The Upper Newport Bay Project: A Collaborative Approach To Geoscience Education In The Orange County Community

上纽波特湾项目：奥兰治县社区地学教育的合作方法该项目开始确立查普曼大学作为领导者的地位，为有关上纽波特湾(UNB)的负责任的决策提供关键的科学数据。UNB是奥兰治县最明显的自然环境。海湾被高密度的城市发展所包围，接受来自城市和农业径流、码头、暴雨水、托儿所和小溪的污染物。该地区的最新发展使公众的兴趣集中在河口的潜在影响上。然而，旧金山湾区没有集中的环境数据库。该项目为加利福尼亚州奥兰治县的上纽波特海湾建立了一个科学(主要是地球化学)数据的地理信息系统(GIS)数据库，其方式是最大限度地促进社区的地球科学教育。该项目在查普曼大学建立了一个地理信息系统(GIS)教学实验室，并开发了一个针对未来中小学教师的单元，该单元将把地学实地和实验室调查与使用地理信息系统技术相结合。两门高级环境科学课程的术语项目使学生有机会进行针对有形产品的实地和实验室研究。一项试点计划旨在为高中理科学生、教师和未来的中学教师提供机会，进行应用领域和实验室研究，从而展示有价值的数据，

ABSTRACTTHE UPPER NEWPORT BAY PROJECT: A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO GEOSCIENCE EDUCATION IN THE ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY PROJECT SUMMARY FOR A GEOSCIENCE EDUCATION PROPOSALThis project begins to establish Chapman University as the leader in providing the critical scientific data needed for responsible policy decisions concerning the Upper Newport Bay (UNB). UNB serves as Orange County's most visible natural environment. Surrounded by high-density urban development, the Bay receives pollutants from urban and agricultural run-off, marinas, storm water, nurseries, and creeks. Recent development in the area has focused public interest on potential impacts in the estuary. Yet, the Bay has no centralized environmental data repository. This project establishes a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) database of scientific (mostly geochemical) data for the Upper Newport Bay in Orange County, California, in a manner that maximizes geoscience education in the community. This project establishes a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) teaching laboratory at Chapman University, and develops a unit aimed at future elementary and intermediate (K-8) school teachers that will combine geoscience field and laboratory investigations with use of GIS technology.Term projects in two upper division Environmental Sciences courses give students the opportunity to do field and laboratory research applied towards a tangible product. A pilot program is designed to give high school science students, teachers, and potential future secondary school teachers an opportunity to do applied field and laboratory research leading tothe presentation of valuable data,