Connecticut Geology Investigations

康涅狄格州地球科学调查（CGI）是与几个联邦定义的高需求学区和康涅狄格州环境保护部合作开发的中学教育工作者的专业发展机会。该项目是：1）每年在康涅狄格州的多个地点为48名教师提供基于标准的地球科学专业发展; 2）发展教师的探究导向和基于地点的教学技术; 3）协助教师改进现有课程，以满足其学区的具体需求; 4）增加教师的内容知识和与地球科学学者合作的信心; 5）提高教师综合和转化知识的技能，使其能在课堂上使用; 6）鼓励教师为学生提供实地考察经验。学生们通过课堂和实地经验学习当地景观，提高他们在探究式科学方面的技能。正在开发数字资源，以提高教师领导实地考察的信心，提高他们对附近地点的认识，并提供将广泛传播的实地考察前后活动。该计划涉及三个密集的暑期研究所，在地理上，跨越国家和功能研讨会，动手活动和实地考察。教师通过晚间讲习班和定期电子通信获得全年支持。该项目还有一个非正式的社区教育部分，包括在地球科学周期间为博物馆参观者举办两个家庭活动日。该计划提供了一个科学的学习经验，旨在为城市弱势青年服务，这是基于当前的地球科学研究，并直接解决了当今课堂上的两个现实：带学生实地考察的挑战和课程材料的必要性，适合严格的地区任务。

Connecticut Geoscience Investigations (CGI) is a professional development opportunity for middle school educators developed in partnership with several federally defined high-needs school districts and the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection. The project is: 1) providing standards-based professional development in Earth science to 48 teachers annually at multiple sites in Connecticut; 2) developing teachers' inquiry-oriented and place-based instructional techniques; 3) assisting teachers with improving their existing curricula to meet the specific needs of their school district; 4) increasing teacher content knowledge and confidence in working with Earth science scholars; 5) improving teacher skills in synthesizing and transforming their knowledge to be used in the classroom; and 6) encouraging teachers to provide field trip experiences for their students. Students are increasing their skills in inquiry-based science by learning about local landscapes through classroom and field experiences. Digital resources are being developed to increase teacher confidence in leading field trips, improve their awareness of sites close to their location, and provide pre- and post-fieldtrip activities that will be widely disseminated. The program involves three intensive summer institutes that, geographically, span the state and feature seminars, hands-on activities, and field work. Teachers receive year-round support through evening workshops and regular electronic communication. The project also has an informal community education component comprising two family event days for Museum visitors during Earth Science Week. The program is providing a scientific learning experience, designed to serve urban disadvantaged youth, that is based on current geoscience research and directly addresses two realities in today's classroom: the challenges of taking students on field trips and the necessity for curricula materials that fit strict district mandates.