EarthScope Education and Outreach

由于EarthScope天文台安装在全国3000多个地理位置，学生和公众将被介绍给科学问题，以及他们所在地区在理解北美大陆形成方面所起的作用。地球望远镜可以提供一个令人信服的例子，说明随着新数据的获得和新假设的检验，科学理解是如何进步的，并将鼓励人们对地球科学的兴趣。为此，EarthScope需要开发和协调教育活动，提供学生可以使用的科学和数据产品，并创建教学模块，使EarthScope的资源能够纳入符合国家教育标准的探究式学习体验。地球范围科学和教育委员会强烈建议集中开展教育和外联协调和活动，并建议需要人员支持这一职能。该提案旨在通过为发起地球范围教育和推广方案提供支持来解决这一问题。

As EarthScope observatories are installed at over 3,000 geographical locations across the nation, students and the public will be introduced to scientific questions and to the role their region plays in understanding the formation of the North American continent. EarthScope can provide a compelling example of how scientific understanding advances as new data become available and new hypothesis are tested, and will encourage interest in Geoscience. To do so, EarthScope needs to develop and coordinate educational activities, provide science and data products that are accessible to students, and create teaching modules that will allow EarthScope resources to be incorporated into an inquiry-based learning experience consistent with national educational standards. The EarthScope Science and Education Committee has strongly recommended centralized education and outreach coordination and activities, and the need for personnel to support this function. This proposal is designed to address this issues through providing support for the initiation of an EarthScope Education and Outreach Program.