Health Quest: Engaging Adolescents in Health Careers with Technology-Rich Personalized Learning

行政补充-项目概要/摘要 2019冠状病毒病大流行在全国范围内对K-12教育产生了巨大的转变。在 为了应对大流行病，很明显，学生需要发展更深层次的 了解公共卫生和流行病。健康探索团队已经做出了重大的 该项目的重点是为生产COVID-19版本的水晶岛奠定基础 目标是向中年级学生讲授科学和公共卫生的重要性。 利用基于游戏的学习技术，健康探索项目侧重于开发 以及传播技术丰富的资源，以扩大青少年对 生物医学、行为学和临床研究职业。健康探索功能的职业冒险 游戏，学生发现中心和教师资源中心，用于中学教学 学生对健康科学的职业生涯。这份行政补充文件将加强 通过建造一个COVID-19版本的水晶岛，学生和 教师可以使用它来了解公共卫生和科学在应对疫情中的作用。它 有三个目标： 1.完善《水晶岛》的核心游戏机制，并创造新的内容来支持新冠肺炎- 第19章水晶岛 2.修改CRYSTAL ISLAND的软件架构，以支持可扩展的“公开可用” 水晶岛：COVID-19的实施，使学生，教师和家长可以 轻松连接Health Quest的虚拟资源。 3.创建额外的教师门户资源，以支持Health Quest的远程实施 水晶岛：为中学教师和家长提供的COVID-19。

Administrative Supplement - Project Summary / Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has produced a dramatic nationwide shift in K-12 education. In response to the pandemic, it has become clear that students need to develop a deeper understanding of public health and pandemics. The Health Quest team has made a significant pivot in the project to lay the groundwork for producing a COVID-19 version of CRYSTAL ISLAND with the goal of teaching middle grade students about the importance of science and public health. Leveraging game-based learning technologies, the Health Quest project focuses on developing and disseminating technology-rich resources to broaden the interests of adolescents in biomedical, behavioral and clinical research careers. Health Quest features a Career Adventure Game, a Student Discovery Center, and a Teacher Resources Center for teaching middle school students about health science careers. This proposed Administrative Supplement will enhance the parent SEPA grant by building out a COVID-19 version of Crystal Island that students and teachers can use to learn about public health and the role of science in addressing outbreaks. It has three aims: 1. Refine CRYSTAL ISLAND’s core game mechanics and create new content to support the COVID- 19 version of CRYSTAL ISLAND. 2. Modify CRYSTAL ISLAND’s software architecture to support a scalable “publicly available” implementation of CRYSTAL ISLAND: COVID-19 so that students, teachers, and parents can easily connect with Health Quest’s virtual resources. 3. Create additional Teacher Portal resources to support remote implementations of Health Quest and CRYSTAL ISLAND: COVID-19 for middle school teachers and parents.