Track II, Down to Earth Science

该提案描述了一个涉及亚利桑那州立大学、两个美洲原住民部落和四所内城或郊区学校之间合作的第二轨道项目。Track 1项目影响了38名亚利桑那州立大学研究员、28名资深教师和38所公立学校。第一笔拨款的重点是亚利桑那州六个学区的初中和高中地球系统科学、生物学和相关的社会科学课程（特别是地理），这些学区的人口高度集中，代表性不足。之前的项目为研究员开发了一个跨学科的3学分的探究科学课程，创新地培养了研究员的合作能力，以提高他们的教学技能和行动研究策略。轨道2是该计划的延续，并试图建立在通过原始提案收集到的成功和知识的基础上。

This proposal describes a Track 2 program that involves collaborations between ASU, two Native American tribes, and four inner city or suburban schools. The Track 1 program impacted 38 ASU fellows, 28 veteran teachers, and 38 public schools. The first grant focused on middle and high school earth system science, biology, and related social science courses (notably geography) in six school districts in Arizona with high concentrations of underrepresented populations. The previous program developed an interdisciplinary 3-credit course on inquiry science for Fellows, innovative in its approach to building Fellows' abilities to collaborate to improve their teaching skills and action research strategies. Track 2 is a continuation of this program and attempts to build upon the success and knowledge gleaned through the original proposal.