CHED 861 |
| Nancy I. Mendez, Jose Arbelo, Maiella Ramos, José Alonso, and Sixto Escobar. |
| In an effort to increase the number of Hispanics that pursue a career in the geosciences, the National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center (NAIC) and the University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo (UPRA) have established a collaboration that provides a research experience to a group of high school students, teachers, and undergraduates in the Arecibo Region. The program exploits the natural setting of the Arecibo Observatory and the UPRA campus by providing participants with research opportunities to study the atmosphere, and the Caño Tiburones wetland. The atmospheric research is conducted at the Arecibo Observatory. The study of the Caño Tiburones tropical wetland is conducted at UPRA. Participants are engaged in the design and the execution of an environmental monitoring program that assess the physical and biological profiles of the wetland. This three–year effort provides hands-on research experiences in the geosciences to 60 high school students, 12 teachers and 24 undergraduate students. The participation of teachers will broaden the impact beyond the group trained, by incorporating the geosciences field experiences in their curriculum. All participants undergo pre and post test summative evaluation, and are surveyed in order to measure the impact of the program in respect of their academia or professional careers. |
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Undergraduate Research Poster Session: Environmental Chemistry
2:00 PM-4:00 PM, Monday, 27 March 2006 Georgia World Congress Center -- Ex. Hall B4, Poster
Division of Chemical Education |