Paleoclimate and Flooding History in the Southern San Joaquin Valley, CA: Community-Centered Research for Improving Minority Participation in the Geosciences

加利福尼亚州圣华金河谷南部的古气候和洪水历史提出这一建议的加州州立大学，贝克斯菲尔德（Crescent），是圣华金河谷南部方圆100英里内唯一的四年制大学。 它位于一个快速增长的地区，拥有大量快速增长的少数民族人口，是该州大学入学率最低的地区之一。 地质学专业少数民族大学生的入学率仍然不成比例地低。 进一步加剧这种情况的是缺乏具有地球科学背景的K-12教师。 该项目是与贝克斯菲尔德市学区和克恩县学校总监合作开发的。 “加州圣华金河谷南部的古气候和洪水史”的总体目标是加强对教学和学习中的地球科学的理解，并改善代表性不足群体的学生的入学和保留。 为了实现这一目标，该计划提供了高质量的科学研究，对有关当地社区和社会的重要问题，在整个，增加专业发展克恩县初中和高中教师，提高地球科学教学在克恩县初中和高中，招收学生从代表性不足的群体到克恩的地质计划，提高成就和保留克恩的少数民族地质学生，并在更广泛的社区中提高地球科学意识。该项目围绕夏季研究计划，为学生参与和多层次培训提供了许多机会，同时解决了重要的科学问题。

ABSTRACTPaleoclimate and Flooding History in the Southern San Joaquin Valley, CAThe proposing institution, California State University, Bakersfield (CSUB), is the only four-year university within a one-hundred-mile radius in the Southern San Joaquin Valley. It is located in a rapidly growing area with a large and fast-growing minority population and one of the lowest college attendance rates in the state. Enrollment of minority college students in geology remains disproportionately low. Further exacerbating the situation is the lack of K-12 teachers with a geoscience background. This project was developed in collaboration with the Bakersfield City School District and the Kern County Superintendent of Schools. The overall goal of "Paleoclimate and Flooding History in the Southern San Joaquin Valley, CA" is to strengthen the understanding of the geosciences in teaching and learning and to improve access and retention of students in underrepresented groups. To achieve this goal, the program provides high-quality scientific research on important issues relevant to the local community and society at large, increases professional development for Kern County middle and high school teachers, improves geoscience teaching at Kern County middle and high schools, recruits students from underrepresented groups into CSUB.s geology program, increases achievement and retention of CSUB.s minority geology students, and raises geoscience awareness in the broader community. This project centers around a summer research program and offers numerous opportunities for student involvement and training at multiple levels, while addressing important scientific questions.