Geoscience Education Opportunities: Partnerships to Advance TeacHing & Scholarship (GEOPATHS)

地球科学教育机会：合作伙伴关系，以促进教学奖学金（GEOPATHS）的GEOPATHS项目（轨道2）正在实施一项计划，以增加在路易斯斯托克斯密苏里州少数民族参与联盟（LSMoAMP）的第三阶段的框架内，在地球科学的代表性不足的学生的参与。该项目是通过密苏里大学-堪萨斯城（UMKC）和堪萨斯城密苏里州学区（KCMSD）之间的伙伴关系进行的。 项目目标是：1）增加中学和高中教师的地球科学知识内容，以帮助满足新的科学课程和密苏里州年级水平的期望; 2）通过将基于探究的地球科学教育模块整合到新的科学课程中，提高KCMO学区学生在全州科学考试中的表现; 3）提高学生对地球系统和环境科学的认识，以及地球科学职业的潜力; 4）增加在本科院校进入地球科学领域的人数不足的少数民族。30名KCMSD教师将在两个夏天参加严格的专业发展活动，导致多达9个可用于认证的地球科学研究生学分。 这些基于调查的活动，根据地球仪和IRIS方案课程，将利用概念映射和学习周期战略。 在学年期间，这些教师将开发和实地测试教学单元，反映积极的科学探究和基于地球科学领域的问题解决。 在第三和第四年，UMKC教师将指导完成两年专业发展课程的教师，并帮助他们获得在KCMSD高中教授大学水平环境科学的认证。 通过GEOPATHS计划培训的教师将被要求提名最多5名有动力的高中学生参加每年与UMKC地球科学教师合作的为期6周的带薪暑期研究实习计划。 此外，5个卓越的地球科学奖学金（每个5,000美元）每年将提供给一组精选的少数民族学生，他们对申请任何LS-MoAMP学院和大学的地球科学感兴趣。 这些奖学金的延续取决于学习成绩和对地球科学的持续兴趣。 在地球科学周期间，通过科学客座讲座计划和社区活动向当地学校和社区进行宣传，将用于宣传GEOPATHS计划，并提高对地球科学教育和职业机会的认识。

Geoscience Education Opportunities: Partnerships to Advance TeacHing & Scholarship (GEOPATHS)The GEOPATHS project (Track 2) is implementing a program to increase the participation of underrepresented students in the geosciences within the framework of Phase III of the Louis Stokes Missouri Alliance for Minority Participation (LSMoAMP). The project is being conducted through a partnership between the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) and the Kansas City Missouri School District (KCMSD). Project objectives are to: 1) Increase middle school and high school teacher knowledge content in geosciences to help meet the new science curriculum and Missouri grade level expectations; 2) Increase the performance of KCMO School District students on statewide science exams by integrating inquiry-based geoscience educational modules into the new science curriculum; 3) Increase student awareness of earth systems and environmental science and the potential for careers in the geosciences; and 4) Increase the number of underrepresented minorities entering geoscience fields at the undergraduate college level. Thirty KCMSD teachers will participate in rigorous professional development activities during two summers, leading to up to 9 graduate credits in the geosciences that can be used for certification. These inquiry-based activities, based on the GLOBE and IRIS program curricula, will utilize concept mapping and learning cycle strategies. During the school year, these teachers will develop and field test instructional units that mirror active scientific inquiry and field based problem solving in the geosciences. During the third and fourth year, UMKC faculty will mentor teachers who completed the two-year professional development course and help them to obtain certification to teach college level environmental science at KCMSD high schools. Teachers who have trained through the GEOPATHS program will be asked to nominate up to 5 motivated upper level high school students for participation in a paid 6-week summer research internship program working with geoscience faculty at UMKC each year. In addition, 5 Excellence in Geoscience Scholarships ($5,000 each) will be offered each year to a select group of incoming minority students with interests in the geosciences who are applying to any of the LS-MoAMP colleges and universities. Continuation of these scholarships is dependent on academic performance and continuing interest in the geosciences. Outreach to local schools and communities through a science guest lecture program and community events during Earth Science Week will be used to advertise the GEOPATHS program and increase awareness about educational and career opportunities in the geosciences.