New Madrid Earthquake Project for Earth Science Teachers

这项名为“新马德里地震项目"的提案， 地球科学教师，”旨在提高地震 来自七个州的地球科学教师的教育 沿着新马德里断层带：阿肯色州，伊利诺斯州， 印第安纳州、肯塔基州、密西西比、密苏里州和田纳西州。 六十三中/初中，模范地球- 科学教师将被选中：28第一年和35 第二个，平均代表七个州。 该项目包括一个夏季学院（第一个2周 第二次为期8天）和后续活动 年 教师将接受各种教学 战略（如讲座，实地和实验室工作， 计算机模拟等）和一段由 促进学生地震教育的项目， 教师和公众。 预期每个 参与者将举办至少3次提高认识讲习班 平均每人20名教师， 将熟悉新马德里地震项目。 该项目为其他区域的研究提供了模式 地球科学主题。 利用区域专题 结果显示， 与一般科学和地球科学更有关联 特别是。 由联电分摊的费用接近52%的金额 要求NSF。

This proposal, titled "New Madrid Earthquake Project for Earth Science Teachers," is designed to improve earthquake education among earth science teachers from seven states along the New Madrid fault zone: Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee. Sixty-three Middle/Junior High School, exemplary earth- science teachers will be selected: 28 the first year and 35 the second, evenly representing the seven states. The project includes a summer institute (2 weeks the first year, and 8 days the second) and follow-up activities each year. The teachers will receive a variety of instructional strategies (e.g. lectures, field and laboratory work, computer simulation, etc.) and a video produced by the project to facilitate earthquake education for students, teachers, and the general public. It is expected that each participant will conduct at least 3 awareness workshops averaging 20 teachers each; thereby almost 4,000 teachers will become familiar with the New Madrid Earthquake Project. The project provides a model for the study of other regional earth science topics. The utilization of regional topics results in secondary science students understanding a greater relevance for science in general, and earth science in particular. The cost sharing by UMC is close to 52% of the amount requested from NSF.