Track 1 Proposal to Use Cultural History to Connect African American Students of Tennessee State University to Geosciences at Mammoth Cave National Park

来自田纳西州立大学(HBCU)、猛犸象洞穴国家公园和美国地质调查局的研究人员和教育工作者组成的团队参与了这个项目，以增加非裔美国学生对地球科学的参与。该项目旨在通过猛犸洞穴奴隶探险家的迷人遗产吸引少数族裔学生观众的注意，然后向他们传授更多与地球科学相关的主题，包括地质学、水文学以及岩石、水和空气的化学。这个为期两年的第一轨道项目将产生足够的地球化学研究数据，以完成一篇S硕士论文，为第二篇S硕士论文收集数据，并完成两个环境工程或化学方面的本科高级项目。将建立一个正式和非正式的教育工作者和研究人员网络，以开展正式的教育和推广活动，寻求建立一条从中学到研究生院的地球科学管道。这个网络将包括社会学、历史和表演艺术等学科的教育工作者的参与，通过设计表演计划，将潜在的地学观众介绍给洞穴的故事，以稳定潜在的前提。

A team of researchers and educators from Tennessee State University (an HBCU), the Mammoth Cave National Park, and the U.S. Geological Survey has partnered in this project to increase the participation of African American students in the geosciences. This project seeks to capture the attention of minority student audiences with the fascinating legacy of slave explorers in Mammoth Cave, and then teach them more about related geoscience topics, including geology, hydrology, and the chemistry of rock, water and air. This two-year Track 1 project will generate enough geochemical research data to complete one Master''s thesis, collect data for a second Master''s thesis, and complete two undergraduate senior projects in environmental engineering or chemistry. A network of formal and informal educators and researchers will be created to conduct formal education and outreach activities that seek to build a geosciences pipeline from middle school through graduate school. This network will include the involvement of educators in disciplines such as sociology, history, and performing arts to stabilize the underlying premise by designing a plan for performances that will introduce the potential geoscience audience to the story of the cave.