Turtle Mountain Field Station

龟山野外站

• 批准号: 0802517
• 负责人: Bradley Rundquist
• 金额: $ 15万
• 依托单位: Turtle Mountain Community College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-08-15 至 2011-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0802517&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Turtle; Mountain; Field; Station

Faculty at Turtle Mountain Community College (TMCC) and the University of North Dakota (UND) are collaborating to develop the Turtle Mountain Field Station (TMFS), a center for research, education, and outreach in geospatial technologies. The TMFS brings together Native American college students, tribal community educators, rural secondary school teachers, rural secondary school computer technicians, and faculty, staff, and graduate students at UND. The TMFS provides a strong foundation for a geospatial technology program that will enhance science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines at TMCC and within secondary schools throughout north central North Dakota. This is being accomplished through the development of Geographic Information System (GIS), Global Positioning System (GPS) and remote sensing curricula for integration into TMCC's STEM discipline and other courses, including agriculture, forestry, life sciences, environmental public health, and Native American studies. TMFS is also providing summer internship opportunities for TMCC students to work with UND faculty and graduate students on research projects involving geospatial technology. In addition, a GIS certificate and an associate of science degree in geography are being developed for implementation at TMCC. Finally, the project is offering hands-on workshops for secondary school educators and computer technicians. Over two years, the TMFS project will directly impact 60 university and college faculty, staff, and students, as well as secondary school educators, in North Dakota. The TMFS is serving tribal and rural communities and providing an opportunity for TMCC students to learn about and to experience geospatial technology research methodology and applications in STEM disciplines. These students are better prepared to apply knowledge and technical skills gained to the challenges of economic development, land management, natural resource management, rural health services, and agriculture in tribal and rural areas. The tribal and other rural secondary teachers and computer technicians are developing professionally and have access to TMFS-developed curriculum that enhances STEM discipline experiences for tribal and other rural secondary school students.

海龟山社区学院（TMCC）和北达科他州大学（UND）的教师正在合作开发海龟山野外工作站（TMFS），这是一个地理空间技术研究、教育和推广中心。TMFS汇集了美国原住民大学生，部落社区教育工作者，农村中学教师，农村中学计算机技术人员以及UND的教职员工和研究生。TMFS为地理空间技术计划提供了坚实的基础，该计划将增强TMCC和整个北达科他州中北部中学的科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）学科。这是通过开发地理信息系统（GIS），全球定位系统（GPS）和遥感课程来实现的，这些课程将纳入TMCC的STEM学科和其他课程，包括农业，林业，生命科学，环境公共卫生和美洲原住民研究。TMFS还为TMCC学生提供暑期实习机会，与UND教师和研究生一起从事涉及地理空间技术的研究项目。此外，正在为TMCC制定地理信息系统证书和地理学副学士学位。最后，该项目还为中学教育工作者和计算机技术人员举办实践讲习班。在两年多的时间里，TMFS项目将直接影响北达科他州的60所大学和学院的教职员工和学生，以及中学教育工作者。TMFS服务于部落和农村社区，并为TMCC学生提供学习和体验地理空间技术研究方法和STEM学科应用的机会。这些学生更好地准备应用所获得的知识和技能，以应对经济发展、土地管理、自然资源管理、农村保健服务以及部落和农村地区农业的挑战。部落和其他农村中学教师和计算机技术人员正在专业发展，并有机会获得TMFS开发的课程，以加强部落和其他农村中学生的STEM学科经验。