New Madrid Earthquake Project for Earth Science Teachers

这项名为“新马德里地震地球科学教师项目”的提案旨在改善新马德里断裂带沿线七个州的地球科学教师的地震教育：阿肯色州、伊利诺伊州、印第安纳州、肯塔基州、密西西比州、密苏里州和田纳西州。将选出63名初中地球科学示范性教师：第一年28名，第二年35名，平均代表七个州。该项目包括暑期研修（第一年2周，第二年8天）和每年的后续活动。教师将接受多种教学策略（例如讲座、实地和实验室工作、计算机模拟等）和由计划制作的视频，以促进学生、教师和公众的地震教育。预计每个参与者将举办至少3个认识讲习班，平均每个讲习班20名教师；因此，近4000名教师将熟悉新马德里地震项目。该项目为其他区域地球科学课题的研究提供了一个范本。区域主题的运用使中学理科学生对一般科学，特别是地球科学有了更大的理解。联华电子分摊的费用接近NSF要求的金额的52%。

This proposal, titled "New Madrid Earthquake Project for Earth Science Teachers," is designed to improve earthquake education among earth science teachers from seven states along the New Madrid fault zone: Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee. Sixty-three Middle/Junior High School, exemplary earth- science teachers will be selected: 28 the first year and 35 the second, evenly representing the seven states. The project includes a summer institute (2 weeks the first year, and 8 days the second) and follow-up activities each year. The teachers will receive a variety of instructional strategies (e.g. lectures, field and laboratory work, computer simulation, etc.) and a video produced by the project to facilitate earthquake education for students, teachers, and the general public. It is expected that each participant will conduct at least 3 awareness workshops averaging 20 teachers each; thereby almost 4,000 teachers will become familiar with the New Madrid Earthquake Project. The project provides a model for the study of other regional earth science topics. The utilization of regional topics results in secondary science students understanding a greater relevance for science in general, and earth science in particular. The cost sharing by UMC is close to 52% of the amount requested from NSF.