Erosion Study of the Rodeo-Chediski Fire Area, Arizona: Model for a High-School Student-Based Research Program

本项目邀请来自Show Low高中的学生参与当地环境问题的调查，特别是野火和伐木对亚利桑那州中部怀特山脉Rodeo-Chediski火区土壤侵蚀的影响。该项目的目标是让学生有机会了解并影响他们所在社区的环境决策，并让他们亲身体验科学探究。他们会挑战去审视自己和他人。现有的关于森林生态学的观念和森林经营实践，并从科学的角度探索森林经营的新思路。通过这一过程，他们将生成野火和砍伐燃烧木材造成的侵蚀率的真实数据。随着这个项目的发展，pi将同时创建和传播一种科学探究的模式，这种模式可以移植到其他希望进行类似研究的高中。我们将编写指导材料，以促进该计划的传播和采用，并促进数据的共享。我们将在我们的网页和dese内发布这个项目的课程、数据和结果，在区域和国家会议、出版物和研讨会上发布海报会议和演讲。

ABSTRACT This project to engage students from Show Low High School in an investigation of local environmental issues, specifically the effects of wildfires and logging on soil erosion in the Rodeo-Chediski fire area, White Mountains, central Arizona. The goal of this project is to give students an opportunity to understand and have an impact on environmental decisions in their community, and to let them experience scientific inquiry first hand. They will challenge to examine their own and others. existing ideas about the ecology of forests and forest management practices and have them explore new ideas about forest management from a scientific perspective. Through this process they will generate real data on the erosion rates resulting from wildfires and the logging of burned wood. As this project develops, the PIs will simultaneously create and disseminate a model of scientific inquiry that is portable to other high schools desiring to undertake similar studies. We will develop instructional materials to facilitate dissemination and adoption of the program, and promote the sharing of the data. We will distribute the curriculum, data and results of this project on our web pages and within DLESE, poster sessions and presentations at regional and national meetings, publications, and workshops.