Geoscience Education in Public Parks: Harriman State Park, NY

公共公园的地球科学教育：纽约哈里曼州立公园正在开发一种在城市中心附近的公共公园进行地球科学教育的通用模式。该项目的这一阶段将开发一个教育录像带和一个网站。这一模式正在占地7.5万英亩的哈里曼-熊山-斯特林森林州立公园进行开发，该公园位于纽约市以北25英里的哈德逊高地。该公园现在每年接待420万游客，其中包括很大一部分传统上在科学界代表性不足的群体。突出的路边和步行道岩石暴露美丽地说明了地质学、采矿、环境科学和土木工程的基本原理。通过它们，参观者将获得令人兴奋的、亲身实践的科学教育体验。有一个地质学领域得到了特别好的说明，那就是在罗丹纪构造旋回中发展起来的领域。一个正在进行的地质学方面的研究项目涉及来自不同学校的五名研究人员和他们的学生。这些正在进行的调查的结果将被纳入录像带和网站。录像带将使用公园的新镜头以及ABC公司捐赠的电影资源制作，并将广泛分发给参与活动的博物馆、学校和娱乐团体。网站内的链接将解释导致所提出解释的科学和科学数据。实地考察的主题将主要基于新泽西州和纽约州的科学教育标准，以便在K-12课程中使用。

ABSTRACTGeoscience Education in Public Parks: Harriman State Park, New YorkA universal model is being developed for Geoscience education in public parks near urban centers. This phase of the project will be to develop an educational videotape and a website. The model is being developed in the 75,000 acre Harriman-Bear Mountain-Sterling Forest State Park, 25 miles to the north of New York City in the Hudson Highlands. The park nowreceives 4.2 million visitors annually including a large proportion of groups who are traditionally underrepresented in the sciences. Outstanding roadside and trailside rock exposures beautifully illustrate fundamental principles of Geology, Mining, Environmental Science, and Civil Engineering. Through them, visitors will be provided with an exciting, hands-on science education experience. One area of geology that is especially well illustrated is that developed during the Rodinian tectonic cycle. An ongoing research project on this aspect of the geology involves five researchers from different schools and their students. The results of these ongoing investigations will be integrated into both the videotape and website. The videotape will be made using new footage from the park as well as film resources donated by ABC Inc. and will be widely distributed to participating museums,schools, and recreational groups. Interlinks within the site will explain the science and scientific data that leads to the explanations presented. Topics for field trips will be largely based upon NJ and NY Science Educational Standards for ready use in K-12 curricula.