Erosion Study of the Rodeo-Chediski Fire Area, Arizona: Model for a High-School Student-Based Research Program

本项目旨在让Show Low高中的学生参与当地环境问题的调查，特别是野火和伐木对亚利桑那州中部白色山脉Rodeo-Chediski火灾区土壤侵蚀的影响。 该项目的目标是让学生有机会了解并影响他们所在社区的环境决策，并让他们亲身体验科学探究。他们将挑战审视自己和他人。培训班旨在帮助学生了解森林生态学和森林管理实践的现有理念，并让他们从科学角度探索森林管理的新思路。通过这一过程，他们将产生关于野火和砍伐燃烧木材造成的侵蚀率的真实的数据。 随着该项目的发展，PI将同时创建和传播一个可移植到其他希望进行类似研究的高中的科学探究模型。我们将开发指导材料，以促进该计划的传播和采用，并促进数据的共享。我们将在我们的网页和DLESE、海报会议和区域和国家会议、出版物和研讨会上的介绍中分发该项目的课程、数据和结果。

ABSTRACT This project to engage students from Show Low High School in an investigation of local environmental issues, specifically the effects of wildfires and logging on soil erosion in the Rodeo-Chediski fire area, White Mountains, central Arizona. The goal of this project is to give students an opportunity to understand and have an impact on environmental decisions in their community, and to let them experience scientific inquiry first hand. They will challenge to examine their own and others. existing ideas about the ecology of forests and forest management practices and have them explore new ideas about forest management from a scientific perspective. Through this process they will generate real data on the erosion rates resulting from wildfires and the logging of burned wood. As this project develops, the PIs will simultaneously create and disseminate a model of scientific inquiry that is portable to other high schools desiring to undertake similar studies. We will develop instructional materials to facilitate dissemination and adoption of the program, and promote the sharing of the data. We will distribute the curriculum, data and results of this project on our web pages and within DLESE, poster sessions and presentations at regional and national meetings, publications, and workshops.