Fueling the Geosciences Educational Pipeline: The development of a K-12 Network to Support Minority Participation

加强地球科学规划多样性的机会基金致力于建立一个教育工作者和管理人员的网络，这些教育工作者和管理人员对加强密西西比州K-12阶段的地球科学教育感兴趣。密西西比州科学教师的一项调查将建立教师对科学的态度和对密西西比州地球科学的兴趣水平的基线。该调查还将有助于确定科学教师认为最有吸引力或最相关的地球科学领域，以便在随后的夏季规划会议上确定K-12/大学互动的具体机会。从密西西比州立大学100英里半径内的25个少数民族学区选出的K-12教师和管理人员将参加一个与大学地球科学教员的夏季会议。这些小组将开发出最符合州和国家标准以及所在地区现有科学课程的以地球科学为重点的课程理念。此外，讲习班将用于探索利用大学研究和设施进行适当活动的机会，以提高K-12教师对地球科学的兴趣和内容知识。将通过网站确定并提供适当的课程材料；该网站亦会协助未能亲自出席暑期工作坊的教师参与。

This Opportunities for Enhancing Diversity in the Geosciences planning grant is working to build a network of educators and administrators interested in strengthening geoscience education at the K-12 level throughout the state of Mississippi. A survey of Mississippi science teachers will establish a baseline of teacher attitudes toward science and the level of interest in the geosciences in the State of Mississippi. The survey will also help to identify those areas of the geosciences that science teachers find most engaging or relevant, in order to determine specific opportunities for K-12/University interaction during a subsequent summer planning meeting. Select K-12 teachers and administrators from 25 minority-serving school districts within a 100-mile radius of Mississippi State University will attend a summer meeting with university geoscience faculty members. The teams will develop geoscience-focused curriculum ideas that best fit with state and national standards and their district's existing science curriculum. In addition, the workshop will be used to explore opportunities to utilize university research and facilities in appropriate activities that can increase K-12 teacher interest and content knowledge in the geosciences. Appropriate curricular materials will be identified and made available through a website; the website will also facilitate participation of teachers who could not attend the summer workshop in person.