INSECTS IN ELEMENTARY CLASS FOR EARLY LESSONS IN LIFE

本建议书是第一部分（材料开发）的一个四部分， 在课堂上使用昆虫的小学教育倡议。 的 手头的项目本身是完整和独特的。 健康 将分发该项目编制的相关课程材料 通过网络和培训活动。 “利用昆虫在小学课堂上的早期课程在生活”将 为K年级学生开发20套健康课程和活动 通过3;为使用这些材料的教师举办讲习班; 课堂上的课程和活动;并根据教师的要求进行改进 评价。 在每一课中，昆虫将被研究学习重要的 人类成长或幸福的概念。 活的昆虫被选为 汽车，因为孩子们似乎有一个天生的魅力， 对他们的好奇心。 昆虫是可用的，便宜的，许多需要 很少维护。 作为热情和兴趣的焦点，昆虫将 允许教师介绍一些原本可能很微妙的话题， 尴尬了 对于昆虫，这样的话题自然会出现。 为了使材料令人兴奋和有吸引力，每个健康课程主题 将有动手科学活动。 孩子们将有机会 将基本技能应用于跨学科活动， 意见。 基本技能和跨学科的关系将吸引一个 每一个学生的力量或兴趣。 该项目将建立新的 课堂教师和科学家的互动伙伴关系， 关于特定健康主题的想法，并制定完整的课程计划， 材料清单、学生数据库和关闭活动， 总结经验教训。 最终的课程草稿将由191名 教室：亚利桑那大学地区有131间教室。 国家 传播将开始，在三个国家的60个教室测试课程。 密苏里州、马萨诸塞州和密西西比的学区。 这些网站 将成为今后全国培训和传播的重点。 通过将健康和生活技能课程与科学活动相结合， 该项目将引导儿童对昆虫的自然好奇心， 如何成为最佳成年人的期望。 谋生 孩子们可以联系的模型将帮助他们记住重要的健康 以积极的方式。 昆虫科学的一个附带好处是 活动延续了学生们对科学事业的梦想。 十年来 当科学职业减少时，更多健康的学生考虑 科学生涯通过他们的小学几年将有重要的 对美国科学和技术的影响。 该项目的大部分将围绕亚利桑那大学。 的 项目工作人员和主要的科学家和教师团队将在 该大学昆虫科学中心。 第二个小组将 在马萨诸塞州大学的区域内运作。

This proposal is the first part (Materials Development) of a four part, elementary education initiative using insects in the classroom. The project at hand is complete and distinct in its own right. The health related curricular materials developed in this project will be disseminated through the network and training activities. "Using Insects in Elementary Classrooms for Early Lessons in Life" will develop 20 sets of health lessons and activities for students in grades K through 3; hold workshops for teachers using the materials; test the lessons and activities in classrooms; and make refinements based on teacher evaluations. In each lesson, insects will be studied to learn important concepts of human growth or well being. Living insects were chosen as a vehicle because children seem to have an innate fascination for and curiosity about them. Insects are available, inexpensive and many require little maintenance. As a focus of enthusiasm and interest, insects will permit teachers to introduce topics that otherwise could be delicate or embarrassing. With insects, such topics will arise naturally. To make the materials exciting and attractive, each health lesson topic will have hands-on science activities. Children will have opportunities to apply basic skills to interdisciplinary activities while making observations. Basic skills and interdisciplinary tie ins will appeal to a strength or interest of every pupil. This SEPA project will establish new interactive partnerships of classroom teachers and scientists to develop ideas on specific health topics and to develop complete lesson plans, materials lists, student data worksheets, and closure activities for summarizing the lessons. The final draft lessons will be tested by 191 classrooms: 131 in the area of The University of Arizona. National dissemination will begin by testing the lessons in 60 classrooms in three school districts in Missouri, Massachusetts, and Mississippi. These sites will become the foci for future national training and dissemination. By blending health and life skills lessons with science activities, this project will channel children's natural curiosity for insects towards expectations of how they can become optimum adult humans. Having a living model to which children can relate will help them remember important health facts in a positive way. One of the side benefits of these insect science activities is prolonging students' dreams of science careers. In a decade when science careers are decreasing, more healthy students considering science careers through their elementary years will have important consequences for American science and technology. Most of the project will center around The University of Arizona. The project staff and main team of scientists and teachers will operate out of the Center for Insect Science at The University. A second small team will operate in the area of the University of Massachusetts.