A Workshop to Achieve Broader Impacts of Geophysical Research

该奖项支持两个研讨会，让美国西南部的高中教师和研究科学家参与SpiNet教育地震学计划。这些讲习班的发展和记录方式将为其他人提供一个模式和工具包，作为与地震学相关研究项目有关的“更广泛影响”努力的一部分加以实施。科学家将作为观察员和与会者参加讲习班，以确保将他们的需要和观点纳入讲习班模式和工具包。虽然这个项目是关于地震学的，但讲习班的模式和工具包适用于其他学科以数据收集为基础的教育战略。 这些讲习班将正式确定教师讲习班的模式，并开发一个工具包供其他人使用。 世界各地的科学家将能够使用SpiNet作为他们自己推广的平台。目标是减少科学家参与教育地震学工作所需的时间和专业人员，从而增加通过这一途径满足标准2：更广泛影响的人数。此外，研讨会，工具包和支持基础设施将促进了解如何最有效地参与课堂教师和研究科学家在教育地震学活动。

This award supports two workshops to engage high school teachers and research scientists in the southwestern US in the SpiNet educational seismology program. The workshops will be developed and documented in such a manner as to provide a model and toolkit for others to implement as part of a "Broader Impacts" effort associated with a seismology-related research project. Scientists will be involved in the workshops, as observers and participants, to ensure incorporation of their needs and perspectives in the workshop model and toolkit, as well. While this project is about seismology, the workshop model and toolkit are applicable to data-collection-based educational strategies in other disciplines. The workshops will formalize a model for teacher workshops and develop a toolkit for others to use. Scientists around the world will be able to use SpiNet as a platform for their own outreach. The goal is to reduce the time and specialized personnel needed for scientists to get involved in educational seismology efforts, thereby increasing the number who will pursue this avenue to satisfy their Criterion 2: Broader Impacts efforts. Additionally, the workshops, toolkit, and supporting infrastructure will advance understanding of how to most effectively engage classroom teachers and research scientists in educational seismology activities.