BASIC RACE /GENDER EQUITY PROGRAM FOR SCIENCE EDUCATION

描述（改编自申请人的摘要）：长期目标是 扩大我们目前针对非洲裔美国人的模式计划， 在国家首都地区。 该方案的目的是：a）教育 初中和高中学生和小学教师直接; B）为探索与健康有关的科学提供机会， 公众（通过互动网站），以便生物医学领域的主题 科学变得“友好和熟悉”，而不是现有的刻板印象 科学是博学的，迟钝的，不可理解的 具体目标： A. 在科学实验室设计实践经验和机会， 在先进的研究所环境中与科学家互动; 特别针对代表性不足的少数族裔、来自内城的学生 学校和其他当地学校，科学的机会可能有限。 这将包括初中和高中学生，小学教师， 以及与儿童博物馆和其他类似机构的互动 组织的 B。 建立基于WEB的交互式信息系统，包括：i）一个系统， 高中生可以提炼他们为科学提出的问题 与专业科学家讨论项目; ii）一般“问 科学和健康问题的“专家”网站; iii）参考网站， 学生实验的详细实验方案; iv） 互动资源，帮助美国各地的教师建立联系 和科学家们。

DESCRIPTION (Adapted from the applicant's abstract): The long-term goal is to broaden our model program that currently targets African-American populations in the National Capital Area. The aim of the program is to: a) educate junior and senior high students and elementary school teachers directly; and b) to provide opportunities for exploration of health-related sciences for the public at large (via an interactive web site) so that topics in the biomedical sciences become "friendly and familiar" rather than the existing stereotype that science is erudite, obtuse, and incomprehensible. Specific Objectives: A. Design hands-on experiences in science laboratories and opportunities to interact with scientists in the setting of a sophisticated research institute; especially target under-represented minorities, students from inner city schools and other local schools where science opportunities may be limited. This will include junior and high school students, elementary school teachers, as well as interactions with Children's Museum and other similar organizations. B. Set up interactive WEB-based informatics to include: i) a system whereby high school students could refine the question they are posing for science projects by discussing it with a professional scientist; ii) general "ask the expert" site for science and health issues; iii) a reference site containing the detailed experimental protocols for student experiments; iv) an interactive resource to aid teachers throughout the US to establish contacts with scientists.