REU/RET Site: Collaborative Research: Introducing Critical Zone Observatory Science to Students and Teachers

REU/RET 网站：合作研究：向学生和教师介绍关键区域天文台科学

• 批准号: 1263222
• 负责人: Anthony Aufdenkampe
• 金额: $ 24.11万
• 依托单位: Stroud Water Research Center
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-09-15 至 2016-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1263222&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; RET; Site; Collaborative; Research

Critical Zone Observatories (CZOs) are natural laboratories for investigating Earth surface processes mediated by fresh water in the zone extending from the top of the vegetation canopy to the base of groundwater, i.e. the Critical Zone. This award supports the participation of undergraduate students and teachers in research at two Critical Zone Observatories, the Susquehanna-Shale Hills Observatory (SSHO) in central Pennsylvania and the Christina River Basin (CRB) CZO in southeastern Pennsylvania and northern Delaware. Pennsylvania State University is the lead institution of the SSHO and would collaborate with the Stroud Water Research Center (SWRC), a partner in the CRB CZO. The collaborative project will fund a total of 12 undergraduate students and 4 teachers at these sites per year, providing research experiences for undergraduates primarily interested in Earth Science careers and K-12 teachers who want to increase their content knowledge and resources for the classroom. At the CRB, participants will be involved in research investigating aspects of the impact of three centuries of human habitation on the carbon and water cycles. At the SSHO, participants will be involved in research to quantitatively predict the creation, evolution and structure of regolith as a function of the geochemical, hydrologic, biologic, and geomorphological processes operating in the temperate, forested landscape. After the summer experience, participants will prepare and give presentations at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union. CZOs offer a unique opportunity for training undergraduate students and teachers via research experiences because of the broad array of environmental landscapes represented by the observatories and the interdisciplinary science achieved through the observatory framework.

临界区观测站（CZOS）是研究的天然实验室，用于研究从植被顶部延伸到地下水底部（即关键区域）延伸的区域中的淡水介导的地面过程。该奖项支持本科生和教师在两个关键区观测员研究，宾夕法尼亚州中部的Susquehanna-Shale-Shale-Shales山丘天文台（SSHO）和宾夕法尼亚州东南部的Christina River盆地（CRB）CZO的CRB BASIN（CRB）CZO。宾夕法尼亚州立大学是SSHO的主要机构，并将与CRB CZO的合作伙伴Stroud Water Research Center（SWRC）合作。该协作项目每年将在这些网站上为总共12名本科生和4名老师提供资金，为主要对地球科学职业感兴趣的本科生和K-12教师提供研究经验，他们希望增加教室的内容知识和资源。在CRB，参与者将参与研究研究三个世纪人类居住对碳和水周期的影响的方面。在SSHO上，参与者将参与研究，以定量预测岩石石的创造，进化和结构，这是在温带，森林景观中运行的地球化学，水文，生物学和地貌过程的函数。经过夏季的经验，参与者将在美国地球物理联盟的年度会议上做准备并进行演讲。 CZO为通过研究经验培训本科生和教师提供了独特的机会，因为观测站所代表的各种环境景观以及通过天文台框架实现的跨学科科学。