AFGE: Seismology and Verifying Nuclear Test Ban Treaties -- An Initiative to Link Geosciences and Public Policy in Undergraduate Education

Nyblade提议在本科教育中将地震学与验证禁止核试验条约的公共政策问题联系起来。这一倡议包括设计两门新的本科课程，修改两门现有的研究生课程，修改两门现有的研究生课程，并在宾夕法尼亚州立大学创建一个普遍可用的网络资源。网络资源将由学习模块、模拟软件和一个数据库组成，该数据库将有助于在课程和信息中为国内和国际公众提供以发现为基础的实践学习。课程开发包括一门通识教育课程--《地震学与监测禁止核试验条约》，让学生接触到以《全面禁止核试验条约》(CTBT)为中心的地质学、地球物理学和国际政策方面的概念。“法医地震学”将是一门地学专业的高级课程，基于同样的基于发现的学习原则，将更深入地涵盖技术材料。这两门本科课程还将让学生通过使用廉价的宽带天文台和现场部署5台折射地震仪的实际工作来接触实际的地震数据收集。将构成这些课程核心的网络资源将免费提供给其他机构，以便在其他地方传播这些课程。在地球科学在核不扩散和核查《全面禁试条约》方面的作用这一重要领域，网络资源也将成为公众的教育工具。本科课程的开发、实施和评估将由宾夕法尼亚州立大学施雷耶创新与学习研究所的专业知识正式完成。

9809570NybladeAn initiative in undergraduate education is proposed linking the geoscience of seismology with the public policy issue of verifying nuclear test ban treaties. This initiative consists of designing two new undergraduate courses, modifying two existing graduate courses, modifying two existing graduate courses, and creating a universally available Web resource at Penn State University. The Web resource will consist of learning modules, simulation software, and a database that will facilitate hands-on, discovery-based learning in the courses and information for the national and international public. Course development includes a general education course, "Seismology and Monitoring Nuclear Test Ban Treaties" that will expose students to concepts in geology, geophysics, and international policy centered about the Comprehensive Ban Treaty (CTBT). "Forensic Seismology" will be an upper level geosciences majors course based on the same principles of discovery-based learning that will cover technical material in greater depth. Both undergraduate courses will also expose students to actual seismic data collection through hands-on work with an inexpensive broadband observatory and field deployments of 5 refraction seismographs. The Web resource that will form the core of these courses will be freely available to other institutions to disseminate these courses elsewhere. The Web resource will also be an educational instrument for the general public in the important area of the role of geosciences in nuclear non-proliferation and verification of the CTBT. The development, implementation, and assessment of the undergraduate courses will be formally accomplished with the expertise of Penn State's Schreyer Institute for Innovation and Learning.