Reaching Out to Communities and Kids with Science in San Francisco, California: SF-ROCKS

弗朗西斯科的“科学接触儿童和社区”活动（SF-ROCKS）”计划在旧金山弗朗西斯科州立大学（SFSU）的目的是增加传统上代表性不足的学生谁进入大学作为地球科学专业通过多方面的合作研究项目，将提供教师培训，学生教育，和几层指导关系。这些活动包括：（1）通过让高中教师及其学生参与监督下的环境研究项目和培训，加强与弗朗西斯科联合学区（SFUSD）的合作伙伴关系;（2）在旧金山联合学区和弗朗西斯科城市学院（CCSF）之间建立桥梁，弗朗西斯科的许多代表性不足的学生首先在大学层面接触地球科学;以及（3）通过指导和监督实地项目，促进SFSU地球科学教师、本科生和高中生之间的指导关系。SF-ROCKS还与当地社区团体和政府机构合作，为项目提供支持和互惠互利。该合作项目在旧金山州立大学有一个研究基地，在CCSF有卫星中心，在旧金山东部的弗朗西斯科有五所高中，位于伊斯莱斯和使命河流域。在每个卫星中心，负责教授地球和环境科学的教师与SFSU地球科学系项目科学家合作，建立以社区为中心的多层次、动手测绘和采样伙伴关系，以识别和监测环境危害和流域特征。每个卫星中心都专注于学校周围的区域，通过教师研讨会，与SFSU研究基地的互动以及全面的互动网站与其他中心建立联系。

ABSTRACTReaching Out to Kids and Community with Science in San FranciscoThe "Reaching Out to Kids and Community with Science in San Francisco (SF-ROCKS)" program at San Francisco State University (SFSU) aims to increase the number of traditionally underrepresented students who enter college as geoscience majors through a multi-faceted collaborative research project that will provide teacher training, student education, and several tiers of mentoring relationships. The activities include: (1) strengthening partnerships with the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) by engaging high school teachers and their students in supervised environmental research projects and training; (2) building bridges between SFSU and City College of San Francisco (CCSF), where many underrepresented students in San Francisco are first introduced to geoscience at the college level; and (3) fostering mentoring relationships among SFSU geosciences faculty, undergraduate students, and high school students through guidance and supervision of field projects. SF-ROCKS also partners with local community groups and government agencies for project support and mutual benefit. The collaborative program has a research base at SFSU and satellite centers at CCSF and five high schools in eastern San Francisco in the Islais and Mission creek watersheds. At each satellite center, instructors responsible for teaching earth and environmental science work with SFSU Department of Geosciences project scientist to develop a community- centered, multi-layered, hands-on mapping and sampling partnership to identify and to monitor environmental hazards and watershed characteristics. Each satellite center focuses on the area around their school, with connections to the other centers via teacher workshops, interactions with the SFSU research base, and a comprehensive interactive web site.