GeoEd: Teachers Exploring Coastal Hazards and Resilience

密西西比州立大学科学、数学和技术中心（CSMT）和北海湾研究所（NGI）正在合作，通过密西西比海湾沿岸的教师提升计划，加强K-12的地球科学教学。通过使用地球系统方法，“教师探索海岸灾害和恢复力”项目增加了教师对墨西哥湾北部沿海灾害和恢复力的理解，并向他们介绍了可能使学生受益的地球科学职业机会。该计划的目标是提供将地球科学教育与当地条件和生态系统联系起来的地球科学内容，提高教师对地球科学职业的知识，制定使研讨会活动适应课堂的课程计划，并提高学生对地球科学职业的兴趣。在为期两周的夏季研讨会中，来自路易斯安那州圣塔玛尼和奥尔良教区以及密西西比州汉考克、哈里森和杰克逊县学区的40名5-8年级在职科学教师（每年夏天20名）参加了实践活动和备课计划。讲习班是在NOAA（国家数据浮标中心、国家沿海数据发展中心、国家气象局和渔业局）、海军海洋学办公室、海军研究实验室、美国宇航局、南密西西比大学墨西哥湾沿岸研究中心和多芬岛海洋实验室进行的。教师在每个学年参加两次在线跟进会议。

Mississippi State University's Center for Science, Mathematics & Technology (CSMT) and the Northern Gulf Institute (NGI) are collaborating to enhance K-12 instruction in Earth science through a teacher enhancement program on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Using an Earth systems approach, Teachers Exploring Coastal Hazards and Resilience is increasing teachers' understanding of coastal hazards and resilience along the Northern Gulf of Mexico, as well as introduce them to geoscience career opportunities that may benefit their students. Goals of the program are to deliver Earth science content that connects geoscience education to local conditions and ecosystems, enhance teacher knowledge of geoscience careers, develop lesson plans adapting workshop activities to the classroom, and increase student interest in geoscience careers. During two-week summer workshops, 40 in-service science teachers in grades 5-8 (20 each summer) from the St. Tammany and Orleans Parish districts in Louisiana and school districts in Hancock, Harrison, and Jackson counties in Mississippi are participating in hands-on activities and lesson plan preparation. The workshops are being conducted on location at NOAA (National Data Buoy Center, National Coastal Data Development Center, National Weather Service, and Fisheries Service), Naval Oceanographic Office, Naval Research Laboratory, NASA, University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast Research Center, and Dauphin Island Sea Laboratory. Teachers participate in two online follow-up sessions during each academic school year.