BIORETS: Genes & the Environment: Research Experiences for Teachers from Rural & Tribal Schools

比奥雷：基因

• 批准号: 2341459
• 负责人: Van Doze
• 金额: $ 60万
• 依托单位: University of North Dakota Main Campus
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2024-02-01 至 2027-01-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2341459&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: BIORETS; Genes; & Environment; Research

This BIORETS Site award to the University of North Dakota, located in Grand Forks, ND, will support eight teachers for eight weeks during the summer. Three cohorts of teachers will be recruited from 2024-2026. Teachers will participate in an intensive six-week research experience followed by two weeks of curriculum development. Support will continue throughout the academic year. This program aims to significantly increase the exposure of rural and tribal students to molecular biology and scientific research. To ensure advancement of DEI goals, recruitment will focus on secondary teachers from rural and tribal schools in the Northern Great Plains region, a large area with a low population, where small schools are the norm. To address disparities, this program will provide the teachers actual research experiences in environmental biology as it pertains to gene regulation. Teachers will present their curriculum and outcomes to other educators, thus extending the impact of the program.Teachers will be involved in ongoing research projects in the Biology and Pathology departments. Teachers will be invited to apply to the program through the NSF ETAP (Education and Training Application) system. Before starting the program, teachers will be provided information about the research and introduced to their mentors via Zoom meetings. Throughout the summer, the teachers will learn laboratory safety and ethics/responsible conduct of research, and attend workshops on education theory and project-specific laboratory techniques, experimental design, data collection, analysis, and presentation. Teachers will also be trained in using molecular biology-based kits in their classroom activities. Curriculum development will focus on integrating their summer research project. Post-program, the PIs, mentors and teachers will meet via Zoom to assist with lessons and discuss challenges. The program will provide the teachers with the kits and research supplies and equipment. Program assessment will include both evaluation of the summer and academic year program itself, as well as the impact of the new curriculum on student learning and attitudes about STEM. This award is jointly supported by the Division of Biological Infrastructure (DBI) in the Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO) and the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) in the Office of Integrative Activities (OIA).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.

该北达科他大学（University of North Dakota）的Biorets网站奖位位于北部大福克斯（Grand Forks），将在夏季为八名老师提供支持。 从2024 - 2026年开始招募三个教师。 教师将参加六周的密集研究经验，然后进行两周的课程开发。 在整个学年中，支持将继续。 该计划旨在显着增加农村和部落学生对分子生物学和科学研究的接触。 为了确保DEI目标的进步，招聘将集中在北部大平原地区的农村和部落学校的二级教师，这是一个人口较低的大型地区，小学是规范的。 为了解决差异，该计划将为教师提供与基因调节有关的环境生物学的实际研究经验。教师将向其他教育者展示课程和结果，从而扩大计划的影响。老师将参与生物学和病理部门正在进行的研究项目。 将邀请教师通过NSF ETAP（教育和培训申请）系统申请该计划。 在启动该计划之前，将向教师提供有关研究的信息，并通过缩放会议介绍给他们的导师。 在整个夏季，教师将学习实验室安全和道德规范/负责任的研究，并参加有关教育理论和特定项目实验室技术，实验设计，数据收集，分析和演示的讲习班。 还将对教师在课堂活动中使用基于分子生物学的套件进行培训。 课程开发将着重于整合他们的夏季研究项目。 后图，PI，导师和教师将通过Zoom开会，以协助课程并讨论挑战。 该计划将为教师提供工具包，研究用品和设备。 计划评估将包括对夏季和学年计划本身的评估，以及新课程对学生学习和对STEM的态度的影响。该奖项由生物学科学局（BIO）的生物基础设施（DBI）共同支持，并在综合活动办公室（OIA）刺激竞争研究（EPSCOR）的既定计划（OIA）共同支持。该奖项颁发奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并通过评估了基金会的范围，并通过评估了基金会和广泛的影响。