GP-IN: Discovering Pathways into the Geosciences through EarthBus Partnership

GP-IN：通过 EarthBus 合作伙伴发现进入地球科学的途径

• 批准号: 2023196
• 负责人: Kamazima Lwiza
• 金额: $ 35万
• 依托单位: SUNY at Stony Brook
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-04-15 至 2025-03-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2023196&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: GP; Discovering; Pathways; into; Geosciences; GP; Discovering; Pathways; into; Geosciences

Stony Brook University’s School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences and Department of Geosciences have partnered with other entities to form an “EarthBus Partnership”. The alliance is designed to increase the diversity of student participation in geosciences. The project targets earth science students and teachers at the middle and high school levels, and community college students. The project goal is to train 2,500 high school students, 120 earth science teachers, and 50-60 community college students over the life of the project. Expected results are to increase interest in geosciences as well as improved student performance on State mandated instruction, and to equip teachers with strategies and techniques for helping students engage in project-based learning in the earth sciences. These outcomes will be achieved through a multi-pronged approach by using classrooms, BioBus vehicles as mobile labs, use of drone technology and field research. Also, the PIs will reach out to school districts on Long Island to collaborate on field research projects. The proposed outreach will allow the PIs to test the impact of integrating school districts from different economic levels in learning. The “EarthBus Partnership” aims to improve participation of diverse groups of students in geoscience fields. This will be done by recruiting and mentoring students at high schools with large populations of underrepresented students, and bringing awareness of geoscience careers as fulfilling employment paths in private industry, government service, and academia. The project targets earth science students and teachers at the middle and high school levels, and community college students. The goals are: (1) to increase interest in the geosciences as well as improve performance on State mandated instruction and use phenomena based learning as a tool to increase understanding of the New York State Learning Standards and federal Next Generation Science Standards; (2) to provide teachers with strategies and techniques to help students engage in project-based learning with real world earth science tasks, open-ended investigations, and the engineering and design processes. (3) to provide short-term employment and research opportunities to high school and community college students, so they see earth science as a possible career path; (4) to engage earth science teachers in better understanding and curriculum design focusing on current research areas and techniques in the geosciences; and (5) to test the efficacy of school-district integration and collaboration across different economic status in student engagement and learning.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

斯托尼·布鲁克大学海洋和大气科学学院，地球科学系与其他实体合作，形成了“ Earthbus合作伙伴关系”。该联盟旨在增加学生参与地球科学的多样性。该项目针对地球科学专业的学生和高中和社区大学生的教师。项目目标是在项目一生中培训2500名高中生，120名地球科学老师和50-60个社区大学生。预期的结果将增加对地球科学的兴趣，并在州要求的指示上提高学生绩效，并为教师提供帮助学生在地球科学中从事基于项目的学习的策略和技术。这些结果将通过使用教室，Biobus Vehicles作为移动实验室，使用无人机技术和现场研究来实现这些结果。此外，PI将接触到长岛的学区，合作进行现场研究项目。拟议的宣传将使PI可以测试整合来自不同经济水平的学区的影响。 “ Earthbus合作伙伴关系”旨在改善地球科学领域的潜水员群体的参与。这将通过在高中招募和心理化的学生来完成，这些学生人数大量人数不足，并使人们对地球科学职业的认识是履行私营企业，政府服务和学术界的就业道路。该项目针对地球科学专业的学生和高中和社区大学生的教师。目标是：（1）提高对地球科学的兴趣，并在州要求的指示上提高绩效，并使用基于现象的学习作为提高对纽约国家学习标准和联邦下一代科学标准的理解的工具； （2）为教师提供策略和技术，以帮助学生通过现实世界地球科学任务，开放式调查以及工程和设计过程从事基于项目的学习。 （3）为高中和社区大学的学生提供短期就业和研究机会，因此他们将地球科学视为可能的职业道路； （4）吸引地球科学教师更好地理解和当前的设计，重点是当前的研究领域和地球科学技术； （5）在学生参与和学习方面的不同经济地位测试学校区域融合和协作的效率。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响审查标准，通过评估被认为是珍贵的支持。