USING INSECTS IN HEALTH AND SCIENCE EDUCATION

描述(改编自申请人的摘要)：使用昆虫作为 工具，研究人员对此应用程序将设计一个主动学习 计划将提高学生的科学素养和推理能力 技能。教学材料将是多层次和 多学科，在科学和日常生活之间提供了许多联系， 并将使教师能够吸引不同层次和文化背景的学生 背景。之前的结果清楚地表明， 教室里活生生的昆虫会让人兴奋，引起人们的注意， 提高课程内容的保留率。越来越多的失败 杀虫剂控制昆虫与毒理学的考虑有关 和生物防治。最具杀伤力的 以及普遍存在的人类疾病(如疟疾)以及粮食和纤维作物 文化提供了无数与人类健康、历史、经济和 世界各地的文化。教学材料将被设计成 利用这些联系来提高学生对健康科学的兴趣。 学生将通过视频演示与活跃的科学家见面并分享 与科学家和其他课堂的数据、分析和经验 互联网。教学计划将通过以下方式创建 与教师建立伙伴关系，在当地学校进行试点，并在远程测试 以验证其在其他地区的有效性。

DESCRIPTION (Adapted from the applicant's abstract): Using insects as tools, the investigators on this application will design an active-learning program that will increase students' scientific literacy and reasoning skills. The instructional materials will be multi-level and multidisciplinary, providing many links between science and everyday life, and will enable teachers to draw in students of many levels and cultural backgrounds. Previous results have clearly demonstrated that the presence of live insects in classrooms generates excitement, focuses attention, and improves retention of lesson content. The increasing failure of insecticides to control insects is linked to a consideration of toxicology and biological control. The overwhelming importance of the most decimating and prevalent human diseases (e.g., malaria) and food and fiber crops in all cultures provide innumerable links to human health, history, economics, and culture throughout the world. Instructional materials will be designed to exploit these connections to heighten students' interest in health sciences. Students will meet active scientists through video presentations and share data, analyses, and experiences with scientists and other classrooms through the Internet. The instructional program will be created through a partnership with teachers, piloted in local schools and tested at distant sites to validate its effectiveness in other regions.