Collaborative Research: Teachers on the Leading Edge: Linking K-12 Earth Science Teachers to EarthScope

合作研究：前沿教师：将 K-12 地球科学教师与 EarthScope 连接起来

• 批准号: 0745526
• 负责人: Beth Pratt-Sitaula
• 金额: $ 16.27万
• 依托单位: Central Washington University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-02-15 至 2012-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0745526&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Teachers; Leading; Edge

EarthScope USArray and Plate Boundary Observatory (PBO) instruments are currently monitoring deformation and seismicity in the Pacific Northwest. Geoscientists are using EarthScope data to advance understanding of the active continental margin at "the leading edge" of our continent. Teachers on the Leading Edge (TOTLE) is a teacher professional development program featuring Pacific Northwest geology, associated geologic hazards, and EarthScope science. TOTLE invites K-12 teachers to become novice geophysicists using EarthScope science to enhance their students' understanding of plate tectonics, earthquakes and tsunamis, and volcanoes. Through this project, TOTLE: (1) introduces 120 K-12 and community college teachers of Earth Science to the EarthScope Project; (2) immerses teachers in inquiry-based studies of active continental margin geology; (3) coordinates with science educators at UNAVCO, the Incorporated Research Institutes for Seismology, and the EarthScope National Office in developing instructional materials that convey the wonder of EarthScope science to K-12 learners and the general public nationwide; (4) forms teams of teacher-learners, led by a community college instructor, that promote integration of EarthScope science into the K-12 curriculum; and (5) provides a template for Geoscience educators to build place-based programs that connect EarthScope science with regional geology as USArray steps across the country. TOTLE provides an example of coordination between K-12 science teachers, university science educators, and federal and state government scientists to develop a science education program that preserves the authenticity of cutting-edge research while making that science inviting, accessible, and useful to K-12 teachers and students.

Earthscope USARRAY和板块边界观测器（PBO）仪器目前正在监测太平洋西北地区的变形和地震性。地球科学家正在使用Earthscope数据来提高对我们大陆“前沿”的主动大陆边缘的了解。领先的教师（Totle）是一项教师专业发展计划，其中包括太平洋西北地质，相关的地质危害和Earthscope Science。 Totle邀请K-12老师使用Earthscope Science成为新手地球物理学家，以增强学生对板块构造，地震和海啸以及火山的理解。通过这个项目，Totle：（1）将120 K-12和社区学院的地球科学教师介绍给Earthscope项目； （2）将教师浸入基于询问的主动地质地质研究中； （3）与UNAVCO的科学教育者，Incorporated研究机构的地震学研究所以及Earthscope国家办公室开发教学材料，将Earthscope Science的奇迹传达给K-12学习者和全国公众； （4）组成由社区大学教练领导的教师学习者团队，促进了Earthscope Science融入K-12课程； （5）为地球科学教育者提供了一个模板，以建立基于场所的程序，将地球科学与区域地质学联系起来，作为全国各地的USARRAY步骤。托尔（Totle）提供了K-12科学教师，大学科学教育工作者与联邦和州政府科学家之间协调的一个例子，以制定科学教育计划，以保留尖端研究的真实性，同时使科学诱人，易于访问，对K-12的教师和学生有用。