The Arecibo Geoscience Diversity Program: Enhancing the Education of Hispanics through Research Experiences

阿雷西博地球科学多样性计划：通过研究经验加强西班牙裔教育

• 批准号: 0303183
• 负责人: Jose Alonso
• 金额: $ 59.68万
• 依托单位: Cornell University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-05-01 至 2006-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0303183&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Arecibo; Geoscience; Diversity; Program; Enhancing

ABSTRACTArecibo Geoscience Diversity Program (AGEOP) National Astronomy & Ionosphere Center (NAIC) and the University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo (UPRA), will establish the Arecibo Geoscience Diversity Program (AGEOP). The program provides a research experience in the geosciences to groups of Hispanic educators and students in the northwestern region of Puerto Rico. Atmospheric research focuses on studies of the upper atmosphere at the Arecibo Observatory using the 305 m radio telescope. The study of the karst region focuses on the Cano Tiburones tropical wetland, and is conducted at UPRA. Participants are engaged in the design and the execution of an environmental monitoring program that assesses the physical and biological profile of the wetland. The AGEOP targets fifteen free high schools in the Arecibo School District, and undergraduate science majors at UPRA. Five different schools will participate every year in this three-year effort with each school providing a team of four students and a teacher; UPRA will contribute eight undergraduates every year. The interaction of high school students, teachers, and UPRA undergraduates, establishes a bridge to help increase numbers of students that reach the college level, and that eventually graduate. The AGEOP provides up to 200 hours of geoscience training to each participant (students, teachers, undergraduates) through the following activities: a ten-day summer institute at the Arecibo Observatory to introduce the content matter and develop the research skills; sixteen days of a geoscience academy during the school year for field measurements and data analysis; and a geoscience congress in which participants present their research projects.

Abstractarecibo地球科学多样性计划（AGEOP）国家天文学与电离层中心（NAIC）和Arecibo的波多黎各大学（UPRA）将建立Arecibo Geoscience多样性计划（ageop）。 该计划在地球科学方面为西班牙裔教育家和波多黎各西北地区的学生提供了研究经验。 大气研究的重点是使用305 m射电望远镜对Arecibo天文台上高中大气的研究。 对喀斯特地区的研究集中在Cano Tiburones的热带湿地上，并在UPRA进行。 参与者参与了评估湿地的物理和生物学特征的环境监测计划的设计和执行。 Ageop瞄准了Arecibo学区的15所免费高中，并在Upra的科学专业的科学专业攻击。 每年为期三年的努力将参加五所不同的学校，每所学校为四个学生和一名老师提供团队。 UPRA每年将贡献八名大学生。 高中生，老师和UPRA大学生的互动建立了一座桥梁，以帮助增加达到大学水平的学生，并最终毕业。 Ageop通过以下活动为每个参与者（学生，老师，本科生）提供多达200小时的地球科学培训：Arecibo天文台的为期十天的夏季研究所，以介绍内容问题并发展研究技能；学年期间的地球科学学院进行了16天的现场测量和数据分析；以及参与者展示其研究项目的地球科学大会。