Collaborative Proposal GEOPAths:IN Recruiting through location-based Curriculum and Field and Laboratory Research Experience for High School Students, Teachers and Undergraduates

合作提案 GEOPAths:IN 通过基于地点的课程以及针对高中生、教师和本科生的现场和实验室研究经验进行招聘

• 批准号: 2119989
• 负责人: Pamela Burnley
• 金额: $ 34.97万
• 依托单位: University of Nevada Las Vegas
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-01-01 至 2024-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2119989&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Proposal; GEOPAths; Recruiting; through

This award is funded in whole or in part under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2).Improvements to STEM K-12 education and increasing the number and diversity of young people headed into STEM careers have been identified as national priorities. This project seeks to address aspects of both of these priorities in the context of Geoscience education and workforce diversity. The project will encourage high school students including many from historically excluded groups, to become involved in the geosciences or other STEM disciplines by 1) engaging them in lesson plans developed by participating teachers to explain the local landscape and natural environment in which they live, 2) offering them opportunities to participate in geoscience research projects at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and 3) by building personal connections between students and faculty at UNLV. To facilitate interactions with high school students PIs will build long term relationships with high school earth science teachers by hosting summer workshops in which teachers will be provided with information about the local geology and natural environment and assist them in creating lesson plans for their classrooms. The activities will build up to a culminating experience where the teachers and high school students have an opportunity to claim their own identity as budding geoscientists. This project will encourage high school students including many from historically excluded groups to become involved in the geosciences or other STEM disciplines. The program will strengthen the relationship between the University of Nevada (UNLV) and the local community, including the local school district. Project objectives will be accomplished through a comprehensive program that will include: 1) building a professional earth science learning community to facilitate collaboration between local high school teachers and UNLV faculty/students; 2) generating high school earth science curriculum materials based on the local geologic resources that will provide STEM education opportunities while also introducing potential career paths in the earth sciences; 3) creating a service learning course that will pair undergraduate ‘geoscience ambassadors’ with high school classes that are utilizing the newly developed curriculum materials; and 4) engaging highly motivated high school students, high school teachers, and UNLV undergraduate students in high profile, locally relevant scientific research questions in a way that leverages cutting edge analytical equipment in the UNLV Geoscience Department. The workshop curriculum content and materials will be designed in consultation with curriculum experts so that they mesh well with the teachers’ needs and address concepts outlined in the Nevada Academic Content Standards for Science. Resultant outcomes will bear benefits to teacher and student participants, faculty and the community as the project demonstrates how to build the geoscience workforce at the local level.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.

该奖项是根据2021年《美国救援计划法》的全部或部分资助的（公共法117-2）。对STEM K-12教育的进展和增加进入STEM职业的年轻人的数量和多样性已被确定为国家优先事项。该项目旨在在地球科学教育和劳动力多样性的背景下解决这两个优先事项的各个方面。该项目将鼓励高中生在包括历史上排除的群体中包括许多人，通过1）通过参与教师来解释他们所居住的当地景观和自然环境制定的课程计划，参与地球科学或其他茎学科，2）为他们提供了参加内华达州维加斯大学的地球科学研究项目的机会，并通过建立学生和夫人之间的个人联系，并为他们建立了个人联系。为了促进与高中生的互动，PI将通过举办夏季讲习班来与高中地球科学老师建立长期的关系，其中将为教师提供有关当地地质和自然环境的信息，并帮助他们为课堂创建课程计划。这些活动将建立在最终的经验中，教师和高中生有机会声称自己作为新地球科学家的身份。该项目将鼓励高中生包括许多历史悠久的群体中的许多人参与地球科学或其他STEM学科。该计划将加强内华达大学（UNLV）与当地社区（包括当地学区）之间的关系。项目对象将通过一个综合计划来完成：1）建立一个专业的地球科学学习社区，以促进当地高中教师与UNLV教师/学生之间的合作； 2）基于当地地质资源的高中地球科学课程材料，这些材料将提供STEM教育机会，同时还引入了地球科学的潜在职业道路； 3）创建一个服务学习课程，该课程将使本科“地球科学大使”与正在利用新开发的课程材料的高中课程相结合； 4）吸引有积极进取的高中生，高中老师和UNLV本科生，以高知名度，本地相关的科学研究问题，以利用UNLV地球科学系的尖端分析设备的方式。研讨会的课程内容和材料将与课程专家协商设计，以便它们与内华达州科学学术内容标准中概述的教师的需求和解决概念相吻合。随着该项目展示了如何在地方一级建立地球科学的劳动力，结果将对教师和学生参与者，教职员工和社区产生好处。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的审查标准通过评估来评估的支持。