GP-IN: Broadening pathways to an undergraduate degree in geosciences: Collaboration between Johns Hopkins University and the Baltimore City Ingenuity Project

该项目将通过约翰霍普金斯大学（JHU）地球与行星科学系（EPS）和Incubity项目（IP）之间的合作，创造一条新的途径来吸引和留住地球科学领域的巴尔的摩市高中生的多元化群体，该项目是一个巴尔的摩市非营利组织，已开发出一个学术计划，以准备和启动下一代多元化的科学，技术，工程，数学领袖该项目将通过实地学习地球科学活动和研究项目，包括测量和监测巴尔的摩市的环境状况，加强高中生的地球科学学习。具体而言，学生将参加旨在量化整个巴尔的摩的热量，空气，水和土壤污染的积极研究项目，并将了解环境监测和社会正义举措的交叉点。总之，这将建立一个学习生态系统，其中有代表性不足的少数民族高中学生参与地球科学活动的机会增加，其中地球科学被视为一个令人兴奋的和相关的研究领域与可行的职业道路。该项目的目标是（1）增加高中生参与JHU EPS内的活动和研究的数量，（2）增加JHU EPS在巴尔的摩环境倡议中的参与，包括与当地高中生合作并就这些问题进行教育，（3）让学生参与实践基于位置的学习研究机会，展示地球科学研究的跨学科性质，以及（4）让学生接触到巴尔的摩市环境和社会正义问题之间的交叉点。这些目标将通过三管齐下的方法来实现，多个切入点让学生参与地球科学研究：1）夏季地球科学夏令营结束，2）EPS教师和研究生在IP课堂上的演讲，以及3）JHU EPS实验室的IP研究实习。这些活动将增加巴尔的摩市高中学生对地球科学问题和研究的知识，它的社会意义，以及在地球科学的职业道路。这个奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估的支持。

This project will create a new pathway to engage and retain a diverse group of Baltimore City high school students in the geosciences through a collaboration between the Johns Hopkins University (JHU) Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences (EPS) and The Ingenuity Project (IP), a Baltimore City non-profit that has developed an academic program to prepare and launch the next generation of diverse Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math leaders. The project will enhance the geoscience learning of high school students through place-based learning geoscience activities and research projects, including measuring and monitoring the environmental conditions in Baltimore City. Specifically, students will participate in active research projects aimed at quantifying heat, air, water, and soil pollution across Baltimore and will learn about the intersection of environmental monitoring and social justice initiatives. Together, this will establish a learning ecosystem in which there are increased opportunities for underrepresented minority high school students to engage in geoscience activities and in which the geosciences are viewed as an exciting and relevant field of study with viable career paths. The goals of the project are to (1) increase the number of high school students engaging in activities and research within JHU EPS, (2) increase the engagement of JHU EPS in Baltimore environmental initiatives, including working with and educating local high school students on these issues, (3) engage students in hands-on placed-based learning research opportunities that demonstrate the interdisciplinary nature of geoscience research, and (4) expose students to the intersection between environmental and social justice issues in Baltimore City. These goals will be achieved through a three-pronged approach with multiple entry points for engaging students to participate in geosciences research: 1) an end-of-summer Geosciences Camp, 2) EPS faculty and graduate student presentations in IP classrooms, and 3) IP Research Practicum in JHU EPS labs. These activities will increase the knowledge of Baltimore City high school students on geoscience problems and research, it’s societal relevance, and career pathways in the geosciences.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.