内布拉斯加州奥马哈大学获国家科学基金会74.9894万美元资助：以体育数据为初中生开发约45课时人工智能课程
内布拉斯加州奥马哈市报道 — 内布拉斯加大学奥马哈分校（University of Nebraska at Omaha, UNO）宣布，已获得美国国家科学基金会（NSF）749894美元资助，启动跨学科研究项目 SPARK-AI，以体育科学为切入点，向初中生介绍人工智能、数据科学与定量推理。该项目的全称为「以体育现象与真实数据促进现实知识与人工智能兴趣」（Sports Phenomena and Authentic Data for Real-world Knowledge and Artificial Intelligence Interest），资助编号为2607547。
据校方发布，项目由生物力学科副教授布莱恩·克纳尔（Brian Knarr）领导，团队来自生物力学系、教师教育系与 STEM TRAIL 中心。研究人员将与初中科学教师合作，开发约45节课堂课程，把与体育相关的现象和真实运动数据与科学概念相连接；合作方包括大奥马哈教育联合会（Metropolitan Omaha Educational Consortium）、奥马哈公立学校与米勒德公立学校。
参与教师将获得专业发展支持，并与研究人员共同设计和试教使用真实体育数据与人工智能辅助技术的课程，课程与《下一代科学标准》（NGSS）对齐。克纳尔表示，体育为许多年轻人已有的热情提供了自然起点，把这份热情与人工智能、数据科学和生物力学相连，可帮助学生发现此前未曾考虑的机会。校方称，材料开发完成后将向全国教育工作者开放共享。校方同时介绍，美国青少年体育参与率处于接近历史高位的58%。
University of Nebraska at Omaha Receives 749,894 Dollar National Science Foundation Grant: About 45 Sports-Data Lessons in Artificial Intelligence for Middle School Students
OMAHA, Nebraska — The University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) has received a 749,894 dollar grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to launch SPARK-AI, an interdisciplinary research project that uses sports science to introduce middle school students to artificial intelligence, data science and quantitative reasoning. The project's full name is Sports Phenomena and Authentic Data for Real-world Knowledge and Artificial Intelligence Interest, and the award number is 2607547.
Led by Brian Knarr, associate professor of biomechanics, the project brings together researchers from UNO's Department of Biomechanics, Department of Teacher Education and the STEM TRAIL Center. Researchers will work with middle school science teachers to develop approximately 45 classroom lessons that connect sports-related phenomena and real-world movement data to scientific concepts. The project includes partnerships with the Metropolitan Omaha Educational Consortium, Omaha Public Schools and Millard Public Schools.
Participating teachers will receive professional development and work with researchers to design and pilot lessons using authentic sports data and AI-supported technologies, aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards. Knarr said sports give a natural starting point because so many young people already have a passion for them, and connecting that passion to artificial intelligence, data science and biomechanics can help students discover opportunities they may never have considered. Once developed, the materials will be shared openly with educators nationwide. The university notes that participation in youth sports in the United States is at a near all-time high of 58 percent.
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