SBIR Phase II: Computer Interactive Plant Biotechnology Education

*** 9801034 Graf EDVOTEK公司的小企业创新研究二期项目建立在第一阶段完成的研究基础上，用于开发教室植物科学实验、软件和资源。这些植物科学资源将被设计用于整合高中和大学科学课程；以计算机为基础的工具将补充这些资源。一个主要的目标是发展“动手”和“思考”的实验，建立在学生的先验知识。该项目将需要鉴定拟南芥品种，以建立一个教育种子中心。它还将涉及选择目前出现在教科书中但没有出现在手册中的发展实验，以及植物科学生物技术实验。还将继续研究和开发计算机软件（GenScope）和光盘植物图像。将组织和进行两次教师研讨会，以实地测试和评估原型实验和软件。参与的教师将获得带回家的材料，以纳入他们的课堂，他们将提供适当的反馈。将在讲习班上利用为确定教学目标而开发的评价工具开始评价和评价原型产品。获得的信息将纳入产品开发和最终产品的商业化。该项目提供了新的植物科学实验活动，这是生物教育的重要组成部分，也满足了生物技术教育种子中心的需求。植物知识不仅对粮食生产至关重要，而且对开发在生态、能源和医学方面有用的新产品也至关重要。＊＊＊

*** 9801034 Graf The Small Business Innovation Research Phase II project from EDVOTEK, Inc. builds on studies completed in Phase I for the development of classroom plant-based science experiments, software and resources. These plant science resources will be designed for integration in high school and college science courses; computer-based tools will complement these resources. A major objective is to develop 'hands-on' and 'minds-on' experiments that build upon students' prior knowledge. The project will entail qualifying Arabidopsis strains for establishing an educational seed center. It will also involve selecting for development experiments that are currently presented in textbooks but not in manuals, as well as plant science biotechnology experiments. Research and development for computer software (GenScope) and CD-ROM plant images will also be continued. Two faculty workshops will be organized and conducted to field test and evaluate prototype experiments and software. Participating faculty will be provided with take-home materials to incorporate in their classrooms, and they will provide the appropriate feedback. Evaluation and assessment of prototype products will be initiated at the workshop using assessment tools that will be developed for determining teaching and learning objectives. Information obtained will be incorporated in product development and final product for commercialization. This project proffers new plant science laboratory activities which are an essential part of biology education, and it also fills the need for a biotech education seed center. Knowledge of plants is not only essential to food production but also to the development new products that are useful in ecology, energy, and medicine. ***