HR: 1340h
AN: ED23B-1289    [Abstracts]
TI: The Lamont-Doherty Secondary School Field Research Program
AU: * Newton, R
EM: bnewton@ldeo.columbia.edu
AF: Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964-8000, United States
AU: Vincent, S
EM: susanvincent@excite.com
AF: Young Women's Leadership School, 105 East 106 Street, New York City, NY 10029, United States
AU: Shaw, A
EM: as293301@ohio.edu
AF: Manhattan-Hunter Science High School, 122 Amsterdam Avenue, New York City, NY 10023, United States
AB: Three years ago the Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory instituted an educational outreach program with several New York City high schools. The schools all serve lower-income students (greater than 90 percent Title 1 eligible), and are focused on the STEM disciplines as potentially "leveling" areas, where motivated students can make up ground if properly supported. The program enlists high school teachers and several of their students to work alongside Lamont scientists on funded research programs that have a local (NYC/Hudson Valley) field and/or laboratory measurement component. The program runs full-time for 6 weeks in the summer and continues through laboratory visits and enhanced curriculum during the school year. Preliminary results are positive: teachers report that the program has deepened their curriculum; heightened their enthusiasm; and expanded their view of their students' potential. Nearly all of the participating students are college bound, and several are working their way through their freshmen year in college as laboratory technicians. In addition, the participating teachers and students have been able to collect large numbers of samples in the Hudson estuary, contributing concretely to funded research there. Lessons learned and best practices will be discussed for expanding such partnerships, with a focus on issues faced by partnerships between research scientists and public school science programs in urban areas.
DE: 0805 Elementary and secondary education
DE: 0825 Teaching methods
DE: 0850 Geoscience education research
DE: 0855 Diversity
SC: Education and Human Resources [ED]
MN: 2007 Fall Meeting