Biotechnology/Bioinformatics Discovery!

生物技术/生物信息学发现！

• 批准号: 0202287
• 负责人: Charlotte Mulvihill
• 金额: $ 23.1万
• 依托单位: Oklahoma City Community College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-08-01 至 2006-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0202287&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Biotechnology; Bioinformatics; Discovery

This project is expanding the pipeline of qualified high school students, especially minority students, into the biotechnology program at Oklahoma City Community College (OKCCC) through infusion of high quality biotechnology experiences into the high schools. The state of Oklahoma lists biotechnology as a priority growth area, but currently the labor pool of skilled biotechnicians cannot meet local demand, and the average high school student knows little about the world of biotechnology and its career potential. Educational teams from Oklahoma City Public Schools (OKCPS), led by a science educator/biotechnology faculty at the community college, are selecting and adapting exemplary materials from NSF-supported projects such as Shoestring Biotechnology, BioLink, and Cases in Industry Practice in Biotechnology as well as bioinformatics activities from the Dolan DNA Learning Center of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Intellectual support for the teachers starts with intense summer workshops, where teachers run the labs, study the concepts, and mapmaterial to national and state science standards as well as bioindustry skill standards. As the biotechnology learning community takes shape, ongoing advice, encouragement, and sharing of experiences comes through regular meetings, a list-serve, and visits from the Principal Investigator (PI) and Coordinator. Practical support to teachers comes from the equipment loaner center, providing needed equipment as well as supplies for ready-to-go experiments. In the course of implementing this project, teachers develop professionally. Some assume a leadership role in dissemination of results and continuation of the project. OKCPS is enriched with minority students who are potential first-generation college students. OKCPS is also in the midst of a NSF-funded Urban Systemic Program, which aims to bring inquiry-based learning into the science and mathematics programming. Biotechnology/Bioinformatics Discovery! augments the district's ongoing efforts to improve the performance of minority students by using nationally developed biotechnology experiences well suited to these students' needs. The project also plans to address cultural barriers to science career and higher education choices by including parents/mentors in the programming. In the first year, three Oklahoma City Public School (OKCPS) high school teams (a minimum of three teachers per school) are implementing the biotechnology modules at various levels as part of existing courses, not limited to science courses. The second year, the project expands to include a full biotechnology course, additional OKCPS schools, and more biotechnology modules within additional courses. The third year, the scheme expands to schools throughout the region. Student learning is augmented with capstone experiences: more elaborate/sophisticated experiments at OKCCC, and visits to working biotechnologists at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (OUHSC) and the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF) to witness exciting applications of this knowledge. The extensive exposure to high-quality biotechnology experiences as well as to higher education and research sites is expected to increase the college attendance rate and entry into science careers of these high school students.

该项目通过向高中灌输高质量的生物技术经验，将合格的高中生，特别是少数族裔学生，扩展到俄克拉荷马市社区学院(OKCCC)的生物技术项目中。俄克拉荷马州将生物技术列为优先增长领域，但目前熟练的生物技术人员劳动力池不能满足当地需求，普通高中生对生物技术世界及其职业潜力知之甚少。来自俄克拉荷马城公立学校(OKCPS)的教育团队由社区学院的一名科学教育者/生物技术教员领导，正在挑选和改编来自NSF支持的项目的示范材料，如鞋带生物技术、Biolink和生物技术行业实践案例，以及来自冷泉港实验室Dolan DNA学习中心的生物信息学活动。对教师的智力支持始于密集的暑期研讨会，教师在那里管理实验室，学习概念，并将材料绘制成符合国家和州科学标准以及生物工业技能标准的地图。随着生物技术学习社区的形成，通过定期会议、名单服务以及首席调查员和协调员的访问，不断提供建议、鼓励和分享经验。对教师的实际支持来自设备租赁中心，提供必要的设备以及准备好的实验用品。在实施该项目的过程中，促进了教师的专业发展。有些人在传播成果和继续开展项目方面发挥领导作用。OKCPS丰富了少数民族学生，他们是潜在的第一代大学生。OKCPS还在进行一项由美国国家科学基金会资助的城市系统计划，该计划旨在将探究性学习引入科学和数学规划。生物技术/生物信息学发现！通过利用适合少数族裔学生需要的国家开发的生物技术经验，加强该学区正在进行的努力，以提高少数族裔学生的表现。该项目还计划通过将父母/导师纳入方案，解决科学、职业和高等教育选择方面的文化障碍。在第一年，俄克拉荷马市公立学校(OKCPS)的三个高中团队(每所学校至少有三名教师)在不同级别实施生物技术模块，作为现有课程的一部分，而不限于科学课程。第二年，该项目扩大到包括一门完整的生物技术课程，增加OKCPS学校，并在额外课程中加入更多生物技术模块。第三年，该计划扩大到整个地区的学校。学生的学习通过顶峰体验得到加强：在OKCCC进行更复杂/复杂的实验，以及参观俄克拉荷马大学健康科学中心(OUHSC)和俄克拉荷马医学研究基金会(OMRF)的在职生物技术专家，见证这些知识令人兴奋的应用。广泛接触高质量的生物技术经验以及高等教育和研究网站，预计将增加这些高中生的大学出勤率和进入科学职业生涯。