Genes, the Environment, and Me: Health and STEM Network (GEMNET)

项目总结 通过基因、环境和我：健康和STEM网络(GEMNet)，我们将开发一个模型 教授有关2型糖尿病(T2D)的知识，并利用跨学科让学生参与生物医学职业生涯 与高中生物、健康、家庭和消费者科学(FACS)教师合作。糖尿病是一种 将科学和健康概念统一起来，并将这些概念与更广泛的社会问题联系起来的复杂情况， 即环境影响、卫生保健、科学研究、个人选择、获取资源、饮食和 运动、社会正义和公共政策。这一复杂主题的性质使其适合于多学科 在不同的高中，学生可以通过接触T2D的不同方面而受益 上下文。 这个项目建立在我们成功的国家环保总局资助的项目--基因、环境和我(GEM)的基础上。穿过 GEM，我们已经建立了一个强大的高中科学和健康教师社区，主要是在 亚基马山谷，华盛顿州中部的一个农村农业区。这一地区的学校提供多样化的服务。 拉美裔学生和美国原住民学生比例较高，其中许多人来自高年级 英语水平有限、教育水平低的贫困家庭。这些也是 经历不成比例的T2D率的人群，这使这成为一个及时而重要的话题 融入高中课程。 我们将在中环现有的高中科学和卫生教师社区的基础上再接再厉 并将我们的网络和课程扩展到其他社区和学科，包括教师 在西雅图学区。GEMNet将制作基于标准的课程，教授T2D及相关知识 将健康问题纳入高中生物、健康和FACS入门课程和高级课程。 项目组成部分将包括：1)针对不同的高中开发和试行新的T2D课程 课程；2)提供特定学科的教师专业发展；3)评估学生成绩 在不同的课程中接触了一次或多次课程；以及4)传播教学信息 材料和策略在我们的小学教学社区内，以及国家和国家的其他地区。

PROJECT SUMMARY Through Genes, the Environment, and Me: Health and STEM Network (GEMNet), we will develop a model for teaching about type 2 diabetes (t2d) and engaging students in biomedical careers using a cross-disciplinary approach with high school biology, health, and Family and Consumer Science (FACS) teachers. Diabetes is a complex condition that unites science and health concepts, and links these concepts to broader social issues, i.e., environmental influences, health care, scientific research, personal choice, access to resources, diet and exercise, social justice, and public policy. The nature of this complex topic lends itself to multi-disciplinary instruction in which students can benefit from exposure to different aspects of t2d in different high school contexts. This project builds on our successful SEPA-funded project, Genes, the Environment, and Me (GEM). Through GEM, we have developed a strong community of high school science and health teachers primarily in the Yakima Valley, a rural agricultural region in central Washington. Schools in this region serve highly diverse students with high percentages of Hispanic and Native American students, many of whom are from high poverty families with limited English proficiency and low educational attainment levels. These are also populations that experience disproportionately high rates of t2d, which makes this a timely and important topic to integrate into high school curricula. We will build upon our established community of high school teachers in science and health in central Washington and expand our network and curriculum to other communities and disciplines, including teachers in the Seattle School District. GEMNet will produce standards-based curriculum to teach about t2d and related health issues for inclusion in introductory and advanced high school biology, health, and FACS courses. Project components will include: 1) developing and piloting new t2d lessons specific to the different high school courses; 2) providing discipline-specific teacher professional development; 3) evaluating student outcomes following one or more exposures to the curriculum in different classes; and 4) disseminating instructional materials and strategies within our primary teaching community and to other regions of the state and nation.