Civic science (CS) is an approach to science learning and action in which youth determine issues of concern in their communities and use science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) knowledge and methods to address them. In this article, we focus on CS as it is applied to environmental concerns and enacted by children and youth in urban communities. Core CS practices include relevance of local place and culturally responsive principles for youth's learning and community contributions, egalitarian intergenerational partnerships with adults from community-based organizations, teamwork and collective action, and public regard for youth's community environmental contributions. We discuss CS's potential to address the marginalization of youth from minoritized backgrounds in traditional STEM and environmental education. We also argue that the way CS frames science for the public good will prepare younger generations to meet 21st-century environmental challenges.

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公民科学：解决环境和科学、技术、工程和数学教育中的种族不平等问题

公民科学 (CS) 是一种科学学习和行动的方法，在这种方法中，青年确定其社区中关注的问题，并使用科学、技术、工程和数学 (STEM) 知识和方法来解决这些问题。在本文中，我们将重点关注 CS，因为它应用于环境问题并由城市社区的儿童和青年制定。核心 CS 实践包括当地的相关性和对青年学习和社区贡献的文化响应原则、与来自社区组织的成年人的平等代际伙伴关系、团队合作和集体行动，以及公众对青年社区环境贡献的关注。我们讨论了 CS 在解决传统 STEM 和环境教育中少数族裔背景的青年边缘化问题的潜力。