Reaching Out to Communities and Kids with Science in San Francisco, California: SF-ROCKS

在加利福尼亚州旧金山向社区和儿童传播科学：SF-ROCKS

• 批准号: 0119828
• 负责人: Lisa White
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: San Francisco State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-09-15 至 2008-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0119828&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Reaching; Out; Communities; Kids; Science

ABSTRACTReaching Out to Kids and Community with Science in San FranciscoThe "Reaching Out to Kids and Community with Science in San Francisco (SF-ROCKS)" program at San Francisco State University (SFSU) aims to increase the number of traditionally underrepresented students who enter college as geoscience majors through a multi-faceted collaborative research project that will provide teacher training, student education, and several tiers of mentoring relationships. The activities include: (1) strengthening partnerships with the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) by engaging high school teachers and their students in supervised environmental research projects and training; (2) building bridges between SFSU and City College of San Francisco (CCSF), where many underrepresented students in San Francisco are first introduced to geoscience at the college level; and (3) fostering mentoring relationships among SFSU geosciences faculty, undergraduate students, and high school students through guidance and supervision of field projects. SF-ROCKS also partners with local community groups and government agencies for project support and mutual benefit. The collaborative program has a research base at SFSU and satellite centers at CCSF and five high schools in eastern San Francisco in the Islais and Mission creek watersheds. At each satellite center, instructors responsible for teaching earth and environmental science work with SFSU Department of Geosciences project scientist to develop a community- centered, multi-layered, hands-on mapping and sampling partnership to identify and to monitor environmental hazards and watershed characteristics. Each satellite center focuses on the area around their school, with connections to the other centers via teacher workshops, interactions with the SFSU research base, and a comprehensive interactive web site.

摘要旧金山州立大学 (SFSU) 的“旧金山科学普及儿童和社区 (SF-ROCKS)”计划旨在增加传统上代表性不足的进入大学的学生数量作为地球科学专业的学生，​​通过一个多方面的合作研究项目，该项目将提供教师培训、学生教育和多层指导关系。这些活动包括：(1) 通过让高中教师及其学生参与受监督的环境研究项目和培训，加强与旧金山联合学区 (SFUSD) 的合作伙伴关系； (2) 在 SFSU 和旧金山城市学院 (CCSF) 之间架起桥梁，旧金山的许多代表性不足的学生首先在大学阶段接触到地球科学； (3) 通过现场项目的指导和监督，培养 SFSU 地球科学教师、本科生和高中生之间的指导关系。 SF-ROCKS 还与当地社区团体和政府机构合作，提供项目支持和互惠互利。该合作项目在 SFSU 设有一个研究基地，在 CCSF 设有卫星中心，以及位于旧金山东部 Islais 和 Mission Creek 流域的五所高中。在每个卫星中心，负责地球和环境科学教学的讲师与 SFSU 地球科学系的项目科学家合作，建立以社区为中心、多层次、实践性的测绘和采样合作伙伴关系，以识别和监测环境危害和流域特征。每个卫星中心都专注于学校周边地区，通过教师研讨会、与 SFSU 研究基地的互动以及综合性互动网站与其他中心建立联系。