Geoscience Education at Grand Canyon: Integrating Research and Education through the Trail of Time Exhibit (planning grant)

大峡谷的地球科学教育：通过时间的痕迹将研究与教育融为一体展览（规划拨款）

• 批准号: 0314133
• 负责人: Laura Crossey
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: University of New Mexico
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-03-01 至 2005-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0314133&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Geoscience; Education; Grand; Canyon; Integrating

The Grand Canyon offers one of the best exposed and most complete records of geologic history on Earth. In cooperation with the National Park Service, we propose to design a world-class geologic exhibit entitled: "The Trail of Time." The core project involves a 4.6 km-long trail at the edge of the Canyon on the south rim. The trail itself is the primary "exhibit"; it will be scaled and marked so that one meter represents one million years of Earth history. Its goal is to teach visitors about deep time and how geologic history is recorded in the rock record. Large rocks, interactive displays, maps, and photos will be placed along the Trail to illustrate geologic history and Earth processes, all in the context of the spectacular vistas which provide inspiration for learning about geology, as well as the best "visual aid" imaginable. This award provides funds for a second planning year for the Trail of Time. The first planning year (nearly over) has been very successful. 1) The PIs formed an Advisory Board, 2) had a first workshop, 3) began exhibit design and front-end assessment, and , most importantly, 4) forged a formal agreement between the National Park Service and the University of New Mexico to develop the Trail of Time. During the workshop and in discussion with the National Park, it became clear that a second planning year was necessary in order to better define the goals and design for the project. Thus, the overall goal for this award is to develop the scientific content for the Trail of Time, start the Trail of Time website, and develop the broader geoscience education vision for the Trail of Time that includes K-12, teacher training, and college curriculum development. In particular, this second planning year will be used to 1) develop a multi-level science content plan that attempts to convey concepts of geoscience and of the scientific method to all ages and levels of ability; this will require further surveys to evaluate the different target levels, 2) begin to design the Trail of Time website and Park brochures that will announce and track the formal development of the Trail of Time concept and the time table for implementation of the physical Trail of Time, and 3) Develop a formal plan for the broader Trail of Time geoscience program.

大峡谷是地球上地质历史记录最清楚、最完整的峡谷之一。 我们建议与国家公园管理局合作，设计一个世界级的地质展览，名为“时间的轨迹”。 核心项目包括位于峡谷南缘边缘的一条4.6公里长的步道。 步道本身就是主要的“展品”。它将被缩放和标记，以便一米代表一百万年的地球历史。 其目标是向游客介绍深时以及如何在岩石记录中记录地质历史。 沿步道将放置大型岩石、交互式显示屏、地图和照片，以说明地质历史和地球过程，所有这些都在壮观的景色背景下进行，为学习地质学提供灵感，并提供可以想象的最佳“视觉辅助” 。 该奖项为时间之痕的第二个规划年提供资金。 第一个规划年（即将结束）非常成功。 1) PI 成立了咨询委员会，2) 举办了第一次研讨会，3) 开始展览设计和前端评估，最重要的是，4) 在国家公园管理局和新墨西哥大学之间达成了正式协议开发时间轨迹。 在研讨会期间以及与国家公园的讨论中，很明显，为了更好地确定项目的目标和设计，第二个规划年是必要的。 因此，该奖项的总体目标是开发时间之痕的科学内容，启动时间之痕网站，并为时间之痕制定更广泛的地球科学教育愿景，包括 K-12、教师培训和大学课程开发。 特别是，第二个规划年将用于 1) 制定多层次的科学内容计划，试图向所有年龄段和能力水平的人传达地球科学和科学方法的概念；这将需要进一步的调查来评估不同的目标水平，2）开始设计“时光之道”网站和公园宣传册，宣布并跟踪“时光之道”概念的正式发展以及实施“时光之道”实体的时间表。时间，以及 3) 为更广泛的时间轨迹地球科学计划制定正式计划。