GP-IN: Discovering Pathways into the Geosciences through EarthBus Partnership

石溪大学海洋与大气科学学院和地球科学系已经与其他实体合作，形成了一种“地球总线伙伴关系”。该联盟旨在增加学生参与地球科学的多样性。该项目面向初中和高中阶段的地球科学学生和教师，以及社区大学生。该项目的目标是在项目的整个生命周期内培养2500名高中生、120名地球科学教师和50-60名社区大学生。预期成果是提高学生对地球科学的兴趣以及改善学生在国家强制教学方面的表现，并使教师掌握帮助学生在地球科学领域从事基于项目的学习的战略和技术。这些成果将通过使用教室、BioBus车辆作为移动实验室、使用无人机技术和实地研究等多管齐下的方法实现。此外，PIS还将与长岛的学区联系，在实地研究项目上进行合作。拟议的外展将使督学能够测试将不同经济水平的学区整合起来在学习方面的影响。“地球总线伙伴关系”旨在提高不同群体学生在地球科学领域的参与度。这将通过在学生人数较少的高中招收和指导学生来实现，并让人们意识到地球科学职业是私营企业、政府服务和学术界的就业途径。该项目面向初中和高中阶段的地球科学学生和教师，以及社区大学生。其目标是：(1)提高对地球科学的兴趣，并改进国家强制教学的绩效，并将基于现象的学习作为一种工具，以增加对纽约州学习标准和联邦下一代科学标准的理解；(2)向教师提供战略和技术，以帮助学生参与基于项目的学习，包括真实世界的地球科学任务、开放式调查以及工程和设计过程。(3)为高中和社区大学生提供短期就业和研究机会，以便他们将地球科学视为一条可能的职业道路；(4)让地球科学教师更好地了解地球科学的当前研究领域和技术，并进行课程设计；以及(5)测试跨不同经济状况的校区整合和合作在学生参与和学习方面的有效性。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Stony Brook University’s School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences and Department of Geosciences have partnered with other entities to form an “EarthBus Partnership”. The alliance is designed to increase the diversity of student participation in geosciences. The project targets earth science students and teachers at the middle and high school levels, and community college students. The project goal is to train 2,500 high school students, 120 earth science teachers, and 50-60 community college students over the life of the project. Expected results are to increase interest in geosciences as well as improved student performance on State mandated instruction, and to equip teachers with strategies and techniques for helping students engage in project-based learning in the earth sciences. These outcomes will be achieved through a multi-pronged approach by using classrooms, BioBus vehicles as mobile labs, use of drone technology and field research. Also, the PIs will reach out to school districts on Long Island to collaborate on field research projects. The proposed outreach will allow the PIs to test the impact of integrating school districts from different economic levels in learning. The “EarthBus Partnership” aims to improve participation of diverse groups of students in geoscience fields. This will be done by recruiting and mentoring students at high schools with large populations of underrepresented students, and bringing awareness of geoscience careers as fulfilling employment paths in private industry, government service, and academia. The project targets earth science students and teachers at the middle and high school levels, and community college students. The goals are: (1) to increase interest in the geosciences as well as improve performance on State mandated instruction and use phenomena based learning as a tool to increase understanding of the New York State Learning Standards and federal Next Generation Science Standards; (2) to provide teachers with strategies and techniques to help students engage in project-based learning with real world earth science tasks, open-ended investigations, and the engineering and design processes. (3) to provide short-term employment and research opportunities to high school and community college students, so they see earth science as a possible career path; (4) to engage earth science teachers in better understanding and curriculum design focusing on current research areas and techniques in the geosciences; and (5) to test the efficacy of school-district integration and collaboration across different economic status in student engagement and learning.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.