Cataclysms and Catastrophes--The Role of Science

灾难和灾难-科学的作用这个项目正在开发和实地测试课程材料的基础上的作用，科学在造成和/或理解灾难。 这些材料的目标是帮助高中教师将地球科学纳入物理、数学、化学和生物的教学中。这是一个合作的努力，涉及得克萨斯大学地球物理研究所（UTIG），经济地质局（BEG），和4 empowerment，奥斯汀的私人教育公司。抓住教师和学生的想象力的事件，例如，飓风米奇在洪都拉斯造成的破坏，希克苏鲁布小行星撞击事件，和俄克拉荷马州城市轰炸，作为调查为基础的基础上，动手学习活动，使用由UTIG和BEG科学家收集的数据。活动扩大到包括熟悉激光雷达（光探测和测距），钻井，地震反射和折射，地球物理测井和互联网等技术。除了教授科学和数学概念外，“灾难和灾难”主题还涉及灾害预防、意识和决策。例如，利用地震学来识别核爆炸（监测全球核试验）对国家安全很重要。为该项目开发的课程材料张贴在4 empower的网站，网络和水路，并通过电子邮件和与州和国家科学和数学教育机构和组织的合作进行推广。还向地球系统教育数字图书馆和全国数学、科学和技术专业中学联合会的76个机构成员提供课程材料。 该项目建立在最近的成功正在进行的TEXTEAMS（得克萨斯州教师授权数学和科学成就）领导力培训计划的得克萨斯州高中科学课程，地质学，气象学和海洋学（GMO），在2000年开发的UTIG研究人员。TEXTEAMS是由美国国家科学基金会和德克萨斯州教育局赞助的K-12教师专业发展和领导力培训的认证计划。为“灾难和灾难-科学的作用”开发的课程材料也将补充围绕“从德克萨斯州到南极洲”主题设计的TEXTEAMS转基因产品。

Cataclysms and Catastrophes-The Role of ScienceThis project is developing and field-testing curricular materials based on the role of science in causing and/or understanding catastrophes. The goal of the materials is to help high school teachers incorporate geoscience into the teaching of physics, mathematics, chemistry and biology. This is a collaborative effort involving The University of Texas Institute for Geophysics (UTIG), the Bureau of Economic Geology (BEG), and 4empowerment, an Austin-based private education company. Events that capture the imagination of teachers and students alike-for example, the devastation caused by Hurricane Mitch in Honduras, the Chicxulub asteroid impact event, and the Oklahoma City bombing-serve as the basis for inquiry-based, hands-on learning activities using data collected by UTIG and BEG scientists. Activities are expanded to include familiarity with technologies such as Lidar (LIght Detection And Ranging), drilling, seismic reflection and refraction, geophysical logging, and the Internet. In addition to teaching concepts in science and mathematics, the "Cataclysms and Catastrophes" theme carries implications for disaster prevention, awareness, and decision-making. Using seismology to identify nuclear explosions (monitoring nuclear testing worldwide), for example, is important to national security. Curricula materials developed for the project are posted to 4empowement's Web site, Cyberways and Waterways, and promoted through e-letters and collaborations with state and national science and mathematics educational agencies and organizations. Curricular materials are also available to DLESE (Digital Library for Earth System Education) and to the 76 institutional members of the National Consortium for Specialized Secondary Schools of Mathematics, Science and Technology. The project builds on the recent success of the ongoing TEXTEAMS (Texas Teachers Empowered for Achievement in Mathematics and Science) Leadership training program for the Texas high school science course, Geology, Meteorology and Oceanography (GMO), developed in 2000 by UTIG researchers. TEXTEAMS is a certification program of professional development and leadership training for K-12 teachers sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the Texas Education Agency. The curricular materials developed for "Cataclysms and Catastrophes-The Role of Science" will also complement the TEXTEAMS GMO offering designed around the theme "From Texas to Antarctica".