Collaborative Research: Teachers on the Leading Edge: Linking K-12 Earth Science Teachers to EarthScope

合作研究：前沿教师：将 K-12 地球科学教师与 EarthScope 连接起来

• 批准号: 0745526
• 负责人: Beth Pratt-Sitaula
• 金额: $ 16.27万
• 依托单位: Central Washington University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-02-15 至 2012-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0745526&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Teachers; Leading; Edge

EarthScope USArray and Plate Boundary Observatory (PBO) instruments are currently monitoring deformation and seismicity in the Pacific Northwest. Geoscientists are using EarthScope data to advance understanding of the active continental margin at "the leading edge" of our continent. Teachers on the Leading Edge (TOTLE) is a teacher professional development program featuring Pacific Northwest geology, associated geologic hazards, and EarthScope science. TOTLE invites K-12 teachers to become novice geophysicists using EarthScope science to enhance their students' understanding of plate tectonics, earthquakes and tsunamis, and volcanoes. Through this project, TOTLE: (1) introduces 120 K-12 and community college teachers of Earth Science to the EarthScope Project; (2) immerses teachers in inquiry-based studies of active continental margin geology; (3) coordinates with science educators at UNAVCO, the Incorporated Research Institutes for Seismology, and the EarthScope National Office in developing instructional materials that convey the wonder of EarthScope science to K-12 learners and the general public nationwide; (4) forms teams of teacher-learners, led by a community college instructor, that promote integration of EarthScope science into the K-12 curriculum; and (5) provides a template for Geoscience educators to build place-based programs that connect EarthScope science with regional geology as USArray steps across the country. TOTLE provides an example of coordination between K-12 science teachers, university science educators, and federal and state government scientists to develop a science education program that preserves the authenticity of cutting-edge research while making that science inviting, accessible, and useful to K-12 teachers and students.

地球望远镜美国阵列和板块边界观测站(PBO)目前正在监测太平洋西北部的形变和地震活动。地球科学家正在利用地球望远镜的数据来推进对活动大陆边缘的了解，该大陆边缘位于我们大陆的“前沿”。前沿教师(TOTLE)是一个教师专业发展计划，以太平洋西北地质学、相关的地质灾害和地球范围科学为特色。Totle邀请K-12教师成为地球物理新手，利用地球范围科学来增强他们的学生对板块构造、地震和海啸以及火山的理解。通过这个项目，Totle：(1)将120名K-12和社区大学的地球科学教师介绍给EarthScope项目；(2)让教师沉浸在以探究为基础的活动大陆边缘地质学研究中；(3)与UNAVCO、联合地震研究所和EarthScope国家办公室的科学教育工作者协调，开发向K-12学习者和全国公众传达地球科学奇迹的教材；(4)组成由社区大学教师领导的教师-学习者团队，促进将地球科学纳入K-12课程；以及(5)为地球科学教育工作者提供了一个模板，以建立基于地点的项目，当美国阵列在全国各地行走时，这些项目将地球范围的科学与区域地质学联系起来。Totle为K-12科学教师、大学科学教育工作者以及联邦和州政府科学家之间的协调提供了一个范例，以开发一个科学教育计划，在保持尖端研究的真实性的同时，使这些科学对K-12教师和学生具有吸引力、可获得性和实用性。