Reducing Barriers to Academic Achievement & Marine Geosciences Careers: Developing a Model Middle School Program Integrating Marine Geosciences & Literacy (Track 2)

劳伦斯科学馆与加州奥克兰的一所公立特许学校莱昂内尔威尔逊学院预备学院合作，正在努力通过为中学生制定一个将海洋地球科学与识字相结合的示范方案来增加地球科学的多样性。莱昂内尔威尔逊的学生几乎都是拉丁裔和非洲裔美国人。该项目将为中学生提供一个超级丰富的综合地球科学和阅读暑期学校计划。 暑期学校将兼作教师专业发展学院，以增加中学教师在地球科学方面的内容知识和教学内容知识，展示如何有效地整合阅读和科学教学，并为教师提供实习机会，让他们与苦苦挣扎的学生一起尝试新的学习。沿着的是让学生接触更多的海洋地球科学，暑期学院将增加海湾地区几所中学的地球科学教学。参加该学院的学生和来自奥克兰周围的代表性不足的学生将被招募到其他几个海洋地球科学的机会，包括本科生和研究生的指导，助学金研究和工作实习，学术实地考察，职业机会研讨会和夏令营。加州大学伯克利分校的学生榜样将协助领导所有的经验，并将作为导师帮助代表性不足的学生。通过几年来与中学生保持联系，预计该项目将对他们的学业成就和职业抱负产生影响。项目活动预计将为300名中学生和80名中学科学和语言艺术教师提供服务，并制定、实地测试和记录一个可复制的、灵活的、将地球科学与扫盲相结合的方案。

The Lawrence Hall of Science, in partnership with the Lionel Wilson College Preparatory Academy, a public charter school in Oakland, California, is working to increase diversity in the geosciences through development of a model program for middle school students integrating marine geosciences and literacy. Lionel Wilson students are almost entirely Latino and African American. This project will provide a super-enriched, integrated geosciences and reading summer school program for middle school students. The summer school will double as a teacher professional development academy to increase middle school teachers' content knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge in geosciences, demonstrate how to effectively integrate reading and science instruction, and offer a practicum for teachers to try out new learnings with struggling students. Along with exposing students to more marine geosciences, the summer academy will increase teaching of geosciences at several Bay Area middle schools. Students participating in the academy and underrepresented students from around Oakland will be recruited into several other marine geosciences opportunities including mentoring by undergraduate and graduate students, stipended research and work internships, academic field trips, career opportunities workshops, and summer research camps. UC Berkeley student role models will assist in leading all experiences and will serve as mentors helping underrepresented students. By maintaining ties to middle school students over several years, it is expected that this project will have an impact on their academic achievement and career aspirations. Project activities are expected to serve 300 middle school students and 80 middle school science and language arts teachers, and develop, field test and document a replicable and flexible program integrating geosciences and literacy.