NCRR INITIATIVE: K-12 TEACHERS AND HS STUDENTS

描述：拟议的计划旨在为新的韦斯特切斯特提供 约克郡的高中生，他们正在考虑在生物医学领域工作 理科，有机会参加生物医学或行为学 研究，作为探索各种可能的职业的一种手段 这些科学。它还打算提供小学和高中 威彻斯特地区的理科教师有机会体验 积极的研究，这可以作为理解基础知识的基础 医疗和/或公共卫生问题。这一理解将改善 通过促进更有针对性地提高大学前科学教育的质量 课堂讨论与有意义的科学实验室的发展 学校中的项目。其目的是激励和鼓励弱势群体 学生，在科学界的代表性不足，考虑在 生物医学和行为研究。 暑假期间，10名学生将被分配为期8周和2周的时间。 教师将被分配到一名教职员工的实验室工作六周 在NYMC从事积极的生物医学或行为研究。基座 关于参与实验室的目标和兴趣， 这些实验室将负责教师和学生的学习 引出这些问题的科学背景 实验室，研究的假设、意义和相关性 医疗或公共卫生问题。此外，该小组将参加 课程为期八周，每周一小时的讲课时间。这个 这些课程的目标是让教师和学生接触到 成功运营所需的重要支持服务和技能 研究计划。 作为导师参加该计划的研究人员将是 鼓励在下一年继续开展辅导活动(S)； 在夏季开始发展和扩大关系。这些 持续的关系旨在支持该计划的努力 为贫困学生创造科学职业机会。

DESCRIPTION: The proposed program is intended to provide Westchester, New York high school students, who are contemplating a career in the biomedical sciences, with an opportunity to participate in biomedical or behavioral research, as a means of exploring the various occupations possible within these sciences. It is also intended to provide elementary and high school science teachers of the Westchester area with an opportunity to experience active research, which can serve as a foundation for understanding basic medical and/or public health problems. This understanding will improve the quality of pre-college science education by facilitating more focused classroom discussions and development of meaningful science laboratory projects in schools. The aim is to stimulate and encourage disadvantaged students, under-represented in the sciences, to consider careers in biomedical and behavioral research. During the summer, ten students will be assigned for eight weeks and two teachers will be assigned for six weeks to a laboratory of a faculty member at NYMC who is conducting active biomedical or behavioral research. Based on the goals and interests of the participating laboratories, the mentors of these laboratories will be responsible for teachers and students learning the scientific background leading to the questions addressed in the laboratory, the hypotheses, significance and relevance of the research to medical or public health issues. Additionally, the group will attend one-hour lecture sessions for each of the eight weeks of the program. The goal of these sessions is to expose the teachers and students to the important support services and skills that are necessary for a successful research program. The research faculty participating in the program as preceptors will be encouraged to continue mentoring activities during the succeeding year(s); developing and expanding relationships begun during the summer. These ongoing relationships are intended to support this program's efforts to create science career opportunities for disadvantaged students.