Track 1 -- GEODES: Gearing Educational Opportunities toward Diversity in the Earth Sciences

Geodes是耶鲁皮博迪博物馆课外项目“进化”和耶鲁地球科学学院的合作项目。Geodes计划的目的是补充9至12年级不同学生的正规学校经历。项目活动的目的是：(1)通过扩大每个学生的地球科学和科学知识库，促进地球科学和一般科学素养，并使他们能够考虑这些领域目前至关重要的问题；(2)通过促进对大专学术的基本了解和适合不同年级的大学辅导，改进大学准备工作；(3)采用以职业为中心的方法，使学生能够探索和研究与科学、技术和经济研究相关的学科，特别侧重地球科学；(4)促进开发“可转让的技能”，以促进学术成就和最终过渡到劳动大军。具体的项目活动包括：(A)以探索STEM专业和职业为中心的课程单元，特别侧重于地球科学，包括职业研究、制作关于地球科学职业的博物馆展板、与大学招生人员的面谈和大学实地考察；(B)为耶鲁大学教师的高中生提供带薪学年地球科学实习；(C)为学生制定教学计划，向中小学生介绍；(D)制作学生播客；(5)实验室访问和幕后收藏之旅；(E)制作方案“工具包”，作为方案概念化和早期实施的记录，包括评价结果，此外还提供课程大纲和具体活动。该计划将直接服务于纽黑文公立学校系统的40名高中生、他们的家庭和社区。

GEODES is a partnership between the Yale Peabody Museum's after school program 'Evolutions' and Yale geoscience faculty. The aim of the GEODES program is to supplement the formal school experiences of diverse Grades 9 through 12 students. Project activities are designed to: (1) Promote geoscience and general science literacy by expanding each student's geoscience and science knowledge base and empower them to consider critically currently relevant questions in these areas; (2) Improve college preparation through fostering a basic understanding of post-secondary academics and grade-appropriate college counseling; (3) Using a career-centered approach, enable students to explore and research STEM-related disciplines, with a specific focus on the geosciences; (4) Foster the development of 'transferable skills' that facilitate academic achievement and the eventual transition into the workforce. Specific project activities include: (a) a curriculum unit centered around the exploration of STEM majors and careers with a specific focus on the geosciences that includes career research, production of museum exhibit panels on geoscience careers, interviews with college admissions staff, and field trips to colleges; (b) paid academic year geosciences internships for high school students with Yale faculty; (c) development of lesson plans for students to present to elementary and middle school students; (d) production of student podcasts; (5) laboratory visits and behind-the-scenes collection tours; (e) production of program 'toolkit' to serve as a record of program conceptualization and early implementation, including evaluation results, in addition to providing curriculum outlines and discrete activities. The program will directly serve 40 high school students from the New Haven Public School system, their families and communities.