Chemical Education for Public Understanding Project

劳伦斯科学馆的化学教育公众理解项目(CEPUP)将开发供初中使用的跨学科材料，向学生介绍化学物质及其在他们生活中的重要性。CEPUP材料将突出与科学技术有关的直接社会关切领域。学生将接受以化学为基础的活动和实验，重点是环境、生物技术、工业流程、农业实践、替代能源和健康科学。该方案的提案是一个为期三年的项目，目的是修订和实地测试在试验阶段产生的四个单元，并在全国范围内开发和评价另外12个单元。该项目与各种学校系统和专业组织保持着密切的合作关系，并将与这些组织和LAB-AIDS公司合作，确保材料的长期广泛传播。工作人员和劳伦斯科学馆被认为是非常有资格进行这一产品。这项提案明确指出了提高初中科学水平的必要性，并承诺将在全国范围内产生重大影响。该项目的目标与教学材料开发计划的目标是一致的。

The Chemical Education for Public Understanding Project (CEPUP) at the Lawrence Hall of Science will develop interdisciplinary materials for use at the middle/junior high school level to introduce students to chemicals and their importance in their lives. CEPUP materials will highlight areas of direct societal concern associated with science and technology. Students will be given chemistry based activities and experiments that focus on the environment, biotechnologies, industrial processes, agricultural practices, alternative energy sources and health science. The CEPUP proposal is a three-year project to revise and field test the four modules produced during the pilot phase, and to develop and evaluate an additional twelve modules nationally. The project has maintained a strong cooperative working relationship with a variety of school systems and professional organizations and will work together with these groups and LAB-AIDS, Inc., to insure the long term widespread dissemination of the materials. The staff and Lawrence Hall of Science are considered highly qualified to conduct this product. The proposal addresses a clear need for improving middle/junior high science and promises to have a substantial impact throughout the nation. The project's goals are consistent with those of the Instructional Materials Development Program.