NSF Org:	RISE Integrative and Collaborative Education and Research (ICER)
Recipient:	THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
Initial Amendment Date:	April 6, 2021
Latest Amendment Date:	April 26, 2024
Award Number:	2023196
Award Instrument:	Standard Grant
Program Manager:	Brandon Jones mbjones@nsf.gov  (703)292-4713 RISE  Integrative and Collaborative Education and Research (ICER) GEO  Directorate for Geosciences
Start Date:	April 15, 2021
End Date:	October 31, 2025 (Estimated)
Total Intended Award Amount:	$349,954.00
Total Awarded Amount to Date:	$349,954.00
Funds Obligated to Date:	FY 2021 = $349,954.00
History of Investigator:	Kamazima Lwiza (Principal Investigator) kamazima.lwiza@stonybrook.edu Edmund Chang (Co-Principal Investigator) Brian Colle (Co-Principal Investigator) Weisen Shen (Co-Principal Investigator) Qingyun Li (Co-Principal Investigator) Hyemi Kim (Former Co-Principal Investigator)
Recipient Sponsored Research Office:	SUNY at Stony Brook W5510 FRANKS MELVILLE MEMORIAL LIBRARY STONY BROOK NY  US  11794-0001 (631)632-9949
Sponsor Congressional District:	01
Primary Place of Performance:	SUNY at Stony Brook NY  US  11794-0001
Primary Place of Performance Congressional District:	01
Unique Entity Identifier (UEI):	M746VC6XMNH9
Parent UEI:	M746VC6XMNH9
NSF Program(s):	IUSE
Primary Program Source:	01002122DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT
Program Reference Code(s):	8209
Program Element Code(s):	199800
Award Agency Code:	4900
Fund Agency Code:	4900
Assistance Listing Number(s):	47.050

ABSTRACT

Stony Brook University?s School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences and Department of Geosciences have partnered with other entities to form an ?EarthBus Partnership?. The alliance is designed to increase the diversity of student participation in geosciences. The project targets earth science students and teachers at the middle and high school levels, and community college students. The project goal is to train 2,500 high school students, 120 earth science teachers, and 50-60 community college students over the life of the project. Expected results are to increase interest in geosciences as well as improved student performance on State mandated instruction, and to equip teachers with strategies and techniques for helping students engage in project-based learning in the earth sciences. These outcomes will be achieved through a multi-pronged approach by using classrooms, BioBus vehicles as mobile labs, use of drone technology and field research. Also, the PIs will reach out to school districts on Long Island to collaborate on field research projects. The proposed outreach will allow the PIs to test the impact of integrating school districts from different economic levels in learning.

The ?EarthBus Partnership? aims to improve participation of diverse groups of students in geoscience fields. This will be done by recruiting and mentoring students at high schools with large populations of underrepresented students, and bringing awareness of geoscience careers as fulfilling employment paths in private industry, government service, and academia. The project targets earth science students and teachers at the middle and high school levels, and community college students. The goals are: (1) to increase interest in the geosciences as well as improve performance on State mandated instruction and use phenomena based learning as a tool to increase understanding of the New York State Learning Standards and federal Next Generation Science Standards; (2) to provide teachers with strategies and techniques to help students engage in project-based learning with real world earth science tasks, open-ended investigations, and the engineering and design processes. (3) to provide short-term employment and research opportunities to high school and community college students, so they see earth science as a possible career path; (4) to engage earth science teachers in better understanding and curriculum design focusing on current research areas and techniques in the geosciences; and (5) to test the efficacy of school-district integration and collaboration across different economic status in student engagement and learning.

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.

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