Enhancing Access to the Geosciences for Latino/a English Language Learners in North Texas (EAGLE-NT)

北德克萨斯大学与丹顿独立学区（ISD）、刘易斯维尔独立学区、欧文独立学区、卡罗尔顿-农民分校独立学区、沃斯堡独立学区、榆树福克教育中心和克利尔克里克自然遗产中心合作，利用OEDG规划赠款在北德克萨斯地区建立有针对性的伙伴关系，探索提高拉丁裔/英语学习者（ELLs）小学地球科学教育质量的策略。该项目旨在帮助准备K-5教师，他们将在2010年秋季开始教授新的科学课程，其中包括每个年级的地球科学目标。2010年9月、10月和11月的每月计划研讨会将汇集来自北德克萨斯地区的利益相关者，包括来自北德克萨斯小学的大约30名小学科学教师，北德克萨斯大学有大量西班牙裔人口，六名专门从事地球科学教育和双语教育的教师，以及两名来自当地非正式科学教育推广中心的代表。该伙伴关系将评估向拉丁美洲/美洲学生教授地球科学的挑战，规划应对这些挑战的基于研究的方法，并确定教师准备和地球科学教育课程材料方面的缺陷。

The University of North Texas, in collaboration with Denton Independent School District (ISD), Lewisville ISD, Irving ISD, Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD, Fort Worth ISD, the Elm Fork Education Center, and the Clear Creek Natural Heritage Center, are using this OEDG planning grant award to establish a targeted partnership in the North Texas region to explore strategies for enhancing the quality of geoscience education at the elementary school level for Latino/a English Language Learners (ELLs). The project seeks to help prepare K-5 teachers who will begin teaching a new science curriculum in the fall of 2010 that includes Earth Science objectives at every grade level. Monthly planning workshops in September, October, and November of 2010 will bring together stakeholders from the North Texas region, including ~30 elementary science teachers from North Texas elementary schools with large Hispanic populations, six UNT faculty members with expertise in geoscience education and bilingual education, and two representatives from local informal science education outreach centers. The partnership will assess the challenges of teaching Earth Science to Latino/a ELLs, plan research-based methods for confronting these challenges, and identify deficits in teacher preparation and curriculum materials for geoscience education.