Enhancing Diversity Track 1: Experiencing the Chesapeake Bay: Pathway from High School to the Geosciences

该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111 - 5）资助。e. B。巴尔的摩的杜波依斯环境科学高中正在努力为马里兰州巴尔的摩市代表性不足的学生增加地球科学的多样性。95%的学生在W。e. B。杜波依斯高中是非裔美国人该项目将通过一系列综合活动，确保从高中到大学的地球科学学科的一致性，支持性和可持续性的途径。e. B。杜波依斯高中和摩根州立大学将进行修订和调整，以确保从高中到大学的无缝过渡。摩根州立大学河口研究中心（ERC）将提供实践教师讲习班，为高中教师提供必要的环境教育知识和经验，这些知识和经验可以转移到课堂教学中。大量的学生和教师还将参加以调查为基础的实地考察，重点是与切萨皮克湾有关的环境问题。最后，ERC的暑期实习生计划将进一步为具有地球科学兴趣和潜力的学生提供指导研究经验。预计该项目将影响300多名代表性不足的高中生和大学生，并通过最终可以制度化和持续的活动促进通往地球科学职业的途径。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).Morgan State University, in collaboration with W. E. B. Dubois High School for Environmental Science at Baltimore, is working to increase the diversity in geosciences for underrepresented students in Baltimore City, Maryland. 95% of the student body at W. E. B. Dubois High is African American. This project will ensure a consistent, supportive and sustainable pathway from high school to university in the geoscience disciplines through an array of integrated activities: Environmental science curriculum between W. E. B. Dubois High and Morgan State University will be revised and aligned to ensure a seamless transition from high school to college. Hands-on teacher workshops at Morgan State University Estuarine Research Center (ERC) will be offered to provide high school teachers necessary knowledge and experience in environmental education that can be transferred to classroom teaching. Large numbers of students and teachers will also be engaged in inquiry-based field trips focused on environmental issues related to the Chesapeake Bay. Finally, a summer intern program at ERC will further provide mentored research experience to students with geosciences interests and potential. It is expected that this project will impact more than 300 underrepresented high school and college students, and promote a pathway to geoscience careers through activities that can eventually be institutionalized and sustained.