Chapter 8 Conclusions & Acknowledgements

8.1 Conclusions

The Sci-I Project has been a great joy to develop and evolve over time to provide students in grades 6-9 with an authentic experience developing testable scientific questions and working with real-world data. Through our own experiences as well as the evaluation data we have seen over and over again that the project successfully increased educators’ and students’:

  1. understanding of the process of science,
  2. confidence in designing, conducting, and presenting science investigations,
  3. identity as a scientist, and
  4. awareness of what it means to be a scientist.

We are excited to continue to scale and sustain the project through a broader variety of implementation schemes and partnerships. We look forward to hearing how you replicate or adapt our approach for the needs of the students or schools in your area. Together we can continue to provide transformative and inspiring opportunities for scientists in training to tackle real-world problems and be successful in their data analysis.

If you are interested in learning more information about the Sci-I Project or talking through specifics of how to tailor the project to best meet your needs, feel free to reach out to us at:

8.2 Acknowledgements

We would like to thank everyone that made this project so much fun and possible.

We received lots of assistance in developing, implementing, and reflecting on this project from many in the broader education team and Polar-ICE staff. Thank you all!

Education staff: Christine Bean, Bridget Clarkston, Carrie Ferraro, Corey Garza, Kristen Hart, Leisl Hotaling, Sage Lichtenwalner, and George Matsumoto.

The connection to real world scientce would not have been possible without the time volunteered by the amazing scientists and science professionals. Thank you!

Participating scientist & science professionals: Stan Braude, Henry Brecher, Dave Cade, Augie Calabresi, Jason Cervenec, Rajan Chakrabarty, Cheyenne, Daniel Clark, Kyle Clem, Paige Cloonan, Dominique Cowart, Hugh Ducklow, Kim Elson, Vincent Fasanello, Harvey Fields, Corey Garza, Pat Gibbons, Laura Good, Max Haggblom, Madison Heard, Allison Haupt, Demie Huffman, Brendan Kelly, Josh Kohut, Adam Kustka, Vera Lawson, Sasha Leidman, Lorenzo Lones, George Matsumoto, Gitte McDonald, Mark Meacham, Jim Miller, Michelle Modest, Kristen Naegle, Schuyler Nardelli, Kerry Nickols, Logan Pallin, Meliss Palmisciano, Stacy Porter, Lauren Poster, John Reinfelder, Char’Mane Robinson, Jordan Russell, Grace Saba, Beth Sheets, Robert Sherrell, Nishit Shetty, Roxana Sierra-Hernandez, William H. Smith, Susan Sogard, George Somero, Kevin Spehar, Michelle Stuart, Benjamin Sumlin, Nicole Thometz, Lisa Uttal, Elise Walck-Shannon, Doug Weins, Skyler Wiseman, Amity Wood, Judy Yoo, JD Young, Angela Zepp

Finally, we want to express a deep gratitude to all of the teachers and students who have participated in these projects over the years, it has been a great pleasure getting to know and work with all of you.

Teachers: Rosetta Arrigo, Allison Bolsius, Alexis Custer, Rose Davidson, Kevin Dickerson, Matthew Fichter, Jacqueline Galella, Nengi Halliday, Kristen Hague, Denise Hardoy, Bill Henske, Patricia Hester-Fearon, Justine Hochstaedter, Allison Hoffman, Mary Hunter Laszlo, Joanna Kaliker, Jackie Katz, Carolyn Laymon, Linda Libreezi, Katie Lodes, Stacia Lothian, Amanda Morrison, Sue Morrow, Regina Neiman, Amy Reichenbach, Nancy Santana, Jennifer Smolyn, Dolores Taylor, Kelly Terry, Lourdes Villacis,