Puerto Rico Geomodel: Using Climate Change Research to Improve Geosciences Teaching, Student Research Skills, and Academic Pipeline K-16+ (Track 2)

该项目将在波多黎各建立一个地球科学学习社区，包括6所内城公立学校（2所小学、2所初中和2所高中）、2所大学（Metropolitana大学（UMET）和Turabo大学（UT））和两个非政府组织（Puerto Rico湿地基金会（PRWF）和Corredor del Yaguazo），重点开展湿地公共教育。该项目的目标是增加对波多黎各地球科学的了解，并鼓励西班牙裔学生参与地球科学教育和研究。有三个主要的项目活动，与气候变化和环境应对的主题联系在一起，并以招聘和留住STEM学科中代表性不足的学生的最佳实践为指导。地球科学课堂部分（K-12年级）将使用本科-研究生学生-教师团队来领导课堂活动，实地体验，科学展览支持和天气数据收集和分析的组合，以提供地球科学的基本内容知识。为参与的在职教师提供暑期培训。在拟议的项目生命周期内，地球科学教室组件将为大约900名K-12学生和30名教师提供服务。星期六地球学院的组成部分每年将竞争性地招收10名学生（9-12年级），与一名研究生和一名本科生合作，每学期进行为期10周的湿地研究。从二年级开始，暑期地理训练部分将选出10名10-12年级的学生，与2名本科生和2名研究生一起进行为期4周的湿地研究研究训练计划。总之，这些活动将有助于建立一个无缝的管道，从代表性不足的西班牙裔人口中进行地球科学教育和招聘。

This project will establish a geosciences learning community in Puerto Rico comprised of 6 inner city public schools (2 elementary, 2 middle, and 2 high schools), 2 universities (Universidad Metropolitana (UMET) and Universidad del Turabo (UT)), and two non-governmental organizations (Puerto Rico Wetland Foundation (PRWF) and Corredor del Yaguazo) which focus on public education about wetlands. The goal of the program is to increase understanding about the geosciences in Puerto Rico and encourage participation of Hispanic students in geoscience education and research. There are three main project activities, tied together with a thematic focus on climate change and environmental responses, and guided by best practices for recruiting and retaining underrepresented students in STEM disciplines. The Geosciences Classrooms component (Grades K-12) will use undergraduate-graduate student-teacher teams to lead a combination of classroom activities, field experiences, science fair support, and weather data collection and analysis, in order to provide basic content knowledge in the geosciences. Summer training will be provided to participating in-service teachers. Over the proposed project lifetime, the Geosciences Classroom component will serve approximately 900 K-12 students and 30 teachers. The Saturday Geoacademy component will competitively recruit 10 students (Grades 9-12) each year to work with 1 graduate student and 1 undergraduate student to carry out wetlands research over a 10-week period each semester. Beginning in Year 2, the Summer Geofield Training component will identify 10 students in Grades 10-12 to work with 2 undergraduate students and 2 graduate students as part of a 4-week research training program in wetlands research. Together, these activities will help to establish a seamless pipeline for geosciences education and recruitment from underrepresented Hispanic populations.