title: A Scientist's Guide to Achieving Broader Impacts through K-12 STEM Collaboration.
abstract: The National Science Foundation and other funding agencies are increasingly requiring broader impacts in grant applications to encourage US scientists to contribute to science education and society. Concurrently, national science education standards are using more inquiry-based learning (IBL) to increase students' capacity for abstract, conceptual thinking applicable to real-world problems. Scientists are particularly well suited to engage in broader impacts via science inquiry outreach, because scientific research is inherently an inquiry-based process. We provide a practical guide to help scientists overcome obstacles that inhibit their engagement in K-12 IBL outreach and to attain the accrued benefits. Strategies to overcome these challenges include scaling outreach projects to the time available, building collaborations in which scientists' research overlaps with curriculum, employing backward planning to target specific learning objectives, encouraging scientists to share their passion, as well as their expertise with students, and transforming institutional incentives to support scientists engaging in educational outreach.
authors.affiliation: Lisa M. Komoroske ( lmkomoroske@ucdavis.edu ) is a National Research Council post-doctoral fellow at the NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center. Sarah O. Hameed is a PhD candidate in the Graduate Group in Ecology at the University of California, Davis' Bodega Marine Laboratory. Amber I. Szoboszlai is a food web ecologist at the Farallon Institute for Advanced Ecosystem Research, in Petaluma, California. Amanda J. Newsom is an environmental specialist at the Washington Department of Fish and Game. Susan L. Williams is a marine ecologist, the director of CAMEOS, and a professor in the Department of Evolution and Ecology at the Bodega Marine Laboratory, at the University of California, Davis.
authors.forename: Lisa M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Komoroske
authors.affiliation: Lisa M. Komoroske ( lmkomoroske@ucdavis.edu ) is a National Research Council post-doctoral fellow at the NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center. Sarah O. Hameed is a PhD candidate in the Graduate Group in Ecology at the University of California, Davis' Bodega Marine Laboratory. Amber I. Szoboszlai is a food web ecologist at the Farallon Institute for Advanced Ecosystem Research, in Petaluma, California. Amanda J. Newsom is an environmental specialist at the Washington Department of Fish and Game. Susan L. Williams is a marine ecologist, the director of CAMEOS, and a professor in the Department of Evolution and Ecology at the Bodega Marine Laboratory, at the University of California, Davis.
authors.forename: Sarah O
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Hameed
authors.affiliation: Lisa M. Komoroske ( lmkomoroske@ucdavis.edu ) is a National Research Council post-doctoral fellow at the NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center. Sarah O. Hameed is a PhD candidate in the Graduate Group in Ecology at the University of California, Davis' Bodega Marine Laboratory. Amber I. Szoboszlai is a food web ecologist at the Farallon Institute for Advanced Ecosystem Research, in Petaluma, California. Amanda J. Newsom is an environmental specialist at the Washington Department of Fish and Game. Susan L. Williams is a marine ecologist, the director of CAMEOS, and a professor in the Department of Evolution and Ecology at the Bodega Marine Laboratory, at the University of California, Davis.
authors.forename: Amber I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Szoboszlai
authors.affiliation: Lisa M. Komoroske ( lmkomoroske@ucdavis.edu ) is a National Research Council post-doctoral fellow at the NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center. Sarah O. Hameed is a PhD candidate in the Graduate Group in Ecology at the University of California, Davis' Bodega Marine Laboratory. Amber I. Szoboszlai is a food web ecologist at the Farallon Institute for Advanced Ecosystem Research, in Petaluma, California. Amanda J. Newsom is an environmental specialist at the Washington Department of Fish and Game. Susan L. Williams is a marine ecologist, the director of CAMEOS, and a professor in the Department of Evolution and Ecology at the Bodega Marine Laboratory, at the University of California, Davis.
authors.forename: Amanda J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Newsom
authors.affiliation: Lisa M. Komoroske ( lmkomoroske@ucdavis.edu ) is a National Research Council post-doctoral fellow at the NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center. Sarah O. Hameed is a PhD candidate in the Graduate Group in Ecology at the University of California, Davis' Bodega Marine Laboratory. Amber I. Szoboszlai is a food web ecologist at the Farallon Institute for Advanced Ecosystem Research, in Petaluma, California. Amanda J. Newsom is an environmental specialist at the Washington Department of Fish and Game. Susan L. Williams is a marine ecologist, the director of CAMEOS, and a professor in the Department of Evolution and Ecology at the Bodega Marine Laboratory, at the University of California, Davis.
authors.forename: Susan L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Williams
keywords: K–12; STEM education; broader impacts; inquiry-based learning; scientific literacy