GP-IMPACT: Expanding Geology Discovery Opportunities Beyond the Classroom

GP-IMPACT：将地质发现机会扩展到课堂之外

• 批准号: 1701123
• 负责人: David McConnell
• 金额: $ 29.63万
• 依托单位: North Carolina State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-07-15 至 2022-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1701123&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: GP; IMPACT; Expanding; Geology; Discovery

Part IThe primary goal of GP-Impact: Expanding Geology Discovery Opportunities Beyond the Classroom is to increase the number of students pursuing undergraduate degrees in the geosciences. The geosciences represent a key STEM discipline that will contribute to solutions of several grand challenges facing Earth and its inhabitants. This project seeks to diversify and expand the number of students majoring in geosciences through the design and testing of new approaches for engaging high school students in authentic, career-relevant experiences. Fields such as geology or marine science are often discovery majors that students select only after enrolling in an elective college course. We propose to provide multiple opportunities for discover the geosciences to high school students so that they have a clear vision of what a geoscientist does and how this work can impact our local community, the nation, and the world. We propose three programs to expose more students to the geosciences including: i) Creating an engaging summer program for early high school students to focus on the role of geoscience in society; ii) Working with high-school science teachers in nearby school districts to invite students to participate in an open house visitation program where they can interact with geoscientists in research labs on campus; and, iii) Establishing a collaboration with NCSU programs working with high performing and/or uncommitted incoming students to develop and promote a Geo-Journey summer bridge course to be offered prior to first-year students arriving on campus. During all components of the project we will collect survey data that allows us to measure student interest regarding the geosciences and its potential as a career option. This data will allow us to interpret the relative effectiveness of these three strategies in increasing the number and diversity of students entering geoscience degree programs in North Carolina. The proposed project seeks to provide a mechanism for reaching a cohort of students who are currently unengaged with the geosciences in high school and do not consider the geosciences to represent a realistic career path. A second outcome of the project will be the production of a series of lessons that North Carolina high school teachers can use to customize instruction of essential geoscience concepts in earth and environmental science classes. Further, this project provides opportunities for geoscience faculty at NCSU to build robust partnerships with colleagues within university programs serving incoming students and with science teachers in the Wake County Public School System.Part IIThe primary goal of GP-Impact: Expanding Geology Discovery Opportunities Beyond the Classroom is to increase the number of students interested in pursuing undergraduate degrees in geoscience through the design and testing of new approaches for engaging high school students in authentic, career-relevant experiences in geoscience. We propose a multi-dimensional plan for reaching out to new populations of students beginning soon after they enter high school and ending a few weeks before they take their first course on campus at North Carolina State University. We break this down to specific objectives associated with the three elements of the proposal. ?? Objective 1 - Attract freshmen/sophomore high school students to a summer camp program focused on the idea that the geosciences represent an interesting and realistic career path. Summer camp programs geared toward high school students can involve students in some basic research during which they learn about the geosciences, work with geoscientists, and hear from working geoscientists about the nature of their jobs. Participation in these programs can develop an initial interest in the geosciences among high school students who may not have taken a related class.?? Objective 2 - Present junior/senior high school students with the variety of types of research that represent the geosciences and demonstrate to them how relevant the geosciences are for the future of Earth at a variety of scales. Most high school students have little conception of what a geoscientist does and few have ever met a geoscientist. Students will participate in lab visits with research faculty in geology, marine science, and meteorology so that they can realize the significant role that the geosciences play in identifying and mitigating the grand challenges that society will face during their lifetimes. These visits will build interest among the participating high school students that will result in increased applications to MEAS programs. ?? Objective 3- Attract STEM-friendly students into the Geosciences through our new Colorado River GeoJourney course. We will teach a new hands-on geoscience summer bridge field course for matriculating first-year university students. This 3-credit course will focus on interactions between geoscience and society along one of the continent?fs most iconic rivers. Students will be recruited from university programs containing students with a STEM focus, but who may be unaware of the merits and opportunities of a career in the geosciences. A field course that is taught in a region of spectacular geology, and has an intentional focus on how geoscience is related to society, has the potential to convince some of the participating students that they should consider majoring in a geoscience program. We hypothesize that matriculating first-year college students who participate in the NCSU Colorado River GeoJourney are more likely to: 1) enroll in additional geoscience courses; and, 2) choose to major in the geosciences when compared against both their peer-population as well as in comparison to similar demographic cohorts prior to the implementation of the Colorado River GeoJourney.The proposed project seeks to both increase the participation of women and underrepresented minorities in the geosciences. During all components of the project we will seek to collect data that allows us to measure student/teacher interest and attitudes about geoscience and its potential as a career option. This will be in the form of pre/post surveys and/or performance measures. This data will allow us to interpret the relative effectiveness of these three strategies in increasing the number and diversity of students entering geoscience degree programs in North Carolina. These programs can have an additive effect. We anticipate that students who participate in multiple elements of the project will be more significantly impacted than students who complete just one element. One outcome of the project is to provide a mechanism for reaching a cohort of students who are currently unengaged with the geosciences in high school and do not consider the geosciences to represent a realistic career path. Further, this project provides opportunities for geoscience faculty at NCSU to build robust partnerships with colleagues within university programs serving incoming students and with science teachers in the Wake County Public School System.

GP-Impact的主要目标：扩大课堂之外的地质学发现机会是为了增加攻读地球科学本科学位的学生人数。地球科学代表了一门关键的STEM学科，它将有助于解决地球及其居民面临的几个重大挑战。该项目旨在通过设计和测试新方法，让高中生参与到真实的、与职业相关的体验中来，使主修地球科学的学生多样化并扩大其数量。地质学或海洋科学等领域往往是学生在选修大学课程后才选择的探索专业。我们建议为高中生提供多种探索地球科学的机会，这样他们就能清楚地了解地球科学家的工作，以及这项工作如何影响我们的当地社区、国家和世界。我们提出了三个项目来让更多的学生接触到地球科学，包括：i)为初中生创建一个引人入胜的暑期项目，专注于地球科学在社会中的作用；ii)与附近学区的高中科学教师合作，邀请学生参加一个开放参观项目，他们可以在校园的研究实验室与地球科学家互动；iii)与NCSU的项目建立合作关系，与表现优异和/或未承诺的新生合作，开发和推广Geo-Journey夏季桥梁课程，在一年级学生入学之前提供。在项目的所有组成部分中，我们将收集调查数据，使我们能够衡量学生对地球科学的兴趣及其作为职业选择的潜力。这些数据将使我们能够解释这三种策略在增加北卡罗莱纳州进入地球科学学位课程的学生数量和多样性方面的相对有效性。拟议的项目旨在提供一种机制，以接触到目前在高中不接触地球科学并且不认为地球科学是一条现实的职业道路的一批学生。该项目的第二个成果将是制作一系列课程，北卡罗来纳州的高中教师可以在地球和环境科学课程中使用这些课程来定制基本地球科学概念的教学。此外，该项目还为NCSU的地球科学教师提供了与大学新生项目的同事以及威克县公立学校系统的科学教师建立牢固伙伴关系的机会。GP-Impact的主要目标是：扩大课堂之外的地质发现机会，通过设计和测试新方法，让高中生参与真实的、与职业相关的地球科学经验，增加对攻读地球科学本科学位感兴趣的学生数量。我们提出了一个多维度的计划来接触新的学生群体，从他们进入高中后不久开始，到他们在北卡罗莱纳州立大学（North Carolina State University）上第一门课程前几周结束。我们将其分解为与建议的三个要素有关的具体目标。? ?目标1：吸引一年级或二年级的高中生参加一个夏令营项目，这个项目的重点是地球科学代表了一个有趣和现实的职业道路。面向高中生的夏令营项目可以让学生参与一些基础研究，在此期间，他们可以学习地球科学，与地球科学家一起工作，并听取地球科学家对他们工作性质的看法。参与这些项目可以培养那些可能没有上过相关课程的高中生对地球科学的初步兴趣。目标2 -向初高中学生展示代表地球科学的各种类型的研究，并向他们展示地球科学在各种尺度上与地球未来的相关性。大多数高中生对地球科学家的工作知之甚少，很少有人见过地球科学家。学生将与地质学、海洋科学和气象学的研究人员一起参加实验室访问，以便他们能够认识到地球科学在识别和减轻社会在他们有生之年将面临的重大挑战方面所发挥的重要作用。这些访问将在参与的高中生中建立兴趣，从而增加对MEAS项目的申请。? ?目标3-通过我们新的科罗拉多河地球之旅课程吸引对stem友好的学生进入地球科学。我们将为大一新生教授一门新的动手地球科学暑期桥实地课程。这门3学分的课程将侧重于地球科学与社会之间的相互作用。最具代表性的河流。学生将从大学项目中招募，这些项目中有STEM专业的学生，但他们可能不知道地球科学职业的优点和机会。如果实地课程是在一个地质丰富的地区教授的，并且有意关注地球科学与社会的关系，那么就有可能说服一些参加课程的学生，他们应该考虑主修地球科学课程。我们假设，参加NCSU科罗拉多河地球之旅的大一新生更有可能：1)报名参加额外的地球科学课程；2)选择地球科学专业，既与同龄人相比，也与实施科罗拉多河地球之旅之前的类似人口群体相比。拟议的项目旨在增加妇女和代表性不足的少数民族对地球科学的参与。在项目的所有组成部分中，我们将努力收集数据，使我们能够衡量学生/教师对地球科学及其作为职业选择的潜力的兴趣和态度。这将以事前/事后调查和/或绩效衡量的形式进行。这些数据将使我们能够解释这三种策略在增加北卡罗莱纳州进入地球科学学位课程的学生数量和多样性方面的相对有效性。这些程序可以产生叠加效应。我们预计，参与项目多个要素的学生将比只完成一个要素的学生受到更大的影响。该项目的一个成果是提供一种机制，以接触到目前在高中不接触地球科学并且不认为地球科学代表现实的职业道路的一群学生。此外，该项目还为NCSU的地球科学教师提供了与大学新生项目的同事以及威克县公立学校系统的科学教师建立牢固伙伴关系的机会。