Track 1 GeoEd - High School Summer Internship (HSSI) in the Geo Sciences

加州大学圣克鲁斯分校(UCSC)地球科学计划的高中暑期实习(HSSI)旨在通过与科学研究的亲身体验和与榜样导师的互动，让高中生熟悉科学研究的过程，并鼓励他们在地球科学领域追求职业生涯。该计划增强了学习科学的过程，使学生接触到从事科学工作的兴奋，并向他们介绍了地球科学与现实世界问题和当前问题的相关性。暑期体验将为学生在科研过程中提供坚实的基础。参加HSSI计划的学生来自不同的圣克鲁斯和帕贾罗山谷学区，这两个学区分别支持52%和95%的拉美裔/拉美裔学生，其中许多是英语学习者和/或获得免费或降价餐饮的学生。这个为期两年的Track 1试点项目正在开发一个以探究为基础的地球科学教育计划，以吸引未被充分代表的高中生参加由研究生导师推动的长达一个暑期的以探究为基础的研究计划。在试点阶段，每年有20名高中生--其中至少一半来自地球科学界代表性不足的群体--得到资助，每年最多有20名研究生担任导师。导师们正在通过一个为期两天的课程，在COSEE海洋科学交流项目的基础上，接受指导和沟通方面的项目前培训。该项目利用加州大学伯克利分校的资源和对教育和推广的承诺，包括西摩海洋发现中心，这是一个与公众交流和探索海洋科学研究和社会问题的海洋科学中心。HSSI计划正在测试一种新的模式，通过招募参与计划的部门及其研究生的直接参与和所有权，并开发部门认可认可结构来奖励指导实习生的研究生参与者，从而增加特别是在地球科学领域代表人数不足的群体的参与。

The University of California-Santa Cruz (UCSC) High School Summer Internship (HSSI) in the Geo-Science program seeks to familiarize high school students with the process of scientific inquiry and encourage them to pursue careers in the geosciences through first hand experience with scientific research and interaction with role model mentors. The program enhances the process of learning science, exposes students to the excitement of doing science, and introduced them to the relevance of the geosciences to real-world problems and current issues. The summer experience will provide students with a strong foundation in the process of scientific research. Students participating in the HSSI program come from the diverse Santa Cruz and Pajaro Valley School Districts, which support 52% and 95% Latino/Hispanic students, respectively, many of whom are English language learners and/or students who receive free or reduced price meals. This two-year Track 1 pilot project is developing an inquiry-based geoscience education program to engage underrepresented high school students in a summer long, inquiry-based research program facilitated by graduate student mentors. During the pilot phase, 20 high school students - at least half of whom come from groups underrepresented in the geosciences - are being supported each year, and up to 20 graduate students each year will be engaged as mentors. Mentors are receiving pre-program training in mentoring and communication through a 2-day course built on the COSEE Communicating Ocean Science program. The project leverages resources and commitments to education and outreach at UCSC, including the Seymour Marine Discovery Center, a marine science center that communicates and explores ocean sciences research and societal issues with the public. The HSSI program is testing a new model for increasing the participation of underrepresented groups specifically in the geosciences by enlisting direct involvement and ownership of participating departments and their graduate students in the program and developing departmental recognition acknowledgment structures to reward graduate student participants who mentor the interns.