Nevada's Climate Change High School Science Fair Network

内华达州气候变化高中科学博览会网络将在不同的高中生、他们的课堂老师和内华达州高等教育系统（NSHE）教师之间建立一个合作关系，在英特尔国际科学与工程（ISEF）高质量的高中科学博览会研究项目中使用专注于气候变化科学的地球科学数据。利用最近内华达州获得的一项大型NSF EPSCoR气候变化基础设施奖，我们将与STEM非营利组织Gathering Genius， Inc.和UNLV的环境研究部门合作：提高教师对气候变化科学的理解；提高内华达州isef下属科学博览会中学生气候变化科学项目的数量和质量；提高学生通过内华达州高中科学能力考试的机会；并将内华达州的气候变化研究社区扩展到农村学校和有大量代表性不足学生的学校。30名高中教师将参加一个全州范围的视频会议研讨会，然后参观并随后实时访问来自最先进的环境监测站的数据，这些监测站旨在监测气候变化对内华达州的影响。该项目将在他们参与期间提供研究生水平的气候变化科学在线课程。在气候变化研究、地球科学和相关学科方面具有专业知识的教师网络将提供给这些教师和学生，以创建高质量的科学展览项目。这些教师来自内华达州各地不同的农村和城市学校，将招募和指导约150名学生完成英特尔ISEF质量科学博览会项目，重点是气候变化科学，他们将在项目的两年内向内华达州三个区域ISEF附属科学博览会中的一个提交科学博览会项目。如果被认为质量足够高，一些可能会被推荐到2012年和2013年的英特尔ISEF。这些高中毕业生将是NSHE地球科学课程和学位课程的优秀候选人，他们的录取将增加内华达州地球科学本科学生的数量和多样性。

The Nevada Climate Change High School Science Fair Network will create a collaboration between diverse high school students, their classroom teachers, and Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE) faculty to use geosciences data focused on climate change science in the development of Intel International Science and Engineering (ISEF) quality high school science fair research projects. Leveraging a recent large NSF EPSCoR climate change infrastructure award to Nevada, we will work with Gathering Genius, Inc. a STEM non-profit, and UNLV's Dept. of Environmental Studies to: improve teachers understanding of climate change science; increase the quantity and quality of high school science fair projects based on climate change science being submitted to Nevada ISEF-affiliated science fairs; improve students chances of passing the Nevada state high school proficiency exam in science; and expand Nevada's climate change research community into rural schools and schools with large numbers of underrepresented students. Thirty high school teachers will participate in a statewide video-conference workshop then visit and subsequently have real-time access to data from state of the art environmental monitoring stations designed to monitor effects of climate change on Nevada. The project will provide a graduate level on-line course in climate change science during their participation. A network of faculty with expertise in climate change research, geosciences and related disciplines will then be provided to these teachers and students to create quality science fair projects. These teachers, from diverse rural and urban schools around Nevada, will recruit and mentor ~150 students to complete Intel ISEF quality science fair projects with emphasis on climate change science, who will submit science fair projects to one of three regional ISEF-affiliated science fairs in Nevada during the two years of the project. If judged to be of high enough quality, some may be recommended to the Intel ISEF in 2012 and 2013. These high school graduates will be excellent candidates for geoscience courses and degree programs of the NSHE, and their admission will increase the numbers and diversity of undergraduate students in the geosciences in Nevada.