Geoscience Education Opportunities: Partnerships to Advance TeacHing & Scholarship (GEOPATHS)

地球科学教育机会：促进教学和奖学金的伙伴关系(GEOPATHS)GEOPATHS项目(Track 2)正在实施一项计划，在密苏里州路易斯·斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟(LSMoAMP)第三阶段的框架内，增加未被充分代表的学生对地球科学的参与。该项目由密苏里大学堪萨斯城分校(UMKC)和堪萨斯城密苏里学区(KCMSD)合作实施。项目的目标是：1)增加中学和高中教师在地球科学方面的知识含量，以帮助满足新的科学课程和密苏里州年级水平的期望；2)通过将探究式地球科学教育模块纳入新的科学课程，提高KCMO学区学生在全州科学考试中的表现；3)提高学生对地球系统和环境科学的认识，并提高他们在地球科学领域的就业潜力；4)增加未被充分代表的少数族裔进入本科大学地球科学领域的人数。30名KCMSD教师将在两个暑假期间参加严格的专业发展活动，从而获得最多9个可用于认证的地球科学研究生学分。这些以全球和IRIS方案课程为基础的探究式活动将利用概念图和学习周期战略。在学年期间，这些教师将开发和实地测试教学单元，以反映地球科学中积极的科学探究和基于实地的问题解决。在第三和第四年，UMKC的教职员工将指导完成两年专业发展课程的教师，并帮助他们获得在KCMSD高中教授大学水平的环境科学的认证。通过GEOPATHS计划培训的教师将被要求提名最多5名积极的高中生参加每年与UMKC地球科学教师合作的为期6周的带薪暑期研究实习计划。此外，每年将向申请LS-MoAMP任何一所学院和大学的一批对地球科学感兴趣的即将入学的少数民族学生提供5个卓越地球科学奖学金(每个5,000美元)。这些奖学金的延续取决于学术成绩和对地球科学的持续兴趣。在地球科学周期间，将通过科学客座讲座计划和社区活动向当地学校和社区宣传GEOPATHS计划，并提高人们对地球科学教育和就业机会的认识。

Geoscience Education Opportunities: Partnerships to Advance TeacHing & Scholarship (GEOPATHS)The GEOPATHS project (Track 2) is implementing a program to increase the participation of underrepresented students in the geosciences within the framework of Phase III of the Louis Stokes Missouri Alliance for Minority Participation (LSMoAMP). The project is being conducted through a partnership between the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) and the Kansas City Missouri School District (KCMSD). Project objectives are to: 1) Increase middle school and high school teacher knowledge content in geosciences to help meet the new science curriculum and Missouri grade level expectations; 2) Increase the performance of KCMO School District students on statewide science exams by integrating inquiry-based geoscience educational modules into the new science curriculum; 3) Increase student awareness of earth systems and environmental science and the potential for careers in the geosciences; and 4) Increase the number of underrepresented minorities entering geoscience fields at the undergraduate college level. Thirty KCMSD teachers will participate in rigorous professional development activities during two summers, leading to up to 9 graduate credits in the geosciences that can be used for certification. These inquiry-based activities, based on the GLOBE and IRIS program curricula, will utilize concept mapping and learning cycle strategies. During the school year, these teachers will develop and field test instructional units that mirror active scientific inquiry and field based problem solving in the geosciences. During the third and fourth year, UMKC faculty will mentor teachers who completed the two-year professional development course and help them to obtain certification to teach college level environmental science at KCMSD high schools. Teachers who have trained through the GEOPATHS program will be asked to nominate up to 5 motivated upper level high school students for participation in a paid 6-week summer research internship program working with geoscience faculty at UMKC each year. In addition, 5 Excellence in Geoscience Scholarships ($5,000 each) will be offered each year to a select group of incoming minority students with interests in the geosciences who are applying to any of the LS-MoAMP colleges and universities. Continuation of these scholarships is dependent on academic performance and continuing interest in the geosciences. Outreach to local schools and communities through a science guest lecture program and community events during Earth Science Week will be used to advertise the GEOPATHS program and increase awareness about educational and career opportunities in the geosciences.