquarium/MarineResearchFacility
Sites:2(NYAandTRP)
OST/A erschoolProgramSitesSites:7(GSS)
BOPSTEM-CCCE:5PhysicalSe ngs
(ApplicabilityandSupport)
Eco-Dock New York Harbor School
Governors Island, New York Harbor
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BOP STEM C CCE
Lauren Birney, Project (PI) [email protected] Sam Janis [email protected]
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Press Conference
Press Conference and Launch; New York, New York
October 30, 2014; 14:00 – 13:00, Pier 15
“Curriculum and Community Enterprise for the Restoration
of New York Harbor in New York City Public Schools”
This Project is funded by NSF – The National Science
Foundation
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