Elwha Education Project : Increasing the Relevancy of Geosciences for Native American Youth Through Participation in Environmental Restoration Projects on Tribal Lands (Track 1)

Elwha 教育项目：通过参与部落土地环境恢复项目提高地球科学对美国原住民青年的相关性（轨道 1）

• 批准号: 0503473
• 负责人: Robert Young
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Western Carolina University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-06-15 至 2007-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0503473&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Elwha; Education; Project; Increasing; Relevancy

Track 1: Elwha Education Project: Increasing the Relevancy of Geosciences for Native American Youth Through Participation in Environmental Restoration Projects on Tribal LandsNative Americans are poorly represented in all science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields. This underrepresentation results from numerous cultural, economic, and historical factors. The broad goal of the Elwha Education Project (EEP) is to increase interest in the geosciences among Native American young people and their communities. The primary intellectual merit of the EEP involves development of unique approaches to informal geoscience education using environmental restoration as a focus. Hands-on geoscience education activities are integrated into traditional, culturally appropriate summer activities sponsored by the Elwha Tribe. Tribal members/educators are integrated into all phases of the project. Technical expertise is provided by the PI, access to land and data related to the planned Elwha River Restoration Project is provided by Olympic National Park, and educational activities are carried out by the non-profit, Olympic Park Institute. Nationally, many tribes are using environmental restoration projects to reclaim their altered cultural heritage. Projects like the EEP, emphasize the importance of the geosciences in environmental restoration and enable Native youth to carry out restoration-based geoscience research projects. This will ultimately increase the representation of Native Americans in geoscience careers and raise the profile of the geosciences within Native American communities.

轨道1：Elwha教育项目：通过参与部落土地上的环境恢复项目，增加地球科学对美洲土著青年的相关性美洲土著人在所有科学、技术、工程和数学领域的代表性都很差。这种代表性不足是由许多文化、经济和历史因素造成的。 埃尔瓦教育项目（EEP）的广泛目标是提高美国土著年轻人及其社区对地球科学的兴趣。 EEP的主要智力价值涉及以环境恢复为重点的非正式地球科学教育的独特方法的发展。 实践地球科学教育活动被纳入由Elwha部落赞助的传统的、文化上适当的夏季活动。 部落成员/教育工作者被纳入项目的所有阶段。 PI提供技术专业知识，奥林匹克国家公园提供与计划的艾尔瓦河恢复项目相关的土地和数据访问权限，非营利组织奥林匹克公园研究所开展教育活动。 在全国范围内，许多部落正在利用环境恢复项目来收回他们被改变的文化遗产。 EEP等项目强调地球科学在环境恢复中的重要性，并使土著青年能够开展基于环境的地球科学研究项目。 这将最终增加美国原住民在地球科学事业中的代表性，并提高地球科学在美国原住民社区中的形象。