ENVIRONMENTAL CYBERSCHOOLHOUSE

环境网络校舍（ECS）计划的目标是 提高公众对环境领域基础研究的认识 毒理学提供了识别风险因素所需的信息 保护人类健康。 ECS计划将实现这一目标 通过开发基于万维网的教育目标 由交互式多媒体和在线课程组成的材料 针对底特律大都市的中学生， 区 这些教育材料将在 分子和细胞研究非常成功的氛围 利用先进的实验室技术， 杂交，PCR和转基因动物模型，在环境 健康科学（EHS）分子和细胞毒理学中心 韦恩州立大学（WSU）的人类应用。 的 教育材料的环境卫生方面，将 与国家概述的现有课程目标相结合， 密歇根州，并将专注于EHS中心成员的研究领域。 重点将放在以下主题上：环境因素和 它们在前列腺癌和乳腺癌发展中的作用;铅毒性; 空气污染及其在哮喘中的作用 ECS计划是 教育工作者、学生、科学博物馆 工作人员和研究科学家和医生从城市和 底特律郊区。 ECS的合作伙伴是：1）EHS中心 科学家，WSU; 2）大学公立学校的教师和学生， 华盛顿州立大学教育学院，教授和学生，华盛顿州立大学; 4） 埃普勒初中，尤蒂卡公立学校; 5）底特律 科学中心，底特律MI。 编写的课程材料将 通过教育学院在服务班进行试点测试。 ECS合作伙伴的加入是合作的结果 具有不同专业领域的专业人员之间，例如：K-12 教育;教师教育，社区外展;科学研究 毒物和疾病进展的影响。 的 这些学科的交叉，允许协同发展 现代教育材料，将有助于 了解生物医学研究对环境的影响 毒理学对我们健康的影响

The goal of the Environmental Cyber Schoolhouse (ECS) program is to increase public understanding of how basic research in Environmental Toxicology provides information necessary to identify risk factors and safeguard human health. The ECS program will accomplish this goal through development of World Wide Web based educational materials comprised of interactive multimedia and on-line lessons directed toward middle school students in the Metropolitan Detroit area. These educational materials will be developed in the midst of a highly successful atmosphere of molecular and cellular research utilizing sophisticated laboratory techniques such as in situ hybridization, PCR and transgenic animal models, at the Environmental Health Sciences (EHS) Center for Molecular and Cellular Toxicology with Human Applications at Wayne State University (WSU). The environmental health aspects of the educational materials, will integrate with existing curricular goals as outlined by the State of Michigan and will focus on the EHS Center member~s area of research. Emphasis will be placed on such topics as: environmental factors and their role in prostate and breast cancer development; lead toxicity; air pollution and its role in asthma. The ECS program is the product of an active partnership between educators, students, science museum staff members and research scientists and physicians from urban and suburban Detroit. The partners of the ECS are: 1) the EHS Center scientists, WSU; 2) University Public School teachers and students, WSU; 3) The College of Education, Professors and students, WSU; 4) Eppler Junior High School, Utica Public Schools; 5) the Detroit Science Center, Detroit MI. Curricular materials developed, will be pilot tested through the College of Education in service classes. The joining of the ECS partners, is the outcome of collaboration between professionals with various areas of expertise such as: K-12 education; teacher education, community outreach; scientific research on the effects of toxicants and disease progression. The interdigitation of these disciplines, allows a synergy in developing contemporary educational materials which will facilitate an understanding of the impact that biomedical research in environmental toxicology has on our health.